With the cookout approaching one key ingredient is missing, so the crew takes a drastic step to obtain it. Meanwhile, Tommy continues to be troubled by his taste of the afterlife, so he seeks out a priest; Sean helps a cancer-stricken firefighter break out of the hospital; and Damien consorts with the enemy, so to speak, when he dates a probie from the rival firehouse, the West Side Wildmen.

As Colleen's drinking continues to spin out of control, Tommy takes an aggressive approach to get her to stop. Meanwhile, tensions between Franco and Black Shawn boil over, and Mike and Sean attend the ballet with Sean's dying friend Pat.