Made Out of Glass

## Episode guide

"**Made Out of Glass**" is the sixth episode of the first season of *Melodrama* and the sixth episode of the series overall. It was released on September 25, 2020.

## Synopsis

Dina and Addie heal their wounds. Walter and Ty spend an afternoon together in Seattle. Filo introspects as she babysits her younger siblings, while Meghna continues down her path of self-destruction.

## Plot

A fantasy sequence depicts Filo sitting in the pews of her church before trying to leave mid-service and being held back by her family members. Ms. Martinez interrupts her daydream by calling out the entire cast and crew of *The Glass Menagerie* for being so distracted and unfocused during rehearsals. Meghna, still zoned out, has flashbacks to Neil fondling her at Wonderdown, her sexual encounters with older men and an earlier but unspecified experience of sexual assault at Neil's hands. When Ms. Martinez calls her out again, Meghna abruptly excuses herself and runs offstage. Inés follows after her. An exasperated Ms. Martinez calls off rehearsals early. As everyone leaves, Filo reaches her hand out as if to stop Addie on her way past, but decides against it at the last minute.

Amar briefly checks in with Dina after rehearsals. In the car, Jude asks her if she’s made any progress with Addie. Dina’s antidepressants have caused insomnia and she has repeatedly chickened out in her attempts to reach out to Addie. She plays the cello every day at home on her therapist’s advice, but finds that it doesn’t fulfil her. At the end of a frustrating cello session, Dina bursts into tears.

Ty invites Walter to join him in Seattle on Saturday so that he can be vulnerable with him in a way that makes up for the boundaries he crossed in the past. Walter, who has recently learned that his father is not only still using opiates but snorting them, reluctantly agrees. Inés catches up with Meghna in the hallway and tries to find out what's wrong with her, but Meghna blows her off.

On Saturday, Addie tries to study at home, but can’t concentrate over the sound of Jenny and Matthieu arguing. They don’t hear her when she tries to get them to stop. Addie considers calling Filo, who considers doing the same when she is left to babysit her siblings, Rico and Adriana, while her parents take her grandmother to the hospital. Instead, Addie plays Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” and imagines dancing along to the song with Stéph.

Ty picks Walter up at his house. During the drive, Walter asks Ty about his relationship with Inés. Ty confesses that he has no deeper feelings for Inés beyond the fling they had over the summer. Walter suggests he give her the closure she deserves. The two arrive at the record store Ty worked at over the summer, where he introduces Walter to Ash. The three head out for an afternoon of mini golf.

Another unsuccessful cello session leads Dina to act out by knocking it against the bedframe, unintentionally breaking it. As she panics, she receives a call from Addie, who asks if she’d like to come over and watch a movie. Dina bashfully tells her mother that she needs a ride to Addie’s, and Ilana hugs her to celebrate the rebirth of their friendship. After a game of hide and seek with Rico and Adriana, Filo tries to call Addie, but it goes to voicemail.

Meghna is making arrangements to meet up with another older man but eventually blocks his number. She starts texting someone else. Meanwhile, as Ty goes to retrieve a ball that has jumped the fairway, Ash tells Walter that Ty is crazy about him. Walter shrugs it off due to earlier sexual tension shown between Ty and Ash, but Ash insists he’s crazy about both of them, asking Walter if he thinks there’s a problem with that. Walter is unsure.

After crying over the ending of *The Notebook* together, Addie discloses to Dina that the one-year anniversary of Stéph’s death is coming up and that her parents’ relationship is falling apart, despite the pleasant front they presented to Dina when she arrived. Dina admits that her mental health hasn’t gotten significantly better since her suicide attempt the year before due to a combination of self-sabotage and ineffective treatment. She apologizes to Addie for not being there for her when Stéph died, and Addie apologizes for icing Dina out earlier in the year. The two hug as Filo tries calling and Addie repeatedly, to no response.

Stopping his car outside Walter’s house, Ty asks if he enjoyed meeting Ash. Instead of answering, Walter asks Ty if he’d rather be with him or Ash or both. When Ty admits interest in both, Walter looks out the passenger seat window to his house, kisses Ty and tells him about his father's addiction to opiates. He and Ty agree to date casually and openly so that Ty can simultaneously date Ash. Meanwhile, Meghna sneaks in through the window of Neil’s bedroom. Despite Neil making degrading comments towards Meghna, the two start making out and hook up.

## Credits

### Cast

#### Starring

* Chana Wilson as Dina Shulman
* Flávia Baptista as Filo de Sousa Teixeira
* Joshua Hollis as Walter Fleming
* Maya Levin as Jude Shulman
* Ralph McCowan as Ty Norton
* Gabby Mendoza as Inés Montoya
* Shahid Nawaz as Amar Khan
* Nadia Orenstein as Ilana Shulman
* Constance Presley as Addie Nadeau
* Saraswathi Radhakrishnan as Meghna Menon

#### Featured

* Zoë Bird as Ash
* Veronica Blanco as Suzanna Martinez
* Bruno Campos as Rico de Sousa Teixeira
* Layla Dash as Bennie de Sousa Teixeira
* Adam Kassell as Matthieu Nadeau
* Victoria Linhares as Isabel de Sousa
* Cece Rachel Lopez as Adriana de Sousa Teixeira
* Ethan Morse as Neil
* Manuel Njinga as Jerónimo Teixeira
* Rita Oliveira as Ana Paola de Sousa
* Giselle Quinn as Jenny Nadeau
* Tanya Rainsford as Carolyn Michaels
* Kelby Thibault as Stéph Nadeau
* Todd Andrew Wilson as Gus Fleming