Ernie learns about Zeppco's offer to buy the factory and secretly plans to accept the deal. Lars goes to the string factory to make enough string to pay off the mortgage, in the process getting a small string of his blazer caught on part of a machine, and as he attempts to free himself, he is stripped completely naked except his shoes and socks. After that, he is met by April who learned about the house's worth from the brothers' lawyer and takes him back. Ernie's attempt to meet with Zeppco's representatives fails when he is hit by a bus while trying to impress two Belgian hair models, Ingrid and Hilde. Lars informs him that April has given them the money to pay off the mortgage, but the two return to the house to find Caesar being taken away by paramedics.