Joe brings in an old lover, a master of design, to create a case for the new computer. Gordon confronts him at a meeting because he can't take any sort of invasion of what he considered a final design. In the previous episode, he stood up against personality; in this one, he is confronting aesthetics. Gordon is about to flip out. Donna goes on an overnight business trip with her handsome boss and a grave misunderstanding occurs. Meanwhile, Gordon begins to destroy any order in his house. He throws away the lasagna prepared for his girls. Attacks the plumbing under the sink. And, finally, he tears the crap out of his hand and begins to bleed all over the place. He also tells his girls a crazy story about a farmer, P. T. Barnum, and a giant, which parallels his role in the whole computer development process. Meanwhile, we come to realize that John's wife has filed for divorce. He knows that Cardiff is near insolvency and tries to borrow money. He and Joe have been at a strip club, trying to embrace a sleazy designer as a last resort. John is at a crossroads. Finallly, Cameron realizes that she loves Joe, but his swinging both ways, especially with a man he really loved, is going to bring some heavy duty challenges.