Donna narrates.
She talks about her achievements, including Cliff and her promise to protect him for the rest of her life.
Loretta watches as Mabel, Oliver, and Charles plan how to expose Ben's killer. She reveals that Donna was sick with cancer.
Loretta shows the hankie Ben died holding, asking whether it might tie Donna to the push.
Everybody prepares for opening night, and on the night, the trio tricks Donna into going to the office, where they question her.
She interrupts them and admits that she did poison Ben. She says she knew Ben was a weak link in the show and didn't want him ruining her son's first production.
When asked about pushing him, she first denies the allegation but admits it after overwhelming evidence.
She asks them first to let the show continue before calling the police.
Jonathan takes too many pills and can't perform, so Oliver steps in.
Everyone sits to watch the musical.
Tobert admits he likes Mabel and wants her to move to LA for a film he's accepted.
Mabel overhears Loretta and Dickie talking as she reveals she's his mother, and something clicks when she sees Donna and Cliff interact.
Mabel finds Cliff above the stage and confronts him with a theory. She thinks he killed Ben and has evidence to prove the accusation.
Cliff breaks down and admits that she saw Ben when he was pushed, and he revealed that he's been poisoned.
He figures it was Donna who did it. Ben wants to call the cops but doesn't know how. He berates Cliff, who becomes angry. They start pushing each other around, but Ben slips and falls down the elevator shaft.
Cliff wants to throw himself down to the stage below, but his mother stops him.
Police arrest Cliff and Donna after the musical.
Oliver reads the new Maxine review, and it praises the musical. The cast celebrates.
Mabel turns down Tobert's offer.
Sazz visits and wants to talk to Charles about something.
Sazz goes up to Charles' room and is shot by a sniper's rifle. As the trio celebrates, Sazz bleeds out and dies.