john's partner drops alex off at the house, concerned for john's health. alex tries to talk to him, but he realizes that she has moved to the hotel full-time and he shuns her. she follows a rustling in the bushes to find bartholomew. tristan greets elizabeth in liz's room, and she asks the two lovers to sit while she pours them each a drink. she says that she does not enjoy betrayal and afterwards she slices tristan's throat. elizabeth leaves to find alex and bartholomew in room 33. elizabeth is impressed that alex saved her son, and alex responds that elizabeth saved holden. as alex leaves, elizabeth cradles her son, who is revealed to be seriously deformed.