Frankie plays this song for Axl, to prove that Mike cries sometimes too. Axl also recites a few of the lyrics during the basketball game, trying to convince his girlfriend to hold on loosely, and he will hold on loosely too, and they can make their relationship work.

Laurie wins the bar trivia game, to the dismay of Ellie and Grayson. It turns out she has been cheating all along, texting the questions to Travis, who provides her the correct answers. The answer to the winning question was the .38 Special song, 'Hold On Loosely'.