In an effort to curtail the aggressive behavior that Jason Curnningham is showing towards Ernie, Rizzo talks to Jason's dad only to discover that he's on the city council and therefore Rizzo's boss. Rizzo fears he will lose custody of Ernie when the school bullys father claims that Ernie beat up his son.

When Jake Rizzo's mother arrives to stay, it doesn't take long for the old problems in their relationship to surface. But she and Ernie talk about mothers and sons and everything's sorted out.