Marge is put under a lot of stress with all of her responsibilities, which include solving the problems of the rest of the family. She gradually is negatively affected by all the stress and ultimately reaches her tipping point, causing her to put herself and Maggie in danger. Her handling of the situation suggests she has poor stress management skills.

Jessie is stresses with balancing her school load as she performs in her new band, Hot Sundae. In order to give her more energy, Jessie takes caffine pills to cope and slowly becomes addicted.

Paige notices her classmate Elle has blood coming down on her wrists and reports her to the school. Elle is not happy and comfronts Paige.

Steven confronts a manifestation of his mother after learning more of her past, and thus questions the purpose of his being.

Steven talks out his concerns for the future with his father Greg after his panic attack at the hospital.