Mark has a small circle of friends he calls on. Rex has apparently rebuilt his crushed ego from the last time we saw him at the Tess Tigress sham tiger petting zoo. Looks like his new job is boosting packages from people’s porches. He should be a real, big help.

Will we have to abandon all hope that this is going to be a more serious story than usual? It would have been a step in the right dramatic direction had Mark’s “friend” been an actual expert in a related field. Hell, even a retired train engineer would be an improvement.

So, why is Mark still carrying around that man-bag on his shoulder?

Does he think he is Felix the Cat who can create any object he needs at a moment’s notice with his magic bag?