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It reads Long Live The King.
But live long, he didnt.
Tom gets back home, mows the lawn, and hangs a sign reading Carols Garden for his wife.
He walks out to the porch, aims the gun under his chin, and pulls the trigger.
Ace hears the shot and comes into the living room, blanket wrapped around his bare chest.
He walks out onto the porch, looks down, and begins to shake.
There are a couple of gut punches still to come for the Spade sons in Cheap Heat.
Ace might have agreed to anything that made him feel closer to his father and his fathers legacy.
Jacks present-day maneuvering becomes even more flagrant when he tries to force Ace to become a DWL heel.
What is wrong with being a heel?
Yourethe fuckin heel.Imthe fuckin face, Ace says.
Dad was a face.
Get that through your fuckin head!
Dad was a face?
Tom Spade was a face?
He knew that you were home.
Jacks exploitation isnt solely reserved for his brother, either.
But Rooster doesnt believe it.
Rooster is the one who finally makes Ace see that his face days are over.
That dog wont hunt anymore, Rooster crows after Ace cries in the ring.
Boos erupt from the crowd, but hes greeted with cheers from his cohorts when he gets backstage.
He leans further into his villain role and tells Crystal shes not his girlfriend and calls Willie a bitch.
Thats what you wanted, right?
Im a heel now, Ace tells his brother.
And Jack doesnt have an ounce of regret!
When he and Willie are totaling the cash from the weeks event, the numbers are up.
It was the right move, and he was going to see that in time, he tells Willie.
Smugness, thy name is Jack.
But hes about to get the wind knocked out of him with a suplex from his have-had-it-up-to-herewife.
You came to the show.
You got to have some drinks with your friends, he says.
Everybody had a good time.
And thentheygot to leave, Staci says as she walks away.
I was starting to wonder if youd let Thomas live with me.
With that threat declaration?
We dont yet know exactly why Tom Spade ended his own life.
Jack still has a chance to turn it around.
If, as Charlie Gully warned, he doesnt let that ego keep leading the way.
Vicki also shares her most important advice: Tuna for lunch, then gummy bears for dinner.
Thats how I stay skinny.
And girl, youve got to stay skinny.
Why, yes, that was former WWE Champion CM Punk playing Ricky Rabies.
And Im up in the cheap seats, hurting like hell.
But what can you do, right?
Am I gonna get a job to support my wrestling habit?
I just keep on fighting the fight.
When Willie gets home, she pulls into her driveway to find a drunken Wild Bill waiting for her.
Thats a backstory just waiting to unfold, right?
And might it have something to do with why he left the DWL all those years ago?
TheHeelswriters do love them some f-bomb drops.
