1977 (#19) - Morbid friendship with Katherine and reconciliation of Joanna and Jack

Meanwhile, after her divorce from Jack, Joanna received help from Brock, who convinced her mother Katherine to let her stay in their cozy and spacious home. Joanna thanks Brock, who was also happy to have found someone to keep her mother company, who suffered from loneliness. Katherine and Joanna soon formed a deep friendship, as they shared every moment of the day and found their vitality together. This friendship, however, worries Brock because Katherine is excessively morbid and is developing an unusual attachment to Joanna. In fact, Katherine, increasingly convinced that it is better to stay away from men and that it is better to live as a single woman than with a man next, finds the friendship with Joanna more and more pleasant and soon finds herself having mixed feelings for her. Her obsession with her friend goes so far that she tries to push Jack away, telling her that she already has another man when her ex-husband asks about Joanna. It's only Brock's intervention, very critical of her mother, that made her give up her plan to push Jack away from the woman. The two, in fact, miss each other; Jack apologizes for literally losing his mind and congratulates Joanna for returning a beautiful and charming woman just like when they met; Joanna, who has never stopped loving Jack in her heart, does not take long to fall into his arms. The two of them decide to move back in together, planning their next marriage, under the puzzled and somewhat happy Katherine's eyes.