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The next stage — Bette is welcoming a hospital bed into her living room. Kit, who's looking rather fine in her black turtleneck, tells Bette it's "not a good decorating choice" and that she'll be sorry. But Bette says she had to get Melvin out of the hospital. As they talk about all of it, Kit continues to be the reasonable one:

Kit: "I don't think you know what you're in for. This is gonna eat you alive."
Bette: "I didn't know that I would be taking it on all by myself."
Kit: "Then you should have talked to me. You should have included me in this huge decision you made about how our father's gonna leave this earth."

Word. And Bette's knows she's right.

The edge of everything — As Jenny continues to delve into all that darkness, Shane decides it's best to interrupt this sort of thing. She presents Jenny with coffee and a muffin. (No, not that kind of muffin.)

Jenny: "Thank you. That's nice."
Shane: "They're from Mark."
Jenny: "No, thank you."
Shane: "Look, he asked me to bring it."
Jenny: "I'm not gonna let the bastard redeem himself."
Shane: "Look, I doubt he thinks that coffee and a muffin's gonna redeem him."

As Shane sits there in that chair and gives Jenny a "you're crazy" look, I almost — almost — get the attraction. Speaking of looks, why is Shane starting every sentence with "Look"? Last season she was always using the cool lingo, but this season she's having trouble forming average sentences.

On her way out, Shane can't help but mention the rent. Jenny says she'll pay her own way, without help from Shane or Mark or anybody else — and certainly not from Ilene Chaiken. Yeah, again the last part was just me.

Random stuff — As someone knocks on Bette's door, Mark is scraping something on the outside of Jenny's house. Huh? Is he trying to be super wonderful housemate or something? Yeah, probably.

The person at Bette's door is Melvin's nurse. She wants to know where to stash her stuff, so Bette directs her to the spare bedroom. The nurse sees the crib and the mortiferous mobile hanging over it. Talk about bad decorating choices.

As Bette puts a picture of herself and Tina on Melvin's nightstand, the nurse says "I see you have a baby." Bette explains the situation, and the nurse is a bit concerned:

Nurse: "You have a lot on your plate."
Bette: "That's nothing new to me."

Well. Maybe, but birth and death impending at the same time? I think maybe that's new to just about everyone.

The nurse wants to know what Bette will do if Melvin is still alive when the baby's born. Bette says "he will be." And that's how we know he won't. Then they chat about Melvin's medication; he's on prednisone for mental clarity.

Nurse: "Towards the end it'll get very confusing and frightening. And not just for the patient."

You're telling me! What do you generally prescribe for recappers? 'Cause I think my brain is swelling a bit with each letter I type.

The Planet — That's the name of the place, but it would also be a good nickname for Tina at this point. Yow. She and Dana and Alice try to walk by Helena and Leigh Ostin, who are canoodling at a table. But it's hard to walk by unnoticed when you're Titan Tina. Helena introduces them all to Leigh.

Leigh: "Hey, is this Bette Porter's baby?"

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