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It's two weeks until the fight, and Patrick is in good shape but is wondering when he and Stacy Keach are going to talk strategy, so Stacy Keach tells him he needs to fight a war of attrition against Reynolds. Speaking of whom, Barry turns up and tells Patrick that his odds against Reynolds dropped sharply overnight, and as such he thinks that Patrick is planning to take a dive, which better not happen if he knows what's good for him. Patrick asks Johnny if anyone, such as Brennan, came to him about throwing the fight, but Johnny swears that's not the case. Later, Johnny arranges for a fake news story about Reynolds having a mild heart attack, which gets the line moving back in Patrick's favor, which I guess is good?
Patrick's mother turns up out of nowhere and says she's back after 17 years, as she's read about Patrick's recent troubles and has been worried. Turns out she's an alcoholic and is in recovery, and she's also the mystery beneficiary of the money Patrick had been sending to points heretofore unknown. Patrick invites her to stay, to Theresa's surprise, as she thought Patrick was still "furious" with her, but when Patrick tells his siblings about their mother's return and invites them to dinner, Margaret flatly says she can go to hell, while Johnny, only marginally less bitter, isn't sure Patrick needs this kind of distraction so close to the fight. May, the mother, turns up to the gym, rendering Stacy Keach by turns speechless, flustered and horny; later, she confides in Theresa that the first time she left was in protest that he got Johnny started in boxing, and conveys her worry about Patrick. Great?
Brennan and Margaret get shot at coming out of the diner, and although no one takes a bullet, when May shows up to the hospital, Margaret flips out, and everyone's a shaky mess in the wake of the attack, considering they don't even know who it came from. May tries to commiserate with Theresa, having a drink as she does, and it turns out she and her supposedly-dead boyfriend have been trying to shake the family down, so Patrick, feeling like a total sap, breaks the BF's hand, which, dude's a dick but he's also like 60, so not exactly a fair fight, Patrick. However, it's hard to feel too bad when May shows up at the end with a black eye and begs Patrick to help her get clean. Patrick, however, gives her twenty grand to get on a bus to anywhere, and even though she begs him to reconsider, he leaves her. Also, Brennan tells Patrick the line moved so he could get a bigger payday from Patrick and subsequently get rid of Barry for good, and tells him to prepare for war. And week, I guess we'll finally get it.
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!I guess I should mention the fact that the show was officially canceled last week? Well, it was. Big surprise. And if you're looking for reasons why, this episode is a good place to start. I mean, can you think of a less auspicious sign than it sharing its name with that...movie, for want of a better word?
Patrick is doing a little sparring as Stacy Keach watches with an appraising eye, as does that producer/interviewer Charlie from the sidelines. When they break, Stacy Keach says he has to give Ed Romeo (who?) credit, as Patrick looks a lot freer in the ring, and adds that with two weeks to go, Patrick's peaking at the right time. Patrick's like, that's great, but asks when they're going to discuss strategy, and Stacy Keach asks "Huh?" like he's unfamiliar with the word, which is probably not the greatest testament to his coaching skills. Patrick, however, repeats the question, so Stacy Keach, after consideration and a glance Charlie's way...
...brings Patrick into the office, whereupon he informs Patrick that since he's fought a lot of fights, he can't tell him anything he doesn't already know. To quote Norm Peterson, "Ladies and gentlemen, Knute Rockne!" Stacy Keach, this is a guy who doesn't have the first clue even about what an athlete's diet looks like. I don't think he's quite ready to form the battle plan himself. But of course, Stacy Keach is feeling gun-shy given how he fucked up the last Reynolds fight, so Patrick has to tell him that that's history, and he can't win the fight if they're going to "tap-dance around each other." Amusing a mental image as that may be. Assured that Patrick wants to hear this, Stacy Keach tells him that Reynolds is a much better fighter than he was five years ago, with twenty extra pounds of muscle and the confidence of a champion, so Patrick's going to have be the Ali to his Foreman in a war of attrition, and while the comparison seems apt, with the dementia I might have come up with something different here. Stacy Keach goes on that he's going to have to let Reynolds punch himself out for seven or eight rounds, and when he tires, "you make your move and you knock him out. I don't care what kind of shape your eye is in." Okay, he leaves that last bit out, but does anyone doubt that Patrick's going to revisit that kind of trouble in the fight? Anyway, Stacy Keach assures Patrick that he'll be the last man standing, because he always is, but Barry bursts in and tramples the touching moment by telling Patrick he needs to speak with him, NOW...
...so they hold conference in the bathroom, away from the media, and Barry asks what the hell he's up to, as his odds went from two-to-one against to five-to-one overnight, and that only happens when someone's got inside information. The insinuation is that Patrick has made a deal to take a dive, and when Patrick asks why he'd do that, Barry seethes, "Because you're dead broke and you know you can't win." You have to admit those are compelling reasons. Patrick tells him he's getting his belt back, but Barry informs him in no uncertain terms that he does not promote fixed fights, as you can't sell them, so he'd better tell his new partner "Mr. Brennan" that whatever he's planning isn't going to happen. I don't mean to make light of Barry's situation here, but hasn't he figured out by now that whenever something's going on, Patrick is always the last to know? Anyway, Barry snips and snaps some more, but Patrick stays stone-faced, so Barry digs up his usual sardonic chuckle and gets the hell out of there.
Cut to Patrick exiting the gym and finding a blowsy older blonde getting out of a cab. Facing her back, he gets a look of recognition on his face and asks, "Mom?" Not sure I'm psyched for this development, but I will point out that the fact that Mom is played by Valerie Perrine, who was so fabulous beside Gene Hackman as the dippy Miss Teschmacher in the first two Christopher Reeve Superman films. Mama Teschmacher hugs Patrick and greets him as "pumpkin," which I admit is not a nickname I would think to call him, and when he asks what she's doing there, she offers, "I'm back!" Patrick looks about as thrilled at this development as he did about Barry's speech, although that could be due to the part where she doesn't seem to be leaving. Credits.
When we return, Patrick and his mother have repaired to the front of a church for some reason, and she's telling him how she just did outpatient rehab, as it was time for her to get sober. Patrick clears up one mystery by asking if she's been getting the money he's been sending, and starts to apologize for it not being much, but she cuts him off and tells him the money saved her, and after everything he's done for her, she wants to be there for him now. He unconvincingly tells her he's fine, but of course she doesn't buy it, as she lives in the world and as such knows that he's recently been arrested and stabbed. "If it was Johnny, I'd get it." Wow. Considering we'll learn she's been gone for seventeen years: Even then, Johnny, huh? She asks what's going on, so he tells her that he just hit a bad run and it's behind him before asking if she's still with her "drummer friend," but she tells him that "Lester" passed away recently from emphysema. After a moment, she says she doesn't want to be a distraction, and when he asks where she's staying, she tells him she'll find something. Finally smiling, however, he points out that she hasn't seen the house he's built. And given his financial woes, I'd say now's the time! Also, he tells her that his three daughters ask about her all the time, and Mae (we will learn that's her name) sighs that she held Ava when she was a baby, but the others..."Is it too late, do you think, for them to have a Grandma?"
Well, it seems the answer to that question is no, if the ensuing cut to her giggling and horsing around with the girls is any indication. She then hands out some gifts, kind of hilariously apologizing for forgetting to get one for Daniella, but considering Ava's is a tacky showgirl boa and Katie's a nail-care kit, it's not like she missed out on much anyway. They talk for a bit about how Mae was a dancer, and then Theresa appears and watches the scene warily from the sidelines. After a moment, Patrick joins her and comments that Mae still looks great, but Theresa doesn't seem so impressed, and asks when the last time they talked was. Patrick tells her he calls and leaves her messages on her birthday and Mother's Day, which is news to Theresa, as she thought Patrick was still "furious" with her. Patrick opines that she's there to make amends, but Theresa's like, "With your family? Good luck." Woman's got a point, Patrick, and he concedes it, but adds that if it doesn't happen now, he doesn't know when it will. Someone's deathbed or funeral would be my guess, Patrick. Theresa counsels him to take it one step at a time with his mother, which is very good advice that he will undoubtedly ignore.
Patrick catches Johnny buying a paper out of a machine and asks if he's seen the line, and Johnny crows that it's now six-to-one, and he's going to lock in that rate. As they cross the street to go to the diner, Patrick asks what's going on, but Johnny's unconcerned, opining that between Patrick's age and his recent troubles, he's lucky he's not ten-to-one. It's not that I disagree because I don't AT ALL, but Patrick is not taking issue with the quality of the odds, rather than the fact that they've moved so quickly, which suggests smart money at work. Johnny's certainly gambled enough that he should know this. Patrick wonders if whoever's betting could have the ref in his pocket, but Johnny thinks it's too early for that, and besides, refs and even judges can't guarantee a fix. Patrick agrees and says only the fighter can do that, leading him to ask if anyone approached Johnny about fixing the fight. Johnny, however, swears up and down that he would never involve them in such a deal, so they head inside, and once they're seated at the counter, Patrick calls a family meeting and tells his siblings that their mother has returned. Johnny, reasonably enough, immediately jumps to the conclusion that she's after a piece of the money Patrick's about to come into, but Patrick of course tells him it's not like that, and that she's different and wants to see them and apologize. He asks them to come to dinner that Saturday, but Margaret plainly says Mae is dead to her and that she can go to hell before walking away. When she's gone, Johnny slides closer and tells Patrick that whatever's going on with their mother, he's real close to the biggest fight of his life, and as such they do not need any distractions from her. Again, perfectly sound advice, but Patrick doesn't drag out ignoring it for even a moment as he counters that she's there, and something about it feels right, so he wants Johnny to give her a chance. "I mean, how many have I given you?" Cold, but he's got a point. Unfortunately, I expect he's got no such leverage with Margaret, but one sibling at a time is probably a better strategy here anyway.
When we return, we're on the set of The Box, with Charlie doing the interviewing. She asks Patrick if the latest line from Vegas is fair, and Patrick replies that being underestimated gives him strength, and besides, everyone knows who really won their last fight. Reynolds replies that they're going to settle this...at which point the image freezes, and we pan out to show that Charlie is showing Johnny a recording on her laptop in his office. She asks how Johnny thinks the sentence ends, and Johnny makes a couple of incorrect guesses before Charlie tells him how Reynolds finished it doesn't even matter, because the rhetoric he and Patrick have been spouting keeps being the same. Still, I would have gone with "old-school." Charlie goes on that the episode is "crap - predictable and boring," and she should try not to set me up like that, but she goes on to add "[El Diablo] drank his own urine on my show. That was entertainment!" A little fetishized for my tastes, but she does have a point that it's more interesting than Patrick complaining he got robbed in the last fight for the jillionth time. Charlie tells Johnny she needs Patrick to amp things up or she'll put something false out there and do it herself, and essentially offers to show Johnny a good time if he can get Patrick to play. Johnny all but unzips his fly right there...
...so let's go to Patrick in the ring, and Stacy Keach is pleased again at what he's seeing. When Patrick's done sparring, Stacy Keach tells him to change his shoes and go run six miles, but just then, Mae pipes up from where she's appeared on the sidelines. Stacy Keach, hilariously, looks like he's seeing a ghost, while Patrick, more prosaically, asks Mae what she's doing there. She tells him she came to watch him spar before literally saying "Hello, sailor" to Stacy Keach, like, great, another horned-up Leary we have to deal with. They flirt a bit while discussing Patrick's boxing, and then Stacy Keach goes to change out of his wet shirt while babbling at Patrick in a barely coherent manner, like, I know it's been a while but try to hold on to a little dignity here, Stacy Keach. Anyway, he runs off to grab some Cialis out of his locker, leaving Patrick free to upbraid his mother for showing up announced, but she pooh-poohs his concerns until Johnny and Charlie appear. Johnny greets her coldly, and when he mentions that she's been gone for seventeen years, Charlie's eyebrows go up like any good producer's would. She takes the opportunity to introduce herself, mentioning that "Charlie" is short for "Charlotte," but as soon as Johnny digests the fact that the cameras are rolling, he insists they be turned off. Charlie belays that order, but even Mae isn't immune to this much tension, and suggests she scram. She's rescued, though, by the reappearance of Stacy Keach, and after they reminisce a bit about the old neighborhood, they head out to, um, reacquaint themselves with each other?
Later, Patrick is shirtlessly running down the street, and honestly, I know they work Holt McCallany hard but dude is running like my grandmother here. That's not going to get it done in a war of attrition against Reynolds. A familiar black car screeches up to a halt in front of him and Brennan gets out, like, what a drama queen Brennan has turned out to be with his entrances and exits on this show. This scene is stupid and this show is cancelled, so I'll be quick: Patrick tells Brennan he's not taking a dive, no way, no how, and also that he should stop calling him "son," since they're not family. !
Dinnertime! The kids, including Dylan, are hanging out in the kitchen as Mae helps prepare some food, and everyone's having a good time except for Johnny, who's slamming a drink with as much prejudice as he can muster. He gets even more sullen when Mae turns demonstrative toward Dylan, and then Mae leaves him to stir something on the stove as she goes to tell his father how intuitive and what an "old soul" Dylan is. Johnny, however, snaps that Dylan is sensitive, so if Mae is planning on abandoning them again he'd appreciate it if she wouldn't even talk to him. Patrick then pulls Johnny aside and asks him to take it easy, I think doubly referring to his treatment of their mother and his efforts to win a drinking competition in which no one else is participating, but Johnny says it's the price of his attendance, and adds that he can't believe Patrick kept in touch with Mae all these years. "Whose side are you on?" If I were Patrick, I'd point out that Stacy Keach was about a hundred times of an easier sell that he was, but he settles for simply reminding him that Mae is their mother. Johnny: "Then how come she's never done anything in her whole life that wasn't for her?" Patrick has no answer to that...
...so we go back into the kitchen, wherein Mae sighs and remembers that Johnny was Dylan's age when Stacy Keach "made him start boxing." I wonder what she'd say if she knew that Dylan's been in the ring already. Mae goes on that that's why she left, "the first time." Theresa expresses cautious interest, so Mae goes on that she couldn't stand the "family business," and that Theresa should thank her lucky stars that she's got three daughters, like, I guess in the universe of Lights Out a little film called Million Dollar Baby never happened. Mae turns back to stir the pot (it works on so many levels! Well, two) as she continues that she was so happy when Theresa got Patrick to retire, and after a little awkwardness about that, given what they're preparing for now, Theresa asks if Mae left Stacy Keach for a musician, and she replies, "Not a musician, a drummer," which having known some drummers I find HILARIOUS. After establishing that Theresa thinks Patrick will win this fight, Mae asks, "And then what?" And I'd wonder if it's really your place to be asking awkward questions after a seventeen-year absence even if you are cooking dinner, but I'll field this one anyway: Then nothing, because the show is CANCELED! Stacy Keach then turns up and recognizes the smell of Mae's Irish Stew, and then the two of them make eyes at each other for a bit until...
...it's time for dinner, but first Mae has to give a speech about how she wasn't expecting to be welcomed and whatever, and Patrick looks doe-eyed and even Theresa is putting up with it, but Johnny looks like he's chewing out the inside of both cheeks at once while Dylan, God bless him, has already started eating. I swear, apart from Barry Word, Dylan is my favorite character on this show. Anyway, after the touching oratory, Ava and Katie put on some mambo music and say they want to see Mae dance, so she and Stacy Keach get up and...oh, I see, she gave this speech after they'd eaten, which isn't customary but does seem more practical. The males in this family certainly don't seem like they stand on ceremony when it comes to chow. Anyway, they dance, and Stacy Keach puts his arms around her from behind, like, does anyone else think it's a little weird how uncomplicated his feelings seem to be here? Oh wait - I'm the only one watching! How silly of me!
Later, they've moved to the staircase but are still dancing as the rest of them sit on the stairs watching, but soon, Johnny has had enough and starts to walk Dylan out in a fireman's carry. Patrick accompanies him so he can ask if he's heard from Barry, but Johnny says no and in turn asks about Brennan, and Patrick is like, "He knows where I stand," which is dumb because he didn't even let Brennan get a word in so he doesn't even really know what he wanted, but anyway, Patrick closes the door behind his brother and looks at his parents, and Stacy Keach is like, "He'll come around," so are you BACK TOGETHER or what?
At the diner, Margaret is preparing to lock up as she tells Brennan that her mother didn't just leave that one time - she'd go on a binge and then crawl back, and Margaret's the one that had to fill in for her. "Robbed me of my life." Victim mentality, it's true, especially for someone whose brother set her up as he did, but it's also true that she doesn't have to welcome Mae back into her life, and at least her attitude is consistent. Anyway, when they get outside, Brennan tells her that the best days of her life are still ahead of her, but as if to disagree, a car comes rolling up, and Brennan gets Margaret down to the ground just ahead of a dude shooting several bullets their way, shattering the diner's windows. I'd imagine drive-bys are covered by the standard Bayonne insurance package, though.
When we return, we're at the hospital, and Patrick finds Margaret with a cut-up face getting looked at by an ER nurse, like, I know the situation was dire but did Brennan actually bash her face into the ground in the process of saving her? Speaking of whom, where is he? Probably working on figuring out who shot at them, but you'd think he would have stayed at least until her family got there. And again speaking of whom, when Margaret sees their mother she looks at Patrick like he just stepped on her puppy, like, she knew about the dinner so I don't know why this is the biggest surprise in the world, but I suppose it's an emotional time for her, given that she starts sobbing and then stifles herself so she can yell at Patrick and Stacy Keach to get her out of there. The two guys, however, just stand there like slackjawed yokels, so thank God for Theresa stepping in and kindly escorting Mae out of there, and Stacy Keach then has the nerve to get upset with Margaret before storming away, like FUCK OFF, Stacy Keach. You being this hard up is no one else's problem. Patrick tells Margaret that if anything happened to her, he'd never forgive himself, and then can't resist speculating that Brennan was involved. Margaret of course defends him, but Theresa returns to defer any further fighting by pulling Patrick aside and asking, very reasonably, if it's safe for them to go home. Patrick says they'll put some security on and everything will be fine, so Theresa goes to take the girls and Mae home and leaves Patrick to catch a ride with Johnny, who's probably moving a little slowly considering the seventeen belts of booze he had at "dinner."
Later, the men are having a summit meeting at Stacy Keach's place, and Stacy Keach tells them he's seen this kind of play before -- whoever shot at Patrick is trying to intimidate him into taking a dive. Patrick asks who said intimidator might be, but Johnny thinks it could be any of the scumbag players around -- Barry, the Russian bookies, even Brennan himself. Patrick declares that this fight represents everything he is, and there's no way he's taking a dive, but Johnny points out that the line speaks otherwise at the moment. Patrick suggests they move the odds back, then, and when Stacy Keach asks how, Johnny quotes some language Charlie used earlier, letting us know that he intends to put something unsubstantiated out there. And what could go wrong with that?
Mae is on the phone with someone, and from her expressing to whoever it is that whatever she's doing is going to take longer than she thought, we can infer that (a) she's running a con here, and (b) she's possibly having second thoughts about it. Theresa interrupts before we can learn anything more, though, and after Mae ends the call, Theresa invites her down to lunch...
...an offer she may be living to regret, as Mae is taking the opportunity to bitch about Margaret's attitude. She then casually grabs some liquor to drop in her iced tea, and you'd think Theresa as a medical doctor and someone who's apparently witnessed the effects of addiction before (Johnny) would raise an eyebrow, but she doesn't say anything until Mae goes on that she knows Theresa must understand how suffocating it is to take care of a boxing family. Theresa, however, seems to have picked a side and is now running with it, as she tells Mae she's not judging her for having left, and it's true she went back to school because she needed more, but in the end, she doesn't want to miss out on her family. Mae, with, perhaps more sharpness than is called for given who she's talking to, says she stayed as long as she could stomach it, "and this is what I get." An afternoon cocktail that needs an octane rating? Oh, she's talking about Margaret again. Yawn.
So apparently, given what I'm seeing on screen, Johnny's big idea was to make a phony 911 call saying that Reynolds suffered a mild heart attack after a workout, and I'd point out that that's a felony but look who I'm dealing with here. The newscaster goes on that the EMS workers on the scene didn't take Reynolds with them, which, she says, fueled speculation about a domestic situation, and how that logically follows I have no idea but CANCELED. The point is, the line is moving back the way it came. Anyway, Patrick then gets a call from Theresa, who blabs about Mae's drinking, not that I blame her. She goes on that she called Mae a car so she could go see Stacy Keach, whom she was talking to earlier, but Patrick, the scales falling from his eyes, calls over to Stacy Keach and learns that he didn't talk to Mae that day. Patrick asks Theresa which car company she used...
...and then we see Mae getting out of a town car at some cheap motel. We then cut to her entering one of the rooms, which just so happens to contain Lester, the emphysemic, supposedly-dead drummer, who asks her what's taking so long with the house, since it's in her name. Which was ridiculous the first time I heard it and, given that it was only said to back up this plot point, seems even more ridiculous now, and Mae apparently agrees with me as she tells Lester Patrick's about ready to fight, so if they sit tight they can get their hands on a lot more than an old house, so he should just relax. Lester, however, reacts in such a way that suggests he might be on something and regardless, would have no problem hitting Mae, which is bad news for him, given that Patrick knocks the door in at this moment. Patrick, in that faux-sunny manner he uses when he's about to crack some skulls, tells Lester he looks good for a dead man, and Lester takes momentary but hilarious umbrage to the fact that Mae claimed he was deceased before getting up in Patrick's face about how the pittance he's been sending Mae is nowhere near what he should have been giving her. Mae tries to get him to shut the hell up, and when he starts toward her, Patrick gets him up against the wall and, after taking a long pause to let the moment sink in, breaks his wrist. Lester howls in pain both physical and emotional (the latter being related to the fact that his best drumming days are now behind him) but Patrick is only concerned with his mother, as he stares long and hard at her before asking if anything she said was true. Mae can't bring herself to answer, so Patrick gets out of there. Hey, what's one more crime for the Leary family, right? Patrick has SOME NERVE acting all self-righteous when it comes to Brennan, I tell you what. Still rooting for Reynolds.
In the morning, Patrick is sulking in bed, as often happens when the universe conspires to make you inflict torturous physical pain on those far weaker than you, and Theresa, who's about to leave for work (whatever that may be) asks if he doesn't have an interview. He admits that he does, and whines about his mother and BORING...
...but then it's time for another edition of The Box, on which Reynolds produces the results of an EKG he took that morning and snarls at Patrick to look at it. Patrick, however, tells Charlie that the lead-up to a fight can be very stressful, and if Reynolds is having problems, "my heart goes out to him." Look, as much as this show can bug me, I'm never one to turn down a righteously terrible pun, so HA! Reynolds accuses Patrick of being desperate and a bum, but Patrick needles him some more, and after the two of them do some damage to the set furniture, Reynolds bellows at Patrick on his way out while Johnny gives Charlie a "Let's hook up later for a celebratory fuck" gesture. Barry then gives Patrick some shit about the ambulance stunt, but Patrick turns around and accuses Barry of being behind the shot at his sister, and tells him to stay away from his family. And speaking of family...
...Patrick finds his mother on a bench somewhere, and she's a mess; she blames Lester for the whole plan before removing her sunglasses to reveal a black eye. Oof. Horrible. Patrick says he should have broken both Lester's hands, and I'd imagine if nothing else that would have been doing the music industry a favor, but Mae cries as she repeats her apology, saying that out of everyone, she didn't want to hurt Patrick. She says she wants to get away from Lester and begs Patrick to help her get clean, but Patrick, although not without sympathy, gives her twenty grand and tells her to get a fresh start somewhere else. And I know this is about Patrick coming to terms with who his mother really is, and that he also doesn't really have time for this, but as usual, it's one extreme to the other with him, just like he did with Ed Romeo. He could put her in rehab nearby and see if it sticks, but I'm not going to get too into it because CANCELED. Mae complains that Theresa doesn't want her there, and warns Patrick that she's restless, but again, even if that's true I don't think it's going to pay off because of the CANCELED. Patrick tells her it was better when she wasn't around, and she sits and cries his name for a moment but then opens the envelope and seems to get over it, suggesting he did the right thing, I guess. I just hope she doesn't get mugged.
Patrick has another great sparring session but then tells Stacy Keach he has something to tell him, and Stacy Keach figures out immediately that Mae is gone before smiling, "Pretty lady!" Um...okay? I mean, if he doesn't care, why should I?
Patrick's just about the leave the gym when Brennan pops out of the shadows like the videogame character he is and asks what Patrick's doing. Patrick sarcastically tells him Margaret's fine, thanks for asking, although I'm guessing Brennan might have FOUND THAT OUT FROM HER DIRECTLY. Brennan assures Patrick he won't ever let Margaret get in harm's way again, but he's got to stop messing with things he doesn't understand -- the line was moved so his "house" would be in a position to win enough money off him to buy out Patrick's contract from Barry, like, (a) I don't think being tied to you instead of Barry is a big draw for Patrick at the moment, and (b) who said he's going to fight again? I mean, obviously if the show hadn't been CANCELED they would have found dramatic reasons for him to keep fighting, but at this point the only reason to think he would is that there would be no show if he didn't, which is lazy writing. Anyway, after establishing that the fight is now in exactly one week's time, he tells Patrick to be patient and get ready for war, and then he, and we, are out. And week, we fight, FINALLY.
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