Feb 22 2009
History: Stephanie’s Breakthrough
The next chapter of the show had Stephanie seeking therapy for why she was so controlling and overbearing. Eric had had it with her and put her up to it or else he’d leave her. Therapy sessions with Taylor revealed that Stephanie had been abused by her father, who was also
very demanding and overbearing. After confessing to her family that her mother wasn’t dead, as she had claimed for over thirty years, Stephanie took a trip to Chicago to confront her mother and find out why her mother had never tried to stop the abuse. Stephanie’s return to her family in Chicago brought Ann, Stephanie’s mother, and Pam, Stephanie’s sister, into the story.