We kick off the episode with one of my favorite sights: Sheila. She is holding up her end of the bargain she made with Tommy last week by coming over and wiping his dad’s ass a few mornings a week. Charles Durning, I heart you and your old cranky bladder. Sheila and Popa Bear are discussing his super sweet 83rd birthday party, and before Tommy comes in for his AM coffee fix, Sheila starts questioning Poppa Bear about Tommy. Sheila wants to know if these morning visits are just a favor or if they are a “thing.” I roll my eyes, because although I like Sheila she’s acting like a sixteen year old girl straight out of some Hilary Lohan movie. Finally, Tommy comes in, and Sheila gives him coffee in a fag-tastic travel mug. Tommy, of course is having none of it and takes this time to make a Brokeback Mountain joke, and just when you think that Brokeback Mountain jokes are no longer funny, Denis Leary slips one by you. For a firehouse that spends as much time comparing their latest ho-slayings as they do discussing their “feelings”, I find his objections to the travel mug a little over the top. But I laugh nonetheless. Score one: Team Leary.

YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW YOU’RE GAY? YOU DRINK COFFEE OUT OF A TRAVEL MUG.

Tommy is also on the prowl for some more information on ex-wife/ice queen Janet’s new boyfriend, to which Sheila amusingly refers to herself as not the only whore in the family.

On his way over to the firehouse Tommy spots Fat Lou smoking a cigar. Uh oh! That goes against there whole Ya-Ya Sisterhood oath against smoking. Lou’s going to have to put some money in the smoking kitty. After a ribbing from Sheila earlier this morning, when she correctly pointed out that her travel mug full of coffee was no more or less gay than having a smoking “kitty”, Tommy has been trying to subtly get the guys to start calling it a “can.” Apparently the other guys in the firehouse are a little more secure about their heterosexuality because they don’t pick up on Tommy’s new suggestions. They also oil each other down after every fire, which is weird.