Eric talked with a doctor who informed him that he would need open heart surgery.  Eric wanted a second opinion, but the doctor informed Eric that he was his second opinion.  When the doctor told Eric he should tell his family and put his affairs in order because there were risks with any surgery, Eric feared he would die in surgery.

Eric went to ask Doc's help.  Doc treated Eric like the surgery was not that big of a deal.  He got Eric to tell himself that he was going to be fine.  Eric called Annie to tell her to assemble the kids for a family meeting.  When Annie told the kids, Simon and Ruthie wanted to know why and thought Annie knew though she didn't.  Lucy didn't want to join the meeting because she had a paper to write about her accomplishments and was totally dreading it.  Eric went home thinking he was going to be fine, but then suddenly started to doubt again.  Kevin came home and Robbie tried to get him to get rid of a traffic ticket for him, but Kevin refused.  Annie and the kids all assembled in the living room and Ruthie said that Eric was in the back yard.   Annie went out to talk to him, then all the others rushed out to join him.

Annie told Eric they needed to talk alone but Eric wanted to talk to everyone together which upset Annie that he wouldn't tell her first.  Eric wimped out and said that they were all going to go bowling.  Eric called Doc on the phone to tell him what was going on.  Doc told Eric to just tell them and get it over with and Eric told him he wanted one more normal night with his family before everything changed.  Lucy realized that there was a problem between Kevin and Robbie because Robbie didn't come to dinner.  When Kevin wouldn't tell her, she assumed they were fighting over her.  Kevin told her that it wasn't about her but she refused to believe him.  She then twisted the discussion around to ask him again if he had ever slept anyone and again Kevin continued to refuse to say.

In the kitchen, Simon begged Annie to restrict him from going bowling but she told him he was going.  He said he hated bowling.  Ruthie said she loved bowling and family.  Robbie came in and Annie asked him what was going on with him and Kevin but he wouldn't say.  He tried to get out of bowling but Annie told him he needed to come.  Kevin then told Annie he didn't want to go bowling because of Lucy being there.  Annie convinced him to come.

Eric called his brother-in-law Hank to just tell him he meant a great deal to Eric.  Hank was suspicious and asked what was wrong.  Eric asked if he couldn't just call to tell Hank he loved him and Hank told him he couldn't.  When Annie walked in, he said he had to go bowling and hung up.  Annie told him they were all ready to go bowling.  She asked Eric what was really going on but he refused to tell her.

At the bowling alley, Simon talked to Eric and Eric said he'd be on restriction for another weak or two.  Lucy faced Kevin and said she now was convinced he'd been with another woman.  Robbie tried to make a deal with Kevin by telling him he'd make things okay with Lucy if he'd take care of Robbie's ticket.  Annie said she was going to take a lane next to everyone to let the twins role some balls.  She accused Eric of being sick and he said no.  She asked if he was lying and he said no.  She asked him then why Hank was there and Eric went to talk to Hank.  He told Hank the truth and Hank didn't think it was that big of a deal, that many people have open-heart surgery.  He told Eric to tell his family and that he loved Eric too.  Eric decided to split into teams.  When Robbie and Kevin refused to be on the same team, Eric made them team captains.  Lucy refused to be on either team and said she'd play with Annie and the twins.  Eric finally threw that idea out since the teams would be uneven and had Kevin, Robbie, Simon and Ruthie all play against him.  Simon was terrible at bowling and Ruthie was a pro.  Annie and Lucy had their hands full with the twins.

Ruthie told Eric that nobody but her liked to bowl including him.  She asked him if he was okay and told him not to lie or she'd be very mad at him.  Eric told her he was okay.  Annie approached Eric and asked him one last time to tell her what was really going on.  She asked if it was health related and he told her everything was fine and she told him she gave up and told him she wasn't talking to him anymore.

At home, Eric tried to talk to Simon about his bad attitude and what was wrong.  Simon angrily told Eric that he'd be happier if Eric wasn't around.  In his apartment, Robbie asked Kevin why he didn't just tell Lucy about Robbie's request and Kevin told him that if Robbie really was like a big brother to Lucy, then it wouldn't be right for him to make Robbie look bad to her.  In her room, Eric helped Lucy write her paper by telling her all her good attributes.  She told Eric he should talk to mom and Eric told her she should talk to Kevin.  Lucy said why he wouldn't talk to her not knowing he was behind her in the doorway.  Eric left and let them talk.  Eric went and tucked the twins in bed and they told him that they loved him.  Eric went to his room and finally told Annie about the open heart surgery.  She cried and held him.