 Carmela plans a surprise party for her father s birthday. At the party, her father is overjoyed to see Tony, but her mother doesn t even bother to hide her contempt for her son-in-law. The abuse Tony puts up with makes Carmela see him in a slightly better light than she had before, and she invites Tony to spend the night after the party is over. Cousin Tony, meanwhile, has been approached with a job offer from Little Carmine: carry out a hit on Johnny Sack s main man Joe Peeps in retaliation for an earlier hit that Joe and Phil did on one of Carmine s loan sharks. Although Tony turns down the job at first, the party at his cousin s house makes him reconsider his options. Feeling dissatisfied with the speed at which he s advancing within the Soprano crew, and jealous of the good life his cousin seems to be leading, Tony goes back to Carmine and agrees to do the job.