Aha, we think, guilty as she is, she will end up with cement overshoes. The limo dumps her, not in the Providence River, but at, gasp, an Italian restaurant, where she and Paul dance to Andrea Bocelli singing Time to Say Goodbye. The DA has exiled Paul from Providence for his own protection, so his father's criminal activities won't tempt him. In Providence , when the law plays a role, it's like the police hauling Beaver Cleaver down from the billboard. Instead, the family is the seat of law and norms.
Unchallenged authority resides in the father and deceased mother.
Losing the Mafia son upsets Syd. Weeping, she asks her father, Dad, I see happy couples together. It's great to know that Jim is still B.J., the open heart man. This show has bedroom scenes, but they all end in pillow fights. We haven't seen this many glowing windows outside a house since The Waltons .