A man called Mr. Unger, who hasn't left his apartment since World War II, is brought in for refusing to serve jury duty and immediately gets sick from too much smog in the air. A self-proclaimed prophet, Graham Roberts, is brought in for public disturbance but he keeps claiming that the world will end according to a biblical prophecy at 5:30 p.m. that day. Meanwhile, street kids Jilly Papalardo and Victor Kreutzer return to ask Fish for help, interrupting his plans to go out to dinner with his loving wife Bernice.