Wendy has learned that the bank is coming to foreclose on the diner unless they get their books in order, which she doesn’t know how to do. While Milius urges her to stand up to the bank “goons”, two volcanologists complain about the slow service. Their whining is cut short by a one-in-a-million volcanic eruption.

A disaffected gas station clerk finds out why they call it the "graveyard shift" after oil drillers set loose an ancient race of mind-controlling parasites.