In a tense evening, Tam­my urged Frankie to elim­i­nate a pre­car­i­ous map found in Abi­gail’s pos­ses­sion, empha­siz­ing its poten­tial dan­ger. As they sat at the kitchen table with cups of decaf, they scru­ti­nized the map’s topography—a design that seemed to ani­mate under their gaze, press­ing Frankie to con­sid­er his options: destroy it or hand it over to the FBI, which he was adamant against. The weight of Aidan Taggart’s untime­ly death hung heav­i­ly on Frankie, espe­cial­ly regard­ing the unre­solved fate of his daugh­ter Mag­gie’s poten­tial lever­age against the Gard­ners.

Deter­mined to dis­pose of the map, Frankie pre­pared for a rit­u­al­is­tic burn­ing in his back­yard. The coals glowed invit­ing­ly in the hibachi grill as he con­tem­plat­ed the sig­nif­i­cance of this deci­sion. He could either elim­i­nate the last tan­gi­ble con­nec­tion to the Gard­ners or use it as a teach­ing moment for Maggie—demonstrating trust and the lessons he had gleaned from past mis­takes. At the last minute, he opt­ed to keep the map, instinc­tive­ly sens­ing that it might prove cru­cial for Mag­gie in the future. After plac­ing the map back in his pock­et, he attempt­ed to call her, reached her at her apart­ment, and framed his words with secre­cy.

Their dia­logue illu­mi­nat­ed parental con­cerns and an under­ly­ing con­nec­tion. Mag­gie, unaware of the grav­i­ty of the map, respond­ed cheer­ful­ly but soon piqued inter­est once the top­ic of Abi­gail arose. Frankie revealed that Aidan had left Abi­gail a crit­i­cal map mark­ing Lake Wyn­d­ham, sug­gest­ing it had sig­nif­i­cant impli­ca­tions for their safe­ty. Mag­gie’s inquiries about the map’s vis­i­bil­i­ty and the pres­ence of social work­ers esca­lat­ed the ten­sion, forc­ing Frankie to clar­i­fy the sit­u­a­tion. He hes­i­tat­ed but even­tu­al­ly sug­gest­ed the pos­si­bil­i­ty of hand­ing the map over to Mag­gie for her safe­ty.

How­ev­er, Mag­gie’s upcom­ing trip to Madrid com­pli­cat­ed mat­ters, reveal­ing the urgency of their sit­u­a­tion. Frankie felt an inter­nal tug-of-war between the need to pro­tect the map’s secrets and the anx­i­ety of its exis­tence should he wait for Mag­gie to return, con­tem­plat­ing whether to ulti­mate­ly pro­ceed with the burn­ing as an act of clo­sure .