 Carmela and Furio continue to flirt with each other. Each time they meet, Carmela feels herself wanting to go further, but Furio holds back either from respect or fear of Tony. Carmela confesses her feelings to Meadow, which puts her daughter in an awkward position when Tony later goes to her asking if her mother is concerned about anything. Paulie, meanwhile, is falling behind in his payments to the gang. He brushes off Silvio s warnings, saying he s an important enough member of the gang that his long history with Tony will smooth over any shortcomings in payments. He gets a shock, however, when he tries to help Tony by talking with Carmine, and finds that Carmine doesn t even know who he is. Realizing that his position may not be as stable as he thought, he gets desperate to come up with his needed cash.