 Woody is appearing in a local production of Arsenic and Old Lace. The local theater critic gives the production a good review, but he deems Woody s performance weak. Stung by the critique, Woody decides to quit the show. Lee Bradken, the director, convinces Woody that all he needs to do to have a better performance is get to his true emotional feelings by writing them down on paper. Buoyed by the fact that the critic is coming back to re-review the play, Woody takes his task to heart. He gets a better review, but Woody is forced to quit the show anyway when the other actors and Bradken read what Woody said about them in his "feelings writing" exercise. Meanwhile, Carla is worried because Madame Lazora, her spiritual advisor since she was seventeen, is coming by the bar to see her. Carla thinks it is to tell her some devastating news about her life. Instead, Madame Lazora comes to say that she is retiring to Florida, and that Princess Katja, her spirit guide and connection to the afterlife, has named Carla as the person who should take Madame Lazora s place. Carla is skeptical at first since she doesn t think she has the gift. Initially this is true, but once she puts her mind to it, she can read people s minds... or so she thinks. Later she finds out and realizes that the story she told of Sam s childhood was not Sam s life, but in fact was a story from her own childhood. She tells Madame Lazora that she feels she doesn t have the gift to take over her job. Then all of a sudden after Madame Lazora chastises her for having no faith, Carla starts channeling the spirit of Princess Katja. Carla does have the gift. Later at Madame Lazora s studio just as Carla is about to start her new life as a spiritualist, Carla admits to Madame Lazora that she really didn t channel Princess Katja s spirit; she just pretended to do so not to disappoint her soon to be predecessor. Madame Lazora also makes an admission to Carla: she s a total fraud as a spiritualist and has been for the entire time she has foretold Carla s life. Carla is mad and disappointed with Madame Lazora for duping her all these years. Carla refuses to take over Madame Lazora s business, that is until she figures out she can make lot s of money by duping other people.