Golden Girl

Content Warning: This section of the guide mentions substance use.

After the service at church, Savannah holds an incredible “memorial reception” for Vivi at the exclusive, old-money Field and Oar Club. Vivi had been a member while married to JP but had been refused admission after the divorce because Lucinda Quinboro, JP’s mother, had written to the admissions committee dissuading it: The Quinboros have been members since the 1940s. However, Savannah, whose family had been members since the Club’s inception in 1905, had told Vivi to use the space under her membership whenever she so desired. At the memorial service, Lucinda is outraged to learn that Savannah is only picking up the tab for non-members—which only includes herself, her friend, Penny Rosen, JP, and the Bonhams.

Tink Bonham, Rip’s mother, worries about Willa’s health, while Marshall, the bartender, watches Carson drink five Tom Collins in succession. Leo’s school friends ask him about the rumors regarding Cruz; Leo dismisses them, but people wonder about Cruz’s absence from the Club. A drunken Dennis gets into a physical altercation with JP over how he treated Vivi while she was alive, and Rip has to pull him away. Savannah comforts JP in the aftermath and offers him a ride home.