EPISODE

5. Father's Day

When Eddie Jackson's body turns up, Frank thinks he should be in line to claim his pension and insurance benefits. Meanwhile, Fiona attends a high-class wedding with her sugar daddy; Lip discovers startling news about Karen and Jody; Frank's room is rented to a hooker; Veronica suspects Kev of cheating; and Sheila uncovers the truth about what transpired between Frank and Karen last year.

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Eddie Jackson's corpse is found by a yacht in Lake Michigan. Sheila is shaken by the revelation, but Frank views this as an opportunity to collect Eddie's life insurance benefits and pension. As he celebrates in the Alibi, Kevin informs Frank he is a prime suspect in his death, as Eddie threatened him in the bar before his disappearance.

At the Gallagher household, Carl decides to lend Frank's room to a prostitute named Beverly for money, although Fiona is worried that she wanders naked through the house and is accepting clients into the house. Fiona and Lip have a discussion about Karen's pregnancy; Fiona reiterates that she's not taking care of another kid. Needing an alibi, Frank asks Terry Milkovich for help; Terry promises to get the needed evidence to corroborate Frank's innocence, but he wants $1,500. Frank is detained by the police, and he believes it is because of Eddie's death. However, Frank discovers he is actually being arrested for Karen's Daddyz Girl video, and he faces thirty years for sexual assault of a minor. Karen provides an alibi for Frank, telling the authorities he did not consent; Frank is ultimately released, although the detective promises she will catch Frank eventually.

Fiona attends a ritzy wedding with Richard but lies about her background, telling Richard that she went to Princeton. One of Richard's friends, Greg, immediately suspects Fiona is a prostitute and mocks her. Fiona admits that she lied about her background and storms out, only to be consoled by Richard, who explains he is aware of his background but is still interested in being friends with her. Veronica suspects Kevin is having an affair, as he has been lying over his whereabouts. She follows him to a tenement building, where she sees him meeting with a woman.

Later, she threatens him into revealing his encounters, and he reveals he was learning how to read. She does not believe it, until she visits the woman to corroborate. Kevin explains he was trying to impress her with a romantic anniversary for themselves, and they reconcile. Meanwhile, Ethel opens up to Malik about her rape by her husband Clyde; Malik gets his father, also in prison, to stab Clyde.

Ian meets with Colonel Kirk McNally, a United States Department of Defense representative, hoping to be enrolled into West Point. However, he is heartbroken when he realizes McNally wants Lip instead for his intellect. Lip and Ian then get into a brutal fight, with Ian reaffirming he will get into West Point without his help. Lip is also shaken when he discovers Karen and Jody already married, and insults their planned life together. Richard takes Fiona home, and they make arrangements to dine later. After he leaves, Steve appears, surprising Fiona. At the cemetery, Karen urinates on Eddie's gravestone.

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