Summary

This scene is set in Pops’ bedroom. Stage directions suggest that “Pops is very ill. [There is an] EKG monitor and IV. A nice bouquet of flowers is by his bedside. Pops is in bed: Junior is by his side.

Conversation reveals that Junior has been at Pops’ bedside ever since he (Pops) fell unconscious; that Pops has the dog in the bed with him; and that Pops told Lulu his “last wishes”, wishes he repeats to Junior. “No funeral, no wake, no burial, no refreshments, no nothing!” Junior tells him the police association is paying all the bills. Pops comments that he was told the same thing about Dolores’ medical bills, and that proved to be a lie.

Junior tries to say something to Pops, but Pops refuses to hear it. Finally Junior explodes in anger at how Pops, all his life...