 Drug-addict actress Rebecca Leah Milford dies after an overdose on cocaine, leaving her fellow cast and crew members, including Rico s sponsoring obnoxious sister-in-law to set up the funeral. A guide to parents with gay children recommends accepting them by welcoming their lovers for a family meal, so she prepares to invite Brenda, Gabe, and Nikolai before learning that Keith is no longer part of David s life. David and Nate both get bad news on their MRI s: David as gonorrhea and Nate learns that his brain condition is indeed AVM, potentially (but not necessarily) fatal, but upon learning there appears to be no effective solution for curing it, leaves the doctor angrily with no intention of learning anything more about it. He tries harder than usual to stay fit and healthy by taking an aspirin a day...but ends up taking one of David s Ecstasy tablets instead, making Ruth s dinner an interesting one. Later, he dreams his father introduces him to Life and Death, playing Chinese checkers with him, asking him to choose whether or not to join the game.