What an episode! We open with the Sinclair's New Year's Party. Lauren doesn't seem too keen on parties, but plays the gracious hostess.   

Stephan and Will come in, looking dashing, and Stefan and Tristan exchange compliments, some true, some merely polite.   

As Rin would have it, the magnificent and inimitable Dakan arrives, and we discover a sweet and surprising connection.  

Lauren finally tries to eat, only to spot, through the arms of the sandwich "thief," an undesirable element from the recent past.  

She then grabs some cups, the meaning of which we relate to the tarot cards and speculate about, and converses with Dakan. 

Dakan, Tristan, and Stefan then engage in a highly allusive and shaded conversation, while we desperately try to understand their meaning.  And finally, to Fwoot's extreme joy, we have a late arrival to the party... the mysterious and stunning Darcy.  

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𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲!