Martinelli's Chicken and Broccoli Rigatoni

Chicken, pounded, cut into pieces, dredged in flour and cooked in garlic and tons of butter, tossed with broccoli, parmesan cheese, cream sherry and the rigatoni. Alice suggests that the sherry will ignite in the pan, but it didn't. This is the third or fourth recipe she has had me light on fire, which leads us to believe that either Alice is a pyro or was also cheating on Sam with a fireman.

Episode Note: "How To Succeed in Business?" Peter too, we see is suffering from middle child syndrome. He gets his first afterschool job at Martinelli's Bicycle shop  and is very enthuastic and deeply wants to perform well, but Mr. Martinelli soon learns that he's made a mistake. Peter is painstakingly slow in all of his tasks and repairs, causing problems with the customers. When Mr. Martenelli tells Peter he'd be a better bike salesman than a repairman (trying to spare his feelings), Peter thinks that means he's being promoted. When asked at home how the job is going, Peter is delusional and says all is well. Alice even bakes him a celebratory cake with sparklers (hmmmm). Eventually, Mr. Martinelli reaches his limit and fires Peter, a fact Peter witholds from the family because he just can't bring himself to admit his failure. He spends his days feeding pigeons in the park, forlorn and hopeless. As in all instances, the truth prevails when Mike and Carol visit Martinelli's to purchase bikes for themselves. They learn first hand of Peter's deception and embarrassment. When they confront Peter, Mike consoles him saying that as long as he tried his best it is okay to be a loser. Then, the whole family, even Alice, go for a bike ride. In California, that's not a gang, it's a club.