Bel finds Carter at their usual spot in the cemetery, sitting beneath the red maple tree. Carter has stolen a cigarette from her mother’s purse, but Bel takes a drag and then stubs it out, treating Carter with protective older-cousin authority. Their teasing shows their closeness, while Carter’s uncertainty about Juilliard and Bel’s thought that everyone eventually leaves reveal quieter fears beneath the banter.

Bel and Carter return to 33 Milton Street, where the documentary crew is setting up inside the Price house. Sherry fusses over Carter’s appearance, Jeff pesters Ramsey about his past documentaries, and Charlie moves through the chaos serving coffee and trying to manage everyone. Charlie also reminds Bel about securing the trash because it is black bear season, reinforcing their ordinary domestic routine amid the filming.

The crew prepares the family for filming. Saba directs Ash to wire Bel and Charlie with microphones, and Ash’s awkward, deadpan banter with Bel unsettles her because he does not react the way she expects. Bel tries to mock and dismiss Ash, but Ash’s calm humor makes the exchange feel like a contest she has not fully won.

Charlie’s father Patrick arrives with his caregiver, Yordan, and the family gathers on the sofa while Patrick sits in his wheelchair beside them. Ramsey explains that the Prices will watch clips from old home videos and react naturally, sharing memories of Rachel. Bel dreads seeing the footage under the camera’s gaze, especially because she is unsure whether she has ever watched these videos before.

The first clip begins: Christmas 2007, seven weeks before Rachel disappeared. Rachel appears on the television, young and alive in the snow, wearing a gray coat and bobble hat. Seeing Rachel so vividly unnerves Bel, but Bel refuses to show her reaction to the crew, the family, or the image of Rachel on-screen.