Alan Yang

Alicia meets with a fertility specialist to discuss the logistics of IVF as a queer woman. She is confronted with the systemic biases of insurance companies that fail to account for non-heteronormative paths to parenthood, leading to a frustrating realization about the financial and legal hurdles ahead.

Alicia struggles with the physical and emotional toll of self-administering IVF injections while on the phone with her mother. The scene captures the intersection of financial stress, the fear of failure in motherhood, and the blunt but supportive dynamic between mother and daughter.