It's evening at the country club, which is called "Firmwood" (if they left the humor to little touches like that, they'd be doing a lot better) and it's time for the boss's wake (...at...the country club...Okay. Actually, no, it's not okay -- on top of everything else, isn't it a bit bizarre to have the wake at the place WHERE HE DIED?) The body is laid out in not even a private area; people are milling about and socializing like they're in between conference sessions. James finds the Widow Bossman and tells her he's sorry for her loss, but she's basically like, "Don't be." Word, sister. He hands over the case that he thinks still contains the diamond monstrosity from earlier, but when the Widow Bossman opens it, it's empty. She placidly observes, "Apparently my husband found someone more deserving than me." Just as well they don't know who that someone is at this point, for this scene is long enough on the awkward already. James looks puzzled, and dishes to Nia Long about the jewelry mystery when she makes her appearance. Nia Long predictably is chagrined that the boss never looked her way, and then we see James's wife "Stacey" go up to the casket in tears and pull out the diamond pendant. Oh my God, you guys, UN!COMFORTABLE! and Vartan looks more stunned than when he found out Sydney was back from the dead after two years. You'd think Stacey might have given at least a cursory check to see if the coast was clear, since James is STARING AT HER FROM NOT FIFTEEN FEET AWAY, but no, and he ignores Nia Long asking if he's okay and rushes off.

In the bathroom, James is trying to collect himself when Duncan comes in and takes a piss while remarking that the cash bar is tacky. I don't disagree, but...cash bar? At a wake? At the country club? Someone fucked up the design of this jigsaw puzzle. Duncan asks if James is okay, and James tells him he got a call from "a friend" who thinks his wife is having an affair. You might wonder why Duncan would think this would affect James so profoundly, given that ONE OF THEIR BEST FRIENDS IS OPENLY CHEATING ON HIS WIFE, but if so, you're not Duncan. Duncan does admit that his second wife after Lisbeth cheated on him, albeit at his encouragement, to "spice things up a little." James still looks distraught, and Duncan's smile fades as he asks how James's friend is doing. This, I thought, was one of the rare nice moments of the episode -- it seemed like Duncan cottoned on and was, in a coded way, expressing concern about James. In retrospect, I really think I should have known better. Anyway, after James says his friend is just "trying to breathe," Duncan says he's off to "break bread" with a woman who hates him. James asks if it's his ex (probably the second one, since "hate" doesn't exactly translate to "buffing the cedar with your ass,") but no -- it's his daughter...