5, 6, 7, 8

**5, 6, 7, 8** is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the Freeform drama series, The Bold Type. It aired on March 19, 2020.

## Synopsis

Jane decides to throw Sutton an epic bachelorette party, but the bride can't quite bring herself to enjoy the festivities; Kat learns surprising information about RJ; Jane gets career news while facing some devastating personal issues.

## Plot Summary

While Sutton is firm on leaving, with Oliver having to cover for her over the Alice Knight gaffe, Sutton stalks, harasses, but eventually breaks through to Alice. Thus setting up a domino effect that leads to Alice tagging Sutton, thus upping her to over 64,000 followers, and Oliver trying to leverage that for a promotion. But, as he does that, Alice is trying to snag Sutton as her personal stylist.

Jacquline struggles with issues with her husband Ian where neither one of them was happy in their marriage. So, due to this impasse, Ian left to pursue his joy and left Jacqueline in New York. Thus coercing Jaqueline to find her own joy and with that pursuit always comes the seeking of what is comfortable. For Jacqueline, that ended up being Miles, a college boyfriend, who reminded her of who she was.

The problem is, who Jacqueline grew out of who she used to be. Jacquline has not only evolved as a person but has moved beyond where she was career-wise at the time. So, in many ways, in terms of going backward, it seems Jacqueline would rather go back to the foundation she created with Ian than restart a college romance and then do what she has with Ian all over.

Jane has similar thoughts. After dumping a doctor for Ryan, partly because Ryan was familiar and she was comfortable with him, his cheating was something she had to reckon with due to what she sacrificed. Taking note of Jacqueline and Miles, and comparing it to what Jane gave up to have this life, she had to question if the options she had. This included staying with Ryan, was due to comfort or not. While Jacqueline’s situation is complicated due to the cost of her home and children, in terms of Jane’s stage in life, things are complicated as well.

Jane is about to have major surgery, which will not only reduce her breast but leave scarring. This causes insecurities that would make getting a new partner hard. Also, Jane has been with Ryan for years, and her investment in the relationship and him cheating on her left her with a sense of wasted time—also that it had wasted her youth. Her ignoring her instincts and letting things slide was just as much about being blind to what she didn’t want to see as it was trying to not lose a significant investment.

Yet, with her brother being cheated on, and given that Evan is her role model, seeing him move on likely gave her the strength and ability to move on as well. Also factoring in that Jane can’t move past how easily Ryan lied to her, and also lied about not sleeping with the woman, and she is done. Jane is now single again.

One of the reasons RJ might not approve of Adena’s anti-conversion camp piece is because he supports it. One of the people he, politically supports is for conversion therapy—despite owning a progressive magazine, RJ may likely be anti-gay. This comes as a shock to Kat yet, realistically, money is money, and she realizes to make money, influence the world, sometimes people are going to have to do and support things which don’t align with their beliefs, and it goes both ways.

Sutton leaving is an end of an era in the girls’ lives, and while there is a conversation about visiting, maybe Kat relocating if she gets fired for wanting to expose RJ, it seems clear Sutton is leaving in around two weeks, so she can give proper notice.

## Cast

* Katie Stevens as Jane Sloan
* Aisha Dee as Kat Edison
* Meghann Fahy as Sutton Brady
* Sam Page as Richard Hunter
* Matt Ward as Alex Crawford
* Melora Hardin as Jacqueline Carlyle
* Stephen Conrad Moore as Oliver Grayson
* Dan Jeannotte as Ryan Decker