Alan lets a girlfriend pierce his ear. Charlie sneers that it's badly infected--and that side is a gay signal. Finding Berta in his bed after minding her daughter Naomi's baby and hearing them curse the scumbag who seduced her, Charlie soon guesses that's Alan and warns his brother it's his old damsel-in-distress complex and Berta can physically take him on easily. Seeing the "couple" pretend not to remember each other, Bertha welcomes him into the family and showers her best-ever potential son-in-law-to-be with treats; Alan wants out, but Charlie tells him just don't break up until she dumps him, as they always do. Meanwhile, undeniably dim Jake keeps winning at gambling against Charlie. Naomi makes Alan bring the Harpers over for a family dinner at Berta's, even Evelyn who decides to "cut him loose" right there. Then the baby's actual father, Hector, turns up.
—KGF Vissers