A desperate woman who hasn't eaten for days asks a man for money, eventually securing a large check worth five million from the Horizon Group. The man doubts its authenticity, but she insists it’s real and issued by the company’s chairman. When disbelief grows, she offers to repay him in another way, implying an uncomfortable bargain. Meanwhile, a man stresses to his mother about bringing a girlfriend to his 50th birthday to stop family gossip. He suddenly tells a woman she must pretend to be his girlfriend for a few days, setting up an uneasy agreement that ends the episode on a tense note.