Loretta tells Mary about Timmy, but Mary warns her that birth certificates can be bought. Clyde informs Loretta that she's to appear on Dinah Shore's talk show in Hollywood on Friday. Cathy is unmoved by Mary's claim of seeing a soap opera about two sisters involved with the same man and declares that Mary can't keep her from marrying Dennis. Loretta reveals she had an unfriendly encounter with the McCulloughs, a new family in the neighborhood. At the plant, Tom gets an icy reception from Ed McCullough, who Charlie suspects could be a lead pipe man sent by the union to rough up Tom. Back home, Tom finds Mary nearly unconscious from pills and gets turned on until he sees the bill from the Lackawanda Institute for Mona's services. A stoned Mary gets a flirty phone call from Dennis.
—Skip Eastport