White Smoke

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of substance use, addiction, racism, and mental illness.

In bed one night, Marigold has a strange, dreamy sensation that she is paralyzed and has bedbugs crawling on her. When she manages to get up, she goes to the kitchen; it is again 3:19 am. She sees someone in a truck parked across the street. It backs away as she watches. Marigold convinces Tamara to mail marijuana seeds. On Raquel and Alec’s anniversary, Piper packs up food and Raquel’s good teacups for a tea party with Ms. Suga, whom Alec and Raquel still think is an imaginary friend. Sammy watches Reverend Clark and the testimonials from people who swear by the results of the Holy Seeds.

Marigold chooses 219 Maple, a vacant house with trees that seclude the property, for her secret marijuana garden. Her gardening activities give Marigold blisters; looking for salve, she hears Piper talking to someone. Piper acts suspiciously when Marigold asks about her chatter and then screams that Marigold is asking her for money. When Alec races upstairs, Marigold tries to explain that Piper was talking to someone, but Piper lies that it was her deceased grandmother.