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Its August in our world but December in theirs, with Tchaikovsky and baked goods alike.

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First off: Eric has been promoted to a cubicle where he supposedly handles client relations.

The fight is just barely flickering under his steely surface as he okays Harpers participation on the business trip.

Specifically, shes chairing an antitrust committee because, guess what?

The funeral is the same day of the Oxford event, and so Rob will not attend.

We also learn that shes dead.

Also, Robert used to sing in the choir and hes from the Oxford area!

Venetia, who thought maybe shed found a genuinely nice person to hang out with, is crestfallen.

What Ive described so far is a lot!

Harper is tagging along on the pretense of trying to poach Anna as a client for her desk.

Its a rare moment that sparkles with the charged friendship the two shared in season one.

She goes past the servers and the cooks into the back room where someone is washing dishes.

That someone turns around.

Its her brother, John Daniel.

What follows is the beginnings of an awkward reunion.

John Daniel doesnt seem happy to see Harper.

But then John Daniel relents and takes Harper back to the now-closed restaurant where he works.

The two share a warm, mischievous camaraderie, a reenactment of their siblinghood.

One thing leads to another and Harper and John Daniel wind up at John Daniels dealers home.

Outside, its morning.

I need to acknowledge here that merely summarizing the plot points of this interaction doesnt do it justice.

Whatever Harper had been hoping for in reuniting with her brother, it wasnt this.

While Harper confronts her brother, Yasmin confronts her past.

Remember, its not justoneNDA and woman that her father is implicated by, butmany.

Yasmin came to Berlin hoping to find nostalgia in the house she spent time in as a child.

Instead, shes getting clued in to what happened around her when she was younger.

Is dissatisfaction at Pierpoint riding high?