At the diner, Margaret comes over with a plate she says is Patrick's favorite, and Ed tells her she's got a nice place in a voice that would sound more appropriate if he were saying "rat-infested shithole." Oblivious to such nuances, however, Margaret tells him that Patrick bought it for her -- she was a waitress for ten years, and this was her dream. She adds that she's got the best big brother in the world, but when Ed growls that he bets that's true, Margaret this time picks up a tone and withdraws. Ed then speculates that she's never been married, and nothing ever really worked out for her and he felt bad. Patrick replies, "She's good people, Ed," which translated means he was right on every count, and Ed muses that Patrick also bought the gym for his father before stopping him from taking another bite of "that poison." He calls Margaret over for the check, and she offers to wrap the steak up for Patrick...

...but then, as she surreptitiously observes, once they get across the street, Ed has Patrick toss the food in the trash. She calls Johnny and is like, "We need to talk," and I'm guessing it's going to be about what a wonderful new coach Patrick has imported into the heart of Bayonne, right?

Back at the Leary residence, Ed, as he cooks, is explaining the basics of athletic nutrition to Patrick and Daniella, and between Patrick being a professional athlete, his wife being a medical doctor, and Daniella being a know-it-all who's unafraid to advance an unsolicited opinion, I find it hard to believe he didn't know this before, but anyway, he tells Ed that it smells good, but Ed tells him that's the cookies he's got in the oven. To Daniella, he adds, "He ain't allowed none of those." Heh. Patrick hears a car pulling in and goes to greet whoever it is, leaving Daniella free to ask Ed to take care of her dad, which, I have to say, is a big improvement on "He could DIEEEEEEEE!" Ava and Theresa then enter, and Theresa is all proud of Ava because she took her to the hospital to see all the kids that have gotten in drunken accidents, and there was one girl with a shattered pelvis who wouldn't talk to anyone, but Ava had her laughing. Ava's uncharacteristically embarrassed by all the attention and heads up to her room...