Allison nods slowly, weighing her wants and needs against the fact that this is important. She can see it in every sentence Five utters, even if it's frustrating. But she knows that she can't just commit fully to following him down the rabbit hole, as much as he may want her to.

She has missed her family - people who really do love her, even if they don't always like her. She is curious about this guy that Vanya is seeing - a guy who pings every one of her "bad idea" red flags. But she also spent two hours fighting on the phone with Patrick to get him to feel an ounce of empathy for her and not reset all the work she's done to get her daughter back back to square one.

"I have to be back in L.A., in ten days, on my family therapists couch or I might lose my daughter for good. You say that the world will be over by then, so if it is, I wasn't going to make it anyway. But if it's not, then I'm going to be on that couch. Is that fair?"

Whether it's because they actually manage to solve it or the world doesn't end, it doesn't matter. That's the boundary she's imposing.