An elderly woman, Marjorie Dawson, has her butler prepare tea and crumpets in advance of her seduction of Smitty. She says Smitty has a power she has not seen in twenty years and it's one she "wants to take advantage of". The woman's daughter, Charlene, is taken away "for a snack". Smitty rings the bell and is mildly baffled at the woman's energy.
Meanwhile, back at Latham's, Smitty's fellow janitorial workers, Frankie and Jacobson, need Smitty to help organize the Union, since the store wants to unfairly fire Smitty. Frankie has a photogenic memory and knows the address of the Red Hat Lady that was so taken by Santa Smitty. Outside Latham's, a news crew led by Barbie the Reporter interviews picketers, who are from the SRCC (Solomon's River Community College) and are protesting the "White Sale", believing it to be racist--not because of the color, but because of workers in Thailand. The cameraman says they can use the footage for a "dumb sorority girl" story.
In the bedroom of Marjorie, the Red Hat Lady, Smitty is uncomfortably invited to make himself comfortable. She knows he's going to be fired and she makes him an offer: do the plumbing. Her employer uses the pipes for communication and needs them fixed. Outside the window, Frankie has climbed up and sees his friend laying on a bed and getting a pile of money from an old woman. In shock, he falls and lands on Jacobson, re-breaking his elevator-injured leg. Frankie doesn't get to hear the Red Hat Lady call her employer...Big Momma! Marjorie tells Angelica that she was asked to find a plumber for Big Momma, probably to use for draining Lake Superior into Solomon's River. Angelica asks Marjorie to bring Smitty to a Tom Hootons coffee shop.
Later, at the Tom Hootons, Angelica meets Marjorie and gives her payment. Mr. Schmidt Smitty is led away by Angelica, to lay some big pipe.
- Does Marjorie know or care how Smitty will be used by Big Momma?
- Will Frankie and Jacobson manage to organize the Union to help Smitty?
- Will Smitty really be able to re-pipe a Great Lake?
- Who, exactly, is using pipes as a method of communication?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!
Latham's Department Store manager Joan Weatherly reports to her boss that the janitorial selection to play Santa Claus resulted in their lowest December sales ever, and she suggests a White Sale to boost profits in January. Instead, the boss wants the employee fired and is willing to run a salesperson contest so that one with the most sales gets to do the firing. Manager Weatherly says she hasn't seen the janitor, Mr. Smith, since Christmas, but to get along, the manager says the boss' idea is good, and they leave together. Janitor Frankie, "janiting" unnoticed in the room, hears the plans for his pal Smitty and meets up with Jacobson, recently back from his elevator shaft injury, to spread the news and rile up the Union in support!
Meanwhile, two salespeople are in the Santa room cleaning up the mess left by Smitty. One salesman, Harold, reveals that Smitty is his father, whom he equally hates and respects. Harold wants their sales team to sell the most so they are the ones to fire his father.
In a romantic restaurant, a woman waits at a table for two with a rose in a book. Finally, her blind date Jordan arrives. The impatient waiter takes their orders and everyone learns she's not only desperate for this date, but she's also picky. Jordan orders veal, taking his date aback that he would order "baby cow". The waiter says they're out of veal, but offers lamb. To her horror, Jordan asks for "the youngest one you've got". To her even more extreme horror, the waiter brings a selection of live lambs. She exclaims over the one with the biggest eyes, which becomes Jordan's dinner choice.
- Will Frankie and Jacobson be able to whip up Union support for their fellow janitor?
- Where is Smitty, anyway? (He was last seen in the clutches of a Red Hat lady who gave him her address.)
- What does Smitty's son Harold have against his father?
- Will the strange sales contest really save Latham's?
- How delicious was the lamb-bryo?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!
Rajiv and Princess Lakshmi arrive in India and realize they have become de-acclimated to the heat and smell. She reveals that she has never told her parents about non-royal Rajiv as they had selected a prince for her to marry and...he may still be around! Rajiv offers that he could pretend to be a prince, and she can teach him some princely ways in the back of their taxi.
A manager at Latham's Department Store announces the employee chosen to be this year's Santa Claus: Mr. Smith from Janitorial Services. His only training: always "Ho" in threes. Later, in the basement, Smitty is congratulated by his co-workers as the first in their department to be selected! Jonsie is "on vacation" (drying out) and Jacobson is laid up with an elevator shaft leg injury, which means that they will be very short-staffed when Smitty is being Santa. Smitty says to just give him a call if there's an emergency.
Rajiv brings Princess Lakshmi to a hotel room and pats the bed suggestively. Princess Lakshmi is eager to check in with her parents, but Rajiv is especially handsy and they do a "10 minutes later" followed by a "45 minutes later" just for her. Princess Lakshmi finally says they should go, and Rajiv murmurs ominously, "I am not who you think I am." Lakshmi squints and cries, "Rojav!" Rojav, Rajiv's evil twin, laughs and says Rajiv is tied up in a janitor's closet at the airport. "A couple hours later", they finish and she goes to rescue Rajiv.
The next day at Latham's, a mother brings her son to see Santa. As the boy is telling Santa what he wants, Smitty's walkie-talkie blares that there is a problem in the fifth floor bathroom. Mom is coaching her son to ask for Dolce and Gabanna, diamonds, liquor, all the while Smitty's janitorial partner is calling for emergency assistance. Smitty finally leaves to help and eventually returns, covered in bathroom stink and stain. The Red Hat Society has shown up to speak to Santa, and he is directed to do whatever they want. An older woman sits on his lap for 15 minutes, shooing away children just to hit on him. She introduces herself as Marjorie Dawson and gives Smitty her address: 79 Park Lane, #12, Upper. She makes him promise to visit her after work.
- Has Princess Lakshmi again been princess-napped by Rojav?
- What will happen to Rajiv, literally tied up at the airport?
- Will they ever get to check on the Princess' parents?
- Has Smitty become a part of a Red Hat sex ring?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!
Rajiv and Princess Lakshmi wonder where her father's 7-11 impostor has gotten to, how he managed to look like her father, and where her actual parents have gone! They decide to investigate in India.
Two young people are hacking the cyborg locust swarm, and, with the touch of a button on his new app, one can get the locusts to turn on each other. To make money, he comes up with the idea of a $.99 download where every person buys a locust (painted or numbered to indicate the buyer) and whichever locust is the last surviving cyborg, wins! Mother delivers them lemonade and gets locked in with her son's friend for 20 minutes.
Dr. Scarlett gathers all remaining workers, declares them nurses and tells them to do all the work. Most aren't nurses, but one is actually a doctor, Dr. Richardson, who bravely takes on sponge bathing the patient Sammy in room 204. Dr. Scarlett warns: Sammy is handsy, talks to his teddy bear (Eddie) in rhyme, and will forcibly offer candy: don't take any! Eddie speaks to the patient, encouraging bad ideas and reinforcing paranoia. Sammy rubs candy on his balls and tries to force Dr. Richardson to eat it. Luckily for the doctor, he is paged by the loudspeaker. Unluckily for the doctor, he still tasted a little candy.
Angelica has only two hours to decide between Big Momma and Uber Minion, who sweetens the pot with additional benefits. Angelica goes to Big Momma to help with her decision. Her contract is nearly up and Big Momma's benefits are: you get to live. Big Momma says Angelica can take her new job...and be a double agent! The plan is to fake kill Big Momma, using sparrow's blood on a knife for proof, and then report back all plans. Angelica wants to live, so she agrees.
- What will Rajiv and Princess Lakshmi find in India?
- Will the two programmers get rich off their locust-fighting ring?
- How will Dr. Richardson do the work of all the missing qualified nurses?
- Will Sammy ever get out of the hospital?
- Can Angelica have the best of both worlds: live AND have a job with benefits?
- What will Big Momma do with her new information?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!
Locusts are gathering to feast upon Solomon's River, communicating intelligently to one another... A few weeks earlier, in a laboratory far under a mountain, a scientist has developed a "Smart Plague", designed to eat everyone on town in preparation for takeover. He's programmed the first two locust/Radio Shack electronic hybrids, Burt and Trevor, to desire human flesh, adjusted to "very hungry". The scientist's assistant, Jones, brings chai, and is tasked with programming the remaining 3 million cyborg locusts to "super hungry flesh-eating". Jones tweaks them a little further...
Danny is enjoying his flame thrower, trying to keep the locust away from his hot dogs. His whiny girlfriend gets a locust in her hair, and he accidentally sets her on fire.
A psychiatrist delves into the mind of a girl, Darlene, whose half-sister was lit on fire. Darlene feels guilty because it was her father who created the cyborg locust swarm! She believes complaining about how her half-sister took her spot on the cheerleading squad inspired her father to seek vengeance. One month earlier...
...Coach is auditioning cheerleaders. Darlene cheers passionately, but her half-sister says dyslexia prevents her from spelling properly. Darlene counters, "My father says I'm not dyslexic..." clearly irritating her half-sister. The half-sister's turn takes a turn as she simply fellates the coach, without even taking out her gum, and wins the spot.
Judge Graft has an off-the-record chat with his Court Reporter, in which he reveals his belief that Big Momma is behind the locust swarm, since she seems to be behind so much in Solomon's River. Judge Graft wants her to contact Geraldo for some "wet work", and gives her a bag of money to get it done. She is skeptical that it could be the Geraldo and questions this as a duty of a Court Reporter, but the Judge's threat that if he goes down, she goes down, forces her to make the call.
Angela confesses to Uber Minion that, yes, her son Tripp isn't as useful as she had hoped, but she is still supportive of Big Momma's big plans. Uber Minion is tired of never getting the big work done and dismisses those plans, Big Momma's powers of listening and of cursing. He makes Angelica an offer: kill Big Momma and become his second in command (includes dental and stock options). She has 24 hours to think about it.
- Is there any way to stop a super hungry flesh eating swarm of cyborg locusts?
- Did the evil scientist really create them to avenge his daughter against his ex-wife's daughter's promiscuous Coach diddling? How will his daughter cope?
- Will Geraldo really come to Solomon's River to kill Big Momma?
- Can Geraldo kill Big Momma before Angelica decides if she can kill Big Momma for a better minion job?
- What will Big Momma have to say?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!
Tripp and Jeff return from an important mission to buy explosives for Big Momma's trench/Native American blow-out, but they only have a lavender-vanilla Yankee Candle to show for it. Tripp's mother, Angelica, mistakes the candle for the dynamite they were supposed to buy, thinking it must be one excellent stick for the money. She plans to put it secretly on Native lands, blowing them up, securing Big Momma's trench, and getting her son and friend accolades. Tripp just gets the idea that they can sneak onto the reservation to buy themselves "some good stuff".
An evil laugh floats on a foul wind to Angelica: the self-styled "Uber Minion", who tried to eliminate Angelica to become Big Momma's only minion! He has returned, not with vengeance, but with an offer to join forces! He wants to dethrone Big Momma, which shocks Angelica. Angelica brags about the explosives that will finally complete Big Momma's plans! Unfortunately, a pizza delivery person interrupts them and unexpectedly whips out a lighter and lights up the candle. Angelica braces for the explosion, and everyone else relaxes with the lavender-vanilla. Angelica goes in search of her son. Uber Minion says he'll be waiting for her to join him...
Local weatherman Jeffrey Barber announces a plague of locusts about to swarm Solomon's River.
An old couple watching the report, Grandma and Grandpa, try to remember the last plague in aught-four. They grab their Bibles to pray and Grandpa notices some pages have been chewed out by their granddaughter, who should be changing Great-Grandpa. Grandma opens the door and locust swarm, eating them all down to skeletons.
The locust swarm continues to sweep across Solomon's River, closer and closer to the city proper.
A local hardware store tries to take advantage of the plague by discounting flamethrowers.
- What will Angelica do when confronting Tripp about the Yankee Candle?
- Will Tripp and Jeff find a mighty high on the reservation?
- Is Big Momma's time truly done, and is the Uber Minion strong enough to take her place?
- What's up with the plague of flesh-eating locusts?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!
Rajiv reveals to Princess Lakshmi that Magnus Adversson would give them all his money if Rajiv would kill him. They are horrified...and intrigued. It is a lot of money.
Spirit Animal Raccoon advises Native American Steve that a quest of killing Big Momma is a little out of his reach and that maybe Steve should just give her a flat tire. Spirit Animal Raccoon is rushing because there has been a rounding up of raccoons recently, and he wants to finish this vision quest so he can get out of Solomon's River. Steve, however, will not be hurried, possibly because he's been sniffing tire air, and possibly because he's trying to remember how and why he was in a tent.
Meanwhile, in a long-term nursing care facility, the nurse who has been caring for Patient Steve for the past eight years checks on him, now that she has turned down the incapacitating medication (unbeknownst to whoever has hidden him away). Finally, Steve is freed from the powerful narcotic and can answer her questions that his redacted medical records cannot: Why did someone do this to him, and who is that someone? Steve's memory is still hazy, but the JELLO is delicious. Suddenly, a woman leaps into the room, knocks the nurse on the head, and tells Steve that it's time to go to a rendezvous. This Steve will also not be hurried, as there is still JELLO left.
Angelica reports to Big Momma that the newly acquired son of Judge Graft, Ezekiel, has built four barns already and is showing no signs of stopping. She asks Big Momma why they want such an idiot, and Big Momma reveals her plans, which will put her into full Evil Mode: to force Ezekiel to have babies so they may sacrifice them in front of him. Angelica goes to check which way he swings, and to hopefully find some trashy Lowertown women to impregnate.
- Will Rajiv actually kill Magnus Adversson, by request, to inherit his money?
- Can Spirit Animal Raccoon manage to finish a vision quest, ANY vision quest, to get out of Solomon's River before he's captured and tested for VD?
- Who is Patient Steve, and how did the lady know that the nurse had secretly lowered his medication?
- Will Ezekiel make babies upon request, and what will sacrificing them do for Big Momma?
Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up on...Solomon's River!
