The question of school discipline and principal Mike's conflict of interest as Nathasha's pa keeps many adults occupied as well as school-kids. Libby resorts to 'positive' humiliation: Tash is forced to join the Mathletes, which Summer records and hopes to use as payback or, even better, blackmail. Ringo cheerfully starts working as construction laborer. Toadie cryptically warns him against his boss, against whom dissatisfied clients are suing. the contractor however retorts that the damned lawyer doesn't even realize his actual client in none other then ruthless business shark Paul.