When Mr. Needles gets sick, he is taken to the vet where it's discovered that he has a tumor. George and Angie decide to put him to sleep, but Max prays to God that Mr. Needles lives, he'll be nice to Carmen and George prays to God that he'll crawl on his knees up the cobblestone path to the Church of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico if Mr. Needles lives. When Mr. Needles gets well, George tries to get out of going to Mexico, but in the end, he ends up going.