The staff go on Hotel Confidential and find a glowing, five-key review from Shelly Carpenter, who praises their friendliness especially. They piece together hints about two children, a dog, and a future project dealing with second love to figure out that Shelly Carpenter is Kimber Marsh, the guest who stayed with them all summer.

Then, Xavier delivers the bombshell that he is putting the hotel on the market and selling it to a man who wants to turn the building into a satellite office space. The staff is devastated, and Mario suggests that he and Lizbet could go to California and find similar jobs. Lizbet still hopes that Xavier will change his mind, but he proves uncontactable. Zeke dashes into the lobby and announces that Richie is under arrest for wire fraud. It turns out that Bob Ianucci is an FBI agent and has been investigating him.

Mint, who is dying at Our Island Home, tells his nurse, Charlene, to go through his father’s papers and journal. The town gossips want The Hotel Nantucket to survive over the summer but think its prospects do not look good.