Episode #104 "Eddie's Dead"

  In the Finnerty kitchen, Claudia's commiserating with her friend Lina who found out that her boyfriend is cheating on her with her sister. Sean, Walt, Jimmy and Henry are in the living room playing Monopoly. Eddie comes in, and, when he hears about Liana, says he wants to meet her. Sean says that Eddie's not going in that kitchen. Walt observes that it wouldn't kill Sean to put in a good word for his own brother. Sean says he's always putting in a good word for Eddie, and it always comes back to bite him. Besides, why does Walt always side with Eddie? It's been that way since they were kids. They hear the blender; Lina and Claudia are making margaritas again. This, says Eddie, is the perfect time for Sean to go into the kitchen and talk him up. Sean's talked him up many times before, and it's always turned into a nightmare. Sean recalls Melissa, Faye and Margot, girls he set up with Eddie. They all were horrified by his uncouth behavior. Lily is fascinated by the drama going on in the kitchen and is trying to hang around and hear as much as she can. When Lily remarks that Lina is needy and desperate, Eddie tells Sean he has introduce them. Desperate women love him! Sean asks Eddie to name one women he set him up with that didn't turn into a complete catastrophe. Abby, says Eddie; they went out for two months. Sean reminds Eddie what happened after that. A flashback follows in which Eddie tells Sean he's in a rut. He calls Abby every day. She's great, but he has to get rid of her. It's starting to freak him out. Sean tells him that the thing to do in that case is make a clean break, end it like a man. Shortly afterward, food platters and floral tributes begin arriving at the Finnerty house. The cards read "In Loving Memory" and "Goodbye, Eddie." Eddie had his buddy Kenny tell Abby that Eddie is dead; he was pushed off the Staten Island Ferry. Sean and Claudia try unsuccessfully to convince everyone that Eddie's still alive. Walt remembers people kept coming up saying they were sorry for him, but he just thought they meant in general Walt asks what happened then. Abby walks up one day when Eddie and Sean are playing basketball. She asks what's going on; Kenny told her Eddie was dead. Eddie says she's mistaken. She hugs him, slaps him, kisses him and drags him off down the street, but the next morning she dumps him. Walt says Sean should be ashamed; how would he feel if Eddie told a story like that about him. Sean gives up. Eddie can do whatever he feels like and Walt does back flips to take his side. Claudia leads Lina into the living room; she's calling her a cab. Eddie gets up and introduces himself. He offers to drive Lina home, and she accepts. Claudia, very tipsy, joins the Monopoly game.