How It All Goes Down
- Hannah and Ethan quickly grow close again.
- That means Buddy has a new playmate: Carly the dog.
- But Buddy thinks Carly's an idiot.
- Rachel soon has her baby, and the house is filled with a big happy family.
- Buddy feels as if he has finally fulfilled his purpose.
- One spring day, Ethan has an aneurysm and falls over.
- Buddy stays by his side as he starts to hallucinate.
- Ethan thinks that Buddy is Bailey, his old dog. He's not wrong.
- To prove that he actually is Bailey, Buddy goes to the closet and gets the flip, the little toy he made for Bailey as a child.
- Ethan manages to haul himself to window and throw the flip.
- Buddy runs out to get it.
- When he returns, Ethan is on the floor. Buddy knows that Ethan is dying.
- "I will miss you, doodle dog" (32.43), Ethan says to him.
- And Buddy stays with Ethan as he slips away.
- Buddy finally—for real this time—feels that he has fulfilled his purpose.
- And maybe Buddy's glad not to be the one dying for a change?
- The end.