Liz thinks Jim is spending too much on the business. Mike is annoyed when Jackie takes the news o his new job lightly and doesn't beg him to stay. Jackie tells Mike she needs him and asks him to stall his new job for two months. She tells him he'll be in charge. Jenny delays her return to Poly, then decides not to return to school. Deirdre hears from the school that Tracy has been playing truant. Deirdre is shocked when Tracy thinks Ken has told her about the arcade. Ken tells Deirdre he wants to sort the problem out with her, but she tells him that she will deal with it on her own.