- Helen is sleeping in the living room when Don emerges from the bedroom, grabbing her leopard print jacket before leaving the apartment.
- She follows him into the rainy streets, finally finding him when he emerges from a pawnshop. She's furious that he sold something that holds so much sentimental value for them.
- What's more—she's finally done with him. She just wants his pawn ticket so she can get her jacket back.
- He refuses, but Helen storms into the store anyway and asks how much he sold the jacket for. Confused, the shopkeeper explains that Don had traded the jacket for something he sold here a while back: his gun. Oh no…
- We cut to Don writing a suicide note to Wick. He finishes up, loads the gun, and heads to the bathroom.
- Before he can go through with it, however, someone opens the door—Helen as usual. She's relieved that he's still alive.
- She claims that she just wants to borrow a coat, so Don grabs her one. She also asks for a hat.
- While he's gone, Helen looks around for the gun, finally locating it in the bathroom sink through a mirror.
- To our surprise, Helen offers Don a drink—she had hidden the leftover booze from last night. She even pours him a glass.
- For once, Don refuses. After he tells her to leave, Helen reveals that she knows about Don's plan and goes to grab the gun.
- Don reaches it before she can, however. He tells her to leave and not tell anyone what happened.
- She tries to convince him to give life another chance, but he's obstinate. It's too much of her to expect a "miracle" from him, he exclaims.
- Just then, the buzzer rings. It's Nat, of all people. He explains that he had grabbed Don's typewriter after his fall and wanted to give it back to him.
- This, according to Helen, is the miracle Don has been looking for. His writing is his purpose.
- Helen even grabs the title page of The Bottle as evidence. She tells him to use the novel as a way to expel his demons.
- What's more, he can finally start writing because he now knows the ending to his story.
- As Helen goes off to make breakfast, Don notices the cup of whiskey. He picks it up, looks at it for a moment, and...drops his cigarette in it. Good for you, Don!
- Don fantasizes about sending copies of his book to Nat, Bim, and his brother.
- He knows how the book will go now, too: it will be a minute-by-minute account of this weekend. It will start with him packing his suitcases, obsessing about the bottle hanging outside of his window...
- As he tells this story, we're brought back to the movie's opening scene. This time, the camera pans out from the window, passing the bottle, and returning to rest of the mighty Manhattan skyline.