Howard calls Stephanie to update her on their dinner plans, and Howard's mother wants to go to Olive Garden because she has a coupon.

The narrator describes how Rockefeller became successful from his past deal with Vanderbilt and how he made a deal with Tom Scott, which resulted in being a far better deal than the one with Vanderbilt. Rockefeller gained control of standard oil, and his profit enabled him to buy out his competitors, gaining a monopoly on standard oil.

George orders soup from the Soup Nazi's shop and isn't given any bread. When he asks for bread, he is told that it will cost $2 for it while other customers have received bread for free. He objects to paying for bread, and the price is increased to $3.

Stringer Bell learns about product elasticity and then explains it to the gangsters he is in business with.

Harold, a tax auditor, visits Miss Pascal at her store to audit her because she paid only 78% of her taxes for the year. She gives him a hard time and states that she intentionally did not pay taxes for spending that she does not support. Miss Pascal mentions some ways that the government spends taxes.