Episode #210 "Lucas Raymondicus"

Griffin shows Hilton a column in the local paper by sportswriter Ray Barone in which he claims that the winning basket in the 1955 Queens Division basketball championship was made by his father, Frank Barone. Hilton is stunned because he scored that basket and has been talking about it for more than 40 years. Hilton meets Ray Barone to clarify things, but Ray says his father’s been telling him the story of the game since he was a kid. Hilton says then he’s been lying for a long time. Later, Ray arrives with his dad, and Frank and Hilton go to the kitchen to discuss things. Frank begs Hilton not give him a break and let Ray think his dad’s a hero. Hilton says he’ll think about it. Ruth, who’s been listening to the conversation, tells Hilton he shouldn’t demand that Ray print a retraction. Hilton reluctantly concedes to Ray that his father scored the basket, while Frank chides Ray for even doubting his story. Ruth is invited to a pep rally at the high school to commemorate the 1955 championship and Frank’s winning basket. It’s clear that ever yone thinks Hilton is dead. Hilton says he feels like he’s in the Twilight Zone and begins trying to contact his former teammates. He learns that Frank told the school he was deceased, so Hilton tells Ray the truth. Ray confronts his father who finally confesses, and says he’ll tell the truth at the pep rally. But at the rally he lies again and says he made the basket. Hilton is amazed to learn that one of his former teammates has been bitter for over 40 years because he felt Hilton deprived him of his one shot at glory by hogging the ball and making the winning basket instead of passing it off and letting him shoot.