Frank's father Frankie was a foreman in the local ironworkers union -- until he was convicted for ordering beatings and taking kickbacks, when Frank Jr. was in college. After eleven years of non-communication between father and son, Frankie has been released from Club Fed and has returned home to Elizabeth where he hopes to re-unite with his now-successful son. How, after all, did Frank think he got that fancy commission with a big shot like Tyerman in the first place?