in present day, john lowe is awoken from sleep by holden, and he chases him reaching the underground swimming pool where he sees alex lowe and holden in a coffin, and faints upon seeing them. liz taylor and tristan duffy have sex and profess their love for each other, but they are wary about elizabeth. in the meantime, elizabeth and will drake also begin foreplay, but stop because of will's erectile dysfunction. she texts tristan to join them, asking him to perform fellatio on will. alex drugs john and with liz's help destroy the coffins. john awakes again and sees alex on his bed. she explains that his "vision" of the pool filled with coffins is from scarlett's description. she follows him down to the now emptied sleeping chamber. elizabeth visits her son in room 33, before leaving for paris.