Ben gets very upset when Katz throws away Bully, the stuffed bull from his childhood. Ben labels everything that belongs to him, and expresses fear that perhaps Katz wants him out, too. Katz gets out his guitar and sings some old folk songs (Ben used to sing "Immy Ack Orn"), and Ben encourages him to go to the open-mic night at a local nightclub. He does, at "The Tomcat," and Laura goes to witness the humiliation. Stanley and Julie are also there. Katz sings a song he used to sing for Ben as a child: "A boy, a bike, a heart so full/A mom, a dad, and a little stuffed bull." He whispers, "What have I done?" and asks Ben, from the stage, to forgive him. Ben goes outside "to pee for a while" and talks to Laura, who thought the whole ugly incident was "the good kind of pain." This episode features the first mention of Grace the cleaning lady, as well as one of only two glimpses of her (the other is in #105); it's also the first time we see Katz with the guitar.
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