Love, Mom

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death, child death, emotional abuse, physical abuse, mental illness, and sexual content.

Mackenzie wakes up feeling groggy and realizes that she has been drugged. She has only faint memories of the night before, including her mother telling her that Tonya tried to impersonate Elizabeth but died soon after. She calls EJ and asks him to collect the letters and manuscripts from her apartment and take them to his. She then collects hair from her mother’s bedroom for DNA testing to prove the identity of the woman who raised her.

Mackenzie digs through her old school papers to find a letter written by the woman who raised her, excusing her from a week of school. She compares the handwriting to the manuscripts and letters she has and realizes that they do not match. She also realizes that she never saw the woman who raised her write. Evelyn offers Mackenzie a trust fund in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement.

EJ begs Mackenzie not to go to the E. V. Renge memorial at her university, explaining that she might be in danger. Mackenzie threatens to make a scene, but EJ warns that her grandmother may be dangerous.