Episode: 7
Tasha Kovac rests in bed with a bandaged leg after her fall, imagining Mark Brennan beside a new partner. Past memories show Mark demanding jumps and celebrating her victories beside her trophies. Back in the ward, a physician studies scans while Mark heads down the hall with separation papers left behind. On the peak, Mark hoists a championship cup with his new blonde student, while Tasha watches rotating cable cars from her wheelchair.
Tasha lies in a hospital bed with thick bandages wrapped around her leg. She remembers tumbling down the cliff during practice. In her thoughts, she pictures Mark Brennan already moving on with a new girlfriend on the mountain.
Flashbacks return to the ski slopes, where Mark pushes Tasha to execute difficult jumps. Old scenes show the pair celebrating her championship wins together, followed by Mark standing inside the trophy room and staring at her awards.
Inside the room, a doctor reviews Tasha's X-rays after the crash. Outside in the hallway, Mark walks away from her. He leaves signed separation documents behind on the table as he departs without looking back at her.
Mark stands at the snowy mountain summit, celebrating a victory as the blonde student hoists a trophy. Down at the base of the resort, Tasha sits alone in a wheelchair, silently watching the cable cars rotate overhead.
“I can't bring him glory anymore, so he stopped loving me.”
“You give effort, I give guidance.”
“The cable cars just keep turning, but my life can start over.”
The episode closes with Tasha sitting in her wheelchair at the base of the snow-covered mountain. She watches the spinning cable car wheels turn continuously in the cold air, determined to rebuild her future. Will Tasha find a way to stand on her own two feet and move past Mark's abandonment?