...and then he returns to the bar and asks the jerk, "How much money you got?" To not kick the shit out of him, I guess? I wish everyone on this show weren't so classy. It's an intimidating bar being set.
At the house, Ava comes into Patrick's office and apologizes for her behavior before asking him to give Brent a chance. Patrick gives a speech about people who tell lies doing it to "hide themselves," like REAL INSIGHTFUL, guy, and then tells her how much she loves her. She gets a little embarrassed and changes the subject by asking what happened to his hand, which is currently soaking in a bowl of ice water, and he lies...I mean, "HIDES HIMSELF" by saying he hit the heavy bag too hard, and I guess either the guy didn't willingly pay up, or maybe they bet on the outcome of their fight, but either way this is feeling a LITTLE on the nose, and I'm not talking about the jerk in the bar. The phone then rings, and Patrick tells Johnny he'll never do that again, which Johnny says is too bad since the dentist made good on his debt. For all Johnny's seeming reluctance earlier with his "You're better than this" business and his assertion that he was going to make everything right, he tells Patrick that there are no other moneymaking opportunities, like, way to do an exhaustive search and give up in TWO WHOLE DAYS. Patrick hangs up...
...and then apparently flashes back to what happened at the bar, as in fact, they did bet money and go out to the parking lot for a fight, and it turns out that the jerk played left tackle for the Giants and has a hundred pounds on Patrick, which certainly is quite significant but that still ignores the fact that BOXING IS A SKILL, and he goes on that "to make it fair" he'll give Patrick the first punch, like, I think this guy's insane already but if he thinks Patrick can't knock him out with a free punch he's got whatever the football equivalent of pugilistic dementia is. Patrick apparently agrees that that would be too easy, as he merely stands and waits for the guy to land a solid blow to his gut, but after the guy's friends congratulate him, we switch to the guy's POV, and Patrick comes on like a Mac truck and his fist flies into the guy's face. Sleep well, douchebag.
Sometime later, Patrick shirtlessly sits up in bed, and then he flashes back to the conversation with Katie we didn't see. The non-linear progression is designed to emphasize his LIES, because as he tells Katie he doesn't hurt people anymore, they intercut further footage not just of him kicking the football player's ass, but also him twisting the bat out of the dentist's hand and doing something very damaging to his arm in front of all the guests. After a quick flash to the Reynolds fight, we see Patrick take his money for knocking the football player out...









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