Horace and Pete

Horace and Pete are co-owners of Horace and Pete's, a 100-year old family-owned bar which has been run by a Horace and a Pete for seven generations. Regular customers include Marsha, a still-attractive alcoholic who was Horace's late father's final girlfriend, while other customers often argue about politics (specifically Donald Trump) and the showboating antics of Cam Newton during Super Bowl 50. Horace has a strained relationship with his daughter Alice and his son refuses to speak to him. Horace's sister Sylvia arrives with her lawyer and gives notice that she intends to sue the bar for her share of the inheritance and to sell it, as the bar is unprofitable due to years of mismanagement. Uncle Pete reveals that he is Pete's true father, but he gave him up to be raised by Horace because he "doesn't like kids". Pete, a kindly man with mental health issues, can no longer afford to take his expensive medication due to an insurance mix-up and has a meltdown. Out of the blue, Horace asks his girlfriend Rachel to move out.

The episode opens with Horace being woken by Marsha, who flirts with him; it later becomes clear that this is Horace's strange sexual fantasy. Marsha brings Dennis the tire store entrepreneur, into the bar on a date. Sylvia tells Horace she has breast cancer, and reveals she wants to sell the bar to pay medical bills. Horace goes to lunch with his daughter Alice; she is a law student, and has accommodation problems after being ripped off by her room-mate. Horace explains that he kicked out his girlfriend Rachel so that she could move in, but she declines. A customer complains that Uncle Pete charged him more than another customer for a beer, and Horace diffuses the situation. Horace has another strange fantasy about Marsha during which she memorably describes herself as Horace senior's "cum dumpster". Pete is visited by Tricia, a woman with Tourette syndrome he met while he was in a mental hospital.

Horace's ex-wife Sarah, who is eleven years his senior, visits the bar. She confides in Horace, describing in vivid detail the events which led to her having an affair with her new husband's fit and active 84-year-old father. She is hoping that Horace, who cheated on her with her sister, will be able to relate to her situation. After excusing himself to go to the rest room and masturbate, Horace tells her that her affair is certain to be discovered, that it will certainly cause a great deal of hurt and will certainly lead to the end of her marriage; however she will be unable to stop doing it. As she leaves, Uncle Pete, the only other cast member to appear in the episode, comments "I can't believe you married that cunt!".

The family hold a wake in the bar for Uncle Pete, who has recently committed suicide. Marsha talks about her background; she has been a heavy drinker since the age of 13 and shortly afterwards became pregnant. Abortion was not an option at the time and she gave the child up for adoption. She dropped out of school and worked various jobs before getting into a relationship with Horace senior, who supported her financially and gave her free drinks. Uncle Pete treated her as family and continued to support her after Horace senior's death. Sylvia attacks her, asking why the family should continue to support her now. Marsha agrees that they owe her nothing and leaves the bar, perhaps for the last time. Sylvia's illness has resulted in tensions between her and her daughter Brenda; when Brenda mentions that her mother needs the money from selling the bar for her treatment she angrily orders her to leave, and spends the night in the apartment upstairs. There is an "intermission". At the bar, Kurt again expounds on politics, suggesting that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders should be co-presidents in order to completely destroy the current political and economic system. An obnoxious gay customer irritates Tom, one of the regulars, and a fight almost breaks out; Horace kicks him out. Pete begs Horace and Sylvia not to sell the bar, saying this is the only life he knows and he would not know what to do without it given his history of mental illness and lack of employment opportunities. Against that, Sylvia is broke and can't afford her cancer treatment. Horace is unwilling to throw Pete out and suggests as a compromise that Sylvia become involved in managing the bar as a co-owner. Kurt and other regulars discuss suicide; Kurt is irritated by people who complain about their lives, saying if it's so bad why don't they just "peace the fuck out"? Pete replies "because maybe, things will get better".

Pete goes on a date with Jenny, a woman he met online. She ends up being much younger than she claimed in her profile. She is a sweet, somewhat conservative and old-fashioned small town girl from Michigan who says grace before meals and prefers older men because they have better manners. The date starts awkwardly, but they warm to each other and begin a romantic relationship. Jenny comes to have dinner at the apartment and meets Horace and Sylvia. Sylvia and Horace cruelly sabotage their relationship by barraging Jenny with Pete's flaws, including his time as a mental patient.

Kurt and the bar discuss Sodom and Gomorrah; Kurt relates the biblical story in his own crude fashion, to the general amusement of the bar. Without warning, Sylvia kicks him out for saying the word "cunt". A character named Rick makes advances on Sylvia, afterwards he feels rejected by her. Pete has a discussion with two cops, one of whom is a friend since childhood. He asks his friend, who is currently detailed to guard the mayor, to help him push forward paperwork to make the bar a landmark, so that Sylvia has more difficulty selling the bar. Horace's daughter Alice visits the bar with her boyfriend Eric. Eric is nervous, and the conversation is awkward and not helped by the strained relationship between Horace and Alice. Horace meets a woman named Rhonda, and gives her a free drink. She is angry about men in general, saying they are only good for sex and moving furniture. The conversation turns sexual, he asks her if she would like to have sex upstairs, and she agrees, spending the night. While having breakfast the next morning, Rhonda suggests she might be a trans woman. Horace isn't sure if she is joking; they discuss the matter, and Rhonda never reveals her birth sex. Though he professes equality and respect for all, Horace clearly has transphobic prejudices - for example he believes that a man in a relationship with a transgender women must have unusual sexual preferences, and that transgender women are morally obliged to inform men of their birth gender before sleeping with them. Despite this, Horace suggests that they meet again. During the conversation we also learn that Horace's two children were born at about the same time, one to his wife Sarah and the other to her younger sister. Sylvia gets good news regarding test results related to her cancer treatment.