Robert finds himself in the most unlikely position of having to choose one of three women—girlfriend Amy, ex-wife Joanne, or Italian bombshell Stefania—to share the future with him. But when he tells Amy about his recent reunion with ex-wife, it all starts to come apart.

Ray's dreams of authoring a sports book get squashed when the publishing company takes a pass on it, just as Robert receives the good news that he is being promoted to lieutenant. The Barone family doesn't quite know how to react to this most bizarre of situations in which Ray has failed at something while Robert has succeeded. But worst of all, Ray doesn't know how (or if) he's ever going to get past this.