 Paulie, having just recently left prison, checks his aging mother in the Green Groves retirement home. She is initially thrilled to be with her old friends (also mothers of mob members), but is soon hurt when they ostracize her from their group. To force a reconciliation, Paulie sends some of his men to persuade the son of one of his mother s friends to talk his mom into being more inviting. Tony, meanwhile, meets Ralph s new girlfriend Valentina, who shares Tony s affection for Pie-O-My. Private conversations between the two about horses soon turn more intimate, and Tony returns home unknowingly carrying one of Valentina s false nails in his clothing. When Carmela discovers the nail, she immediately understands what has happened and, naturally furious, goes out to Tony s secret stash of money and makes some personal investments with it.