The owner of McShane's Pub worries that his business isn't bustling, what with having built over Rajiv's Coffee House, but all for naught as he is soon flooded with a steady stream of developmentally disabled drinkers. Detective Simmons from the Solomon's River Police Department tries to shut him down, but it turns out there is no rule in the liquor license that prohibits serving alcohol to retarded patrons age 21 and older. The detective's forehead vein threatens to burst, but there is nothing he can do legally.
Doris is humming and happy, back in her single lady's flat, but she worries about the security of H.A.L., the megalomaniacal holographic computer program based on Dr. Scarlett who loosed his bonds at the hospital, took over Solomon's River's internet, all the computers (including those at the police department) and even Doris' neural net. She trapped him, however, in Lieutenant Bustybottoms' old Atari laptop which she checks periodically--it is safely padlocked in a trunk in her boudoir. "Nothing to worry about," she thinks, with a facial tic she doesn't know she has...
Meanwhile, The Solomon's River School of Burglary is training its newest students. Bob is still learning, but seems to be a willing and dedicated student. First Gold Level Certification will be his!
- What has happened to Princess Lakshmi in Moo Poo Lot-So's restroom?
- Has McShane's Pub become the place for the drinking retarded, and will Detective Simmons actually have a stroke?
- Is Doris not quite as free of H.A.L.'s influence as she seems to believe?
- How difficult is it to get into the graduate program at the School of Burglary?
