Tony and
Phil work out a deal to split the profits from the distribution of
multivitamins acquired by Tony's crew. Phil suggests that
Johnny be left out of the transaction, to which Tony agrees.
Chris is told by his girlfriend,
Kelli, that she is pregnant. He is thrilled; they get married and buy a large house. On their way home from a trip to
Pennsylvania, Chris and Tony stop outside a town because Tony needs to urinate. They see two
bikers stealing vintage wine from a liquor store. As the bikers go back into the store, Chris and Tony plunder their wine. They speed away and Chris exchanges gunfire with one of the bikers, wounding him. Exhilarated, Tony and Chris celebrate at a restaurant. Chris decides to break his abstinence when Tony toasts his wedding. Later, as they drink more wine in the parking lot, they reminisce about good and bad times, including the day when Chris told Tony about Adriana and the Feds. They express their long-lasting love and support for each other. Chris pays
Corky for the hit on
Rusty, partly in
heroin. He ends up relapsing and using heroin with Corky, spending a night of the Feast of
Elzéar of Sabran in a stupor. During the Feast, Tony and his crew manage a five-day street festival for the benefit,
Paulie says, of a non-profit foundation. However, a new priest has looked into the finances and tells Paulie and
Patsy that their donation to the church should be raised from $10,000 to $50,000. When Paulie refuses to pay, he tells them they will not be permitted to display the traditional golden hat which adorns the statue of the saint. Several parishioners notice that the hat is missing, and word begins to spread that Paulie scrimped on the festival. Paulie's penny-pinching is blamed for an accident on a teacup ride at the festival, which leaves several people injured, including a child.
Little Paulie is left to deal with the police investigation.
Janice and her daughter
Domenica are on the ride and unhurt, but Janice pretends to develop a neck injury after hearing
Meadow's suggestion that the injured should be compensated monetarily. Janice presses
Bobby to get the money. Threatening the ride operator, Bobby learns that Paulie refused to pay for a repair crew, or for newer and safer rides. In a public confrontation at the feast, Paulie refuses to compensate Bobby. Tension lingers during Christopher's bachelor party; Tony instructs Paulie to work things out with Bobby. Paulie later encounters
Nucci, who tells him that his cost cutting was not only wrong but sinful; Paulie swears at her and departs, leaving his adoptive mother in tears. At home, he is sleepless. Another source of stress is his fear that he has
prostate cancer. Very early the next morning, at the
Bada Bing, Paulie has a
vision of the Virgin Mary. Shaken, he visits Nucci at Green Grove that night and sits quietly next to her while they watch
The Lawrence Welk Show together. ==First appearance==