"Mussolini and Me"

Written by: Jesse McKeown     Directed by: Tony Dean Smith

When Yuri's older brother - the firecracker-dealing, alcoholic Valentino - shows up for an unanticipated visit, their dysfunctional family dynamic is revealed. Yuri feels obligated to Valentino because he looked after Yuri when they were children - after their mother was carted off by the Italian Police. So, when a cop shows up looking for Valentino, Yuri knows what he has to do - he denies ever seeing Valentino. Yuri confides his feelings of obligation to the underage Georgia. Valentino confides in Georgia too but his motives are much sleazier. She's not interested in either of them, but she does agree to paint the duo. As the two brothers struggle to out-pose each other, Georgia questions them about their childhood and ultimately produces a portrait of their lives that they can both understand.

The photograph of Yuri's mother and two sons that appears in his apartment is an actual photograph of John Cassini's real mother and his two brothers. John himself was removed from the photo as the original had three boys, but his character Yuri only has one brother. And the prop photo of Yuri in a baby powder ad is that of John Cassini's real life son, Martin.