The next morning, Jasper rudely awakens a sleeping Kelley for some morning chores, but Kelley refuses to participate. Later, Kelley enters the kitchen to find the Arnold family eating breakfast, but Mr. Arnold informs him that breakfast is served after morning chores. Kelley retorts that he doesn't eat breakfast anyway.

At their first day of work, Kelley and Jasper help clear the wreckage of Mable's Table. At lunchtime, Kelley refuses to eat with everyone else.

Meanwhile, Samantha and her mother have an appointment with Dr. Falco, despite Samantha's protests that her knee is feeling fine. At a church service, the pastor speaks about the fire at Mable's Table, discussing whether it was an accident or an act of God, while Jasper sits in a pew looking guilty.

Later, Jasper and Samantha encounter their friends Pete and Vanessa, who invite them to go skinny-dipping later. Jasper declines, and watches Pete and Vanessa kiss passionately while he and Samantha share a quick peck.

Even later, Samantha is strolling through the woods when she happens upon Kelley observing his high school graduation from afar. Believing he is alone, Kelley recites his canceled valedictory speech, which includes a passage from Robert Frost's "Birches."

In approximately five minutes, Here On Earth packs a whopping six scenes illustrating crucial information about its main characters. First of all, we learn that Kelley is expected to take part in house chores, which seems odd seeing as he pays rent to live there, making him a tenant rather than an indentured servant. In this case at least, Kelley's recalcitrance seems justified, unless milking cows was something suggested by Judge Maddick after the cameras stopped rolling.

In the kitchen, Mrs. Arnold is once again falling over herself to serve Kelley in any way she can, before her husband once again insists that Kelley not be rewarded for sulking. This being the second meal in a row he has decided to skip, it seems possible that Kelley is literally sustained by money for one of two reasons:

1. He is so rich, he actually eats currency to survive
2. He is electronically operated, plugging into an outlet instead of eating food like ordinary humans

To be sure, the latter possibility seems much more likely considering Kelley's synthetic origins, made clear by his foam latex face and unnatural speech patterns. In fact, this clip marks the first time the viewer is able to sympathize with Kelley, as his standoffish behavior clearly stems from embarrassment at his unusual electronic feeding requirements.

This clip also contains the first reference to Samantha's degenerative knee disease, which becomes steadily more fatal every time Samantha insists that she's fine, not to mention every time her mother flips through a magazine and mutters that it's only a check-up. As Samantha eagerly suggests ideas for how to decorate the future Mable's Table right before her doctor's appointment, the viewer is certainly convinced that Here On Earth will culminate in a scene where Samantha goes shopping for antiques.

Perhaps symbolizing the freedom that comes with a simpler way of life, the characters here are apparently able to jump through time and space at will. For example, after the construction crew breaks for lunch, Samantha is seen cooking breakfast in her pajamas, suggesting that either (1) time has moved backwards, or (2) Samantha is totally lazy. Fortunately, Mrs. Cavanaugh is able to drag her daughter not only to the doctor's office, but into the future so they can attend Sunday mass and listen to the pastor subtly announce that God blew up Mable's Table so Samantha can hook up with a rich kid before dying in two months.

Later in the day, after she has found time to hang out with Jasper and get rid of him, Samantha is lurking around the forest when she spies Kelley and secretly observes his sensitive side. While Samantha appears surprised when Kelley quotes Robert Frost's poem "Birches," at least some of her reaction must have something to do with Kelley has showered, changed clothes, and hiked all the way back to school when he's supposed to be building a diner. Meanwhile, the viewer is surprised to hear Kelley speak so reverently about his fellow classmates when he recently referred them as "a bunch of whining children."