Plot summary
Chris invites J.T. Dolan, a screenwriter he met in rehab, to a gambling game, which puts him in severe debt. Chris beats him up after he cannot pay, putting him back on heroin, and he sends Dolan back to rehab. Junior, still on house arrest, begins going to the funerals of anyone he vaguely knows to get out of the house, but weeps uncontrollably at the funeral of Tony's uncle and admits to his physician that the lack of purpose in his life depresses him. Tony meets Johnny Soprano's old comare and collects money that Hesh Rabkin and Phil owe her.
His friendship with the woman takes a turn when he learns that his father gave his childhood dog away to her son, and that he was with her when Livia had a miscarriage while Tony covered for him. Melfi encourages Tony to have more sympathy for Livia because of this, but he rejects the idea.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, The Sopranos season 5. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.