Sam Shortley has just arrived at the studio, suitcase in tow, along with his one-thousand page pictorial novella (which is strikingly similar to the Bible). The crew offers some advice before he sets out for the big city, where both opportunity and danger lurk. Michelobe has just gotten out of the hospital and is on prescription sandwiches from his nutrologist, Free, after learning the cadmium in Nutradebt is toxic. Meanwhile, the studio is being visited by men in hazmat suits, but Ski assures that it’s nothing to worry about.