Danny reacquaints with Anna's father Richard (Bruce Jarchow), her sister Karen (Martha Plimpton) and Anna's boyfriend Eric (Jon Tenney). He is invited to stay for dinner during which he learns of Anna's recent engagement to Eric. They converse about love and when asked what love is like, Danny states it is like hearing music from another room and it being so beautiful that you hum along. Danny begins his job as a mosaic tiler artist at the local museum. He confesses his love for Anna to his coworkers who give him a trick, two-headed coin, instructing him to tell Anna: "Heads you love me, tails I leave you alone." Danny uses it the next time he is alone with Anna, but she claims the right to read the result and calls "tails". A few days later he is with Anna again and asks her to run away and marry him. Anna rejects him kindly and rides off, with Danny chasing her. He is now friends with the family, failing in attempts to help Nina with her self-imposed fears. He sees that Anna's motherly way with her siblings is a bit stifling, and works at helping her lighten her grip. Danny does enjoy some success with Nina, even getting her to go with him to a local dance where she meets Jesus, a young tradesman. By the time it's clear they are a pair, Grace has been ill and is dying. Anna is jealous of the love between Nina and Jesus (Vincent Laresca), and rushes to Danny's home to actualize her passion as well, confessing she lied and that the coin flip read "heads." The two sleep together, then part so Anna may tell her mother about her love for Danny. Irene and Billy have another one of their confrontations, ending in her shooting him in the foot. Nina and Jesus elope at night and his family and friends celebrate their union. Nina returns home to tell her mother, and Grace is thrilled because she can now die in peace concerning Nina. Later that night, Grace dies in Richard's arms. Anna arrives home to tell her mother about her relationship with Danny only to find that she is too late. At Grace's funeral, Anna tells Danny that she has already told Eric about their affair. Danny tells Anna he is leaving in a couple of days, and says goodbye. He ties