Episode #116 "Jimmy Was Kung Fu Fighting"

  Claudia is burned out from working extra shifts at the restaurant, but Sean reminds her they need the money for their dream vacation in Cancun; they're not going to settle for another vacation at the Jersey shore. Claudia protests that she never gets to see the kids, and she doesn't know why Lily's not speaking to her. Sean says that Jimmy had a minor problem, an incident at school, but it's been dealt with. Kyle, the school bully, along with some of his toadies, has been picking on Jimmy. Sean assures Claudia that he took care of it. Lily has gotten her tongue pierced, and she's in terrible pain; her parents can't believe she would do something so stupid, but she says they just don't know what's cool. Sean and Claudia discover that Henry's eating donuts that he found in the trash outside the doughnut shop. Sean reminds him that they have a family rule against eating from the garbage. Sean tells Claudia to keep her eye on the prize and shows her a Cancun brochure. They imagine a romantic walk on the beach, but Eddie intrudes on their reverie. Jimmy has a bump on his head and explains that the kids were chasing him and he ran into a tetherball pole. Sean asks Lily to walk Jimmy to school the next day to make sure that nothing happens. Lily gets in Kyle's face, but that only makes things worse. Now Jimmy's a wimp who needs a girl for protection. Sean goes to sister Helen with Jimmy in tow. Jimmy doesn't want to rat on Kyle, but Sister Helen figures things out and says she'll take care of it. Lily's friends are giving her a hard time about her picking on eleven-year-olds. Lily hopes the pierced tongue will make her cool again. Eddie remembers when he had a nose ring attached with a chain to his earring. Sister Helen arrives at the Finnerty house and announces that the real problem is that Jimmy's a bully. Claudia and Sean are taken aback to learn that Jimmy has punched someone in the teeth. Henry comes home with some Chinese food, and his parents learn that he danced in front of a Chinese restaurant and was rewarded with potstickers by the owner. When Sean tells him he can't to things like that, he complains that the only thing that Sean ever cooks is macaroni and cheese. Jimmy tells Sean he had to defend himself after Sister Helen got involved, because things got even worse. Eddie gave him some martial arts training and sent him off to confront the bullies. Claudia tells Sean that Eddie is raising their son. Sean says they have to keep their insane schedules a little longer, but the payoff will be the beach. Sister Helen tells Sean that what happened in the schoolyard was a very ugly scene. Jimmy protests that he was minding his own business, but when Kyle knocks his book out of his hands, he leaps onto a picnic table, disables two kids with kung fu kicks, somersaults into the air and runs right up a wall like the kung fu masters in "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon." He runs magically across a row of bushes, flies to the picnic table, jumps, spins and kicks his attackers, surveys the damage and settles down to read again. Sister Helen says that Jimmy may be embellishing a bit. In fact, Jimmy sneaked up behind Kyle and bashed him in the head with a lunch tray. Claudia assures Sister Helen that they'll deal with this, and it's goodbye Cancun.