Teenage Lux attempts to leave the foster-care system and become an emancipated minor. She locates her birth parents for the first time, then winds up in their custody.

Baze's parents insist on meeting their granddaughter, so they host a family dinner and also invite Cate's family. Meanwhile, safety issues at Lux's school cause a fearful Cate to transfer Lux to her old alma mater---before consulting Lux on this matter.