I Canceled the Wedding During the Five-Hour Flight Delay Episode 7

Episode 7 · Halle (Harley Bennett), Derek McMillan, Eleanor Warren

Episode 7 recap

Eleanor Warren shows Halle a photo on her tablet outside London Business School and explains how anger overwhelmed her for skipping her education. Halle flashes back to when Derek's mother talked her out of attending an MBA program. Halle realizes she spent three years following their demands instead of her own desires. When Eleanor asks why Halle is heading to Miami, Halle says she is getting married, and Eleanor asks if she is sure.

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Episode 7 scene by scene

00:00: Photo at London Business School
Halle looks at Eleanor Warren's tablet picture outside London Business School. Eleanor describes crying outside the front gate for a full hour. She says she felt intense anger at herself for failing to return to school decades earlier.
00:22: Flashback to the MBA Acceptance
In a dining room flashback, Halle remembers holding her MBA acceptance letter. Derek's mother spoke against the degree. She questioned whether Derek would still want Halle if she returned from her studies at thirty-one years old.
00:40: Questioning the Miami Wedding
Halle realizes she spent three years letting Derek and his mother direct her life. Eleanor asks Halle why she is traveling to Miami. Halle answers that she is getting married. Eleanor looks at her and asks if she is sure.

Key lines from episode 7

“I came to the gate of this school and cried for an hour, not regret, anger. Anger that I didn't come back then.”
Eleanor Warren · Eleanor explains her feelings while Halle looks at the tablet photo.

“She said you'll be 31 when you come back. Who knows if Derek will even still want you by then.”
Derek's mother · Derek's mother talks Halle out of accepting her MBA offer.

“What are you going to Miami for?”
Eleanor Warren · Eleanor asks Halle about the destination of her flight.

“Getting married.”
Halle · Halle tells Eleanor why she is waiting to board the plane.

“Are you sure?”
Eleanor Warren · Eleanor challenges Halle after hearing about the upcoming wedding.

How episode 7 ends

Eleanor stares directly at Halle and asks if she is truly sure about getting married. Halle sits in the airport terminal, confronted with the three years she spent obeying Derek and his mother. Will Halle proceed with the flight to Miami, or will Eleanor's question push her to rethink the entire wedding?