Sophia has a friend who is contemplating suicide and of course she ends up not doing it because how could they show that on tv? In real life, many older people do along with people in general. Of course there's a young baby on the episode to show that there's hope and much to look forward to but maybe Sophia's friend doesn't have children or any loved ones except for Sophia who was the only one she could call to hold her hand while the life drains out of her body.