The narrator returns home from work and is upset because he hasn't paid his bills. He's worried about his mom, who's dead. He doesn't know what to do now that she's gone. He tells his boss that he's going to have a blind date with Zillah. The narrator swears that he will always be there for Zillah no matter what. He also tells the audience that the boss is "going too far" and dumped his job to him. He says that the subway station is jammed with people waiting to get on the train. He wants to wait in line, but Zillah reminds him that it's all part of the plan to get her to marry the son of the next-door neighbor.