Charming Paul Rutigliata meets and hits on with Syd while he accompanies his old father Carl Rutigliata, the head of a mob empire as Robbie knows for sure (remember the goons who gave him a black eye for gambling debts) who refuses her medical attention until his beloved pet dog Cassius (13) is treated by trusted Dr. Jim Hansen, this time for lack of appetite, which is cured by fat food, in this case recycling a failed batch made for the family by Joanie - so ever-clever Robbie gets the brilliant 5% idea to start a pet meals place 'Joan's Barkery' with Brady. Lilly pretends not to appreciate the attentions of class mate Mark, a good catch in every sense Syd and Joanie can see, who asks her for a school dance, but accepts Robbie's advice to ask him out. Syd refuses payment from Paul, nor a donation except in kind at her clinic's blood-drive, and he assures her he has his own legit construction firm and doesn't even know himself if his pa has any illegal business. Syd's student athlete patient Thomas Babbington is found to be using a dangerous drug because of the pressure from his overbearing father, the demanding coach. Cassius dies of old age, gets a 'state funeral' and ...
—KGF Vissers