The mood is somber around the Bowers' breakfast table. Robert charges Edward with keeping tabs on Julian; they all know how he spun out after their mother died. Edward advises delaying the launch of Lyritrol, Bowers Pharmaceutical's new cancer drug, until the tabloid fervor surrounding Vivian's death dies down, but Robert refuses. Their competitor is only three months behind with a similar drug. With no idea of what Joanna's been doing for the last 17 years, neither Edward nor Sofia is happy Robert hired her as his assistant. And it looks like Joanna's going to be late for her first day at work. Patrick Rayburn, the Bowers' gardener, offers to pick up a new battery for her clunker, then warns her not to get too comfortable with the Bowers. Once she finds her feet, she should use them.