How It All Goes Down
The Corrections
- The financial bubble has burst. A lot of the newly wealthy lost some money, but Alfred's investments somehow ended up paying off.
- Enid feels a lot better. She even finds herself talking approvingly of the "gays" (7.11). You go, Enid.
- Denise moves to Brooklyn where she works at a hip restaurant; Enid visits and Denise seems quite happy.
- Gary loses a bit of money on an unnamed biotech company (hint: It rhymes with Flax On Florpiration).
- Chip marries Dr. Schulman, moves to Chicago, and has twins. He's still pounding away on that screenplay, though.
- Alfred has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, dementia, and a few other unpleasant conditions; he's sent to an assisted living center.
- Enid, Denise, and Chip visit him regularly, but Enid realizes that she had been wrong to ever expect Alfred to change.
- Alfred stops accepting food about two years after moving to the center. He lasts a few weeks before passing away.
- Enid has never felt better. Now—finally—she's "going to make some changes in her life" (7.22).