The Part Where Peter Leaves is set in JFK’s Terminal A - as well as various Elsewheres (war zones, bedrooms, a bar). Susan sits amidst a pile of airport debris (Styrofoam containers and crappy magazines), debating what which major life step to take. She tells us the story of Peter and Mattie, a journalist and medic, respectively, whose romance personifies the debate between the costs and contributions of the Western hand in other spaces.