By Lady Lola
Over at the bar, The Stooges recap the day's events over brewskies. They spot a table and leave Sam to carry the oversized glasses over. He carries them awkwardly, nearly bumping into a guy along the way, which makes him drop one. But it falls onto some gravel many stories below, and Sam discovers himself teetering on the brink of a roof. And, you guessed it! WiseGuy's there. He takes a beer and clinks Sam's glass. But Sam has no time to cheers; he wants a vessel to fight Chainsaw McG.
WiseGuy changes the subject, telling Sam to look through a telescope. Sam obliges, and sees Andi and Greg cuddling on a park bench below. A gun cocks, and the telescope transforms into a sniper rifle. WiseGuy, always ready with the bright ideas, suggests Sam kill Greg. He's even lined up the shot. Sam, for his part, realizes quickly that this is a set-up. WiseGuy fesses up but reveals that he hasn't influenced Andi. Instead, he bought Greg's soul so Greg could mind-warp Andi into loving him. Sam tries to tell WiseGuy to undo it, but WiseGuy's says it's a done deal and that Sam's only option is to kill Greg. Sam's refuses, and WiseGuy mocks him for being the one person left in the world to follow rules. Sam watches helplessly as Greg and Andi walk arm-in-arm below.
Back at The Bench, Sam finds Greg and Andi and tries to take Andi aside for a chat. At Greg's nudging, Andi starts into a break-up speech. Sam squeals on Greg's deal with WiseGuy, but she's powerless, so she still breaks up with him.
Sam stomps into the break room and wails on his locker, all the while JBL cheers him on. Sam tells JBL about Greg's soul selling, and JBL's pretty impressed with Greg's chutzpah. Sam tells JBL to clock out so they can get a vessel from Gladys. JBL's ears perk up at the mention of "Gladbags," and they're off.
At the DMV, Gladys still contends she has no record of Chainsaw McG. Sam comes unhinged, threatening to bust in with his own chainsaw if she doesn't give him a vessel. Gladys shuts the door on bullying but opens the window to bribery. Just so happens she needs someone to watch over her Persian cat, Fancy, during an upcoming vacation. JBL and Sam are in, and Gladys says she knows a guy who can get them a vessel.
As the three of them approach a mini-storage complex, Gladys warns them that her friend, Dennis, is a bit squirrelly from time spent in the Ninth Circle, so she should do the talking. Inside, Dennis is a libertarian, drab-jacket-wearing hippie. The kind who might be friends with, say, Ted Nugent. Gladys apprises him of the situation, and he's hesitant to get involved because of Sam's dealings with WiseGuy, but Gladys convinces him with Sam's sad sack story.
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