In the penultimate episode, Effy's psychiatric counsellor John Foster (Hugo Speer) uses unorthodox hypnotic methods to cure Effy's depression, making her forget and want to abandon her old friends.
During the preceding episode, Effy's psychologist John Foster (Hugo Speer) utilizes innovative, unorthodox methods of hypnosis to alleviate Effy's melancholy, leading her to overlook and wish to distance herself from her former companions.