Adam begs his mother for her understanding and support and later he and his family and friends burn Gracie's clothes in a bonfire, symbolically laying her to rest.
When Anya and her friend, Leia (Judy Jiao), discovers her mother has left home without her wedding ring, they suspect her of having an affair.
Anya's fear of her mother's death initially leads her to skip a family medical consultation but a talk with former best friend Holly J.
Dave (Jahmil French) believes the only way to improve his Media Immersion grade is to make the teacher, Ms. Oh (Cory Lee) laugh.
[1] In announcing the honor on March 31, 2011, the selection committee wrote: "True to its history, the durable high-school serial's two-parter about a transgender teen neither trivializes nor over dramatizes its subject.
"[2] Part two was nominated for a 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program, but lost to A Child's Garden of Poetry.