When George joins a book club to impress a girl and then finds the reading too costly, his demand for a substitute good (the video of the novel) rises to ridiculous proportions. In the end, he finds that the movie and the book are imperfect substitutes.

Elaine and her old boss find that selling just the tops of muffins is more profitable than selling the whole muffin (which consists of the top + the stump). So are the top and the stump complements or substitutes? Neither--the stumps are an economic bad, which reduce utility. Evidence for this is found in the fact that homeless people won't eat the stumps that the muffin-top restaurant throws away, unless they come with the tops as compensation.

Sheldon and Leonard are on a team against Amy and Penny in a game of Pictionary. During one round, Leonard draws what looks like a chocolate chip cookie on the board. Sheldon guesses incorrectly several times, and the ladies win the round when Penny guesses correctly. Leonard argues that Sheldon should have guessed correctly, and in response, Sheldon fires the criticism back at Leonard.

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.