A weary Terese (having had a couple of glasses of wine the night before) is gutted to learn that Paul's organised a short-notice conference, and she has to work. And then, struggling through the morning, she runs into Ezra, her old flame from Perth, also there for the conference. Flustered Terese is rocked to see him, and embarrasses herself a little.

After yet another horrendous argument with Brad the night before, Terese is unsuccessfully trying to distract herself with work, when to her surprise, Ezra turns up. Convincing her they need to do more work on the Erinsborough festival, he proceeds to flatter and charm a flustered Terese. When he invites her to dinner, she's even more flustered, and seeks out Brad to try and work things out.