Episode 1 · Lyra, Vance, Roxy
At dinner in the trailer, Roxy gives Lyra only mashed potatoes. When Lyra reaches for bacon, Roxy slaps her fork away. The foster father tells her to be grateful and suggests locking her out. Roxy forces Lyra into the snow and locks the door. Lyra runs off toward a distant light. By a dumpster, she discovers a flyer for a missing child named Lyra. She checks her ankle and sees the matching birthmark.
The family eats dinner while Lyra only gets mashed potatoes. When she reaches for bacon, Roxy smacks her fork. The foster father says she should be grateful and suggests locking her outside. Roxy then shoves Lyra out into the freezing snow.
Roxy shuts the trailer door on Lyra. Lyra begs at the window while Tanner eats bacon. Cold and shivering, she realizes Roxy might leave her outside until tomorrow lunch. Lyra turns away and runs through the snow toward a distant light.
Lyra huddles beside a commercial dumpster in the snow. She pulls a laminated missing child flyer from the slush. It describes a girl named Lyra with a butterfly birthmark. Lyra pulls down her sock and finds an identical red mark on her ankle.
“You don't get to choose. You eat what we give you.”
“Maybe a night outside will remind her who puts a roof over her head.”
“This isn't punishment. It's consequences.”
“What if I'm her?”
Lyra sits freezing in the alley, clutching the laminated poster. She realizes her birthmark matches the photo and that her real parents have spent seven years searching for her. Will Lyra find a way to contact the family on the flyer, and will Roxy realize she has run away from the trailer?