The series is set in Los Angeles, and depicts the lives of the Fisher family, who run a funeral home, along with their friends and lovers.
During this, Federico (Freddy Rodriguez) takes an interest in a new house with Vanessa (Justina Machado), and asks them for $11,000 to secure the loan, which David promises to give the following day.
At school, Claire (Lauren Ambrose) and Parker (Marina Black) are taken aback when Andy (Timm Sharp) displays an erratic behavior and has a seizure.
David accompanies Keith (Mathew St. Patrick) to a birthday party for his niece Taylor, but they are astounded that her drug addicted mother Karla has not arranged anything.
Nate attends dinner with Brenda (Rachel Griffiths), who has invited her ex-boyfriend Trevor (Tuc Watkins) and his new girlfriend Dawn (Judith Hoag).
After imagining a conversation with Josh, Nate finally reveals his arteriovenous malformation diagnosis to David, fearing that he could die at any moment.
"[4] Entertainment Weekly gave the episode a "B" grade, and wrote, "Still setting up the plots for the season to come, the tension in ”Candle” only flickers.
"[5] Mark Zimmer of Digitally Obsessed gave the episode a 3 out of 5 rating, writing "After an exciting season opener, Out Out, Brief Candle is a bit of a disappointment, with fewer high points.
The bitchy, sexually aggressive Mitzi is amusingly predatory, and there's a nice bit as Nate repeatedly has visions of a deceased football player whom he'd rather ignore, but finally sees, echoing his coming to terms with the potentially deadly consequences of his AVM.
Ruth joins a cult-y program, Rico becomes indebted to his sister-in-law and Brenda throws a dinner party for an old friend that she can't quite connect with anymore.
However Nate finally comes clean to someone — David — about his AVM diagnosis, which ends the episode with a big bang, even when everything else here sort of fizzles.