Episode #106 "Catch Us If You Can"

  Claudia's excited to be throwing a bachelorette party for one of her girlfriends. Sean has taken the boys out, and Lily and her friend Brad are upstairs watching the child of one of the party-goers. Claudia's delighted that she's having a night alone with her friends. The alcohol is flowing freely, they have an x-rated cake and a stripper is on his way. Just as the party is getting underway, Sean, Eddie and the boys show up. They were chased home by people who were pelting them with various objects. Claudia is not delighted to see them. Sean promised her a night to herself. To make things worse, a crowd is forming in front of the house, and clearly they're out for blood. Sean explains that since Eddie showed up with four tickets to a Yankee game, they didn't go to the planetarium as planned but went to the game instead. They're seated in the right field bleachers near the outfield fence. Sean has his glove in case a ball comes his way. Eddie reminds him that he's been trying to catch a ball for years with no success. It's the bottom of the ninth inning. There are two outs and the opposition has a man on second. The Yankees lead by one run. The ball comes their way, Sean beats the outfielder to it and catches it while it's still in play. He's responsible for the Yankees' losing the game. They're hounded in the parking lot, on the street and in the subway by angry fans, but they finally make it home. Nobody's more disgusted than Walt who was watching the game on TV at his favorite bar. He was humiliated in front of all his friends. The party is tanking, and Claudia just wants the guys out of the house, but there's the mob outside to consider. A "cop" arrives who's actually the stripper. He takes one look at Sean and realizes that this is the jerk that lost the game for the Yankees. He exits without doing his act. Claudia can't believe how badly things are turning out. Sean knows they have to leave, but he can't do it without facing the crowd of neighbors. He makes a short speech saying that there's nothing they can do to him; he's already hurt himself too much. One guy punches him anyway, but the crowd drifts away. The stripper comes back to retrieve the handcuffs he left behind, and Claudia nabs him. They paid a deposit, and he's going to strip. And Sean gives the ball to Jimmy. Sean's wanted to catch this all his life, but now he wants Jimmy to have it. To his horror the two boys begin playing catch with it.