An anxious Sacco drinks heavily in a bar that he went to with his friends.; Sacco chips his tooth when a case full of empty bottles falls on his head. He goes on to briefly touch on the Palestinian situation and a humorous incident that occurred in a class he was taking.; Joe's "open" long distance relationship makes him feel neurotic, while at the same time making his girlfriend feel "empowered."; Sacco is ebullient while grooving to T. Rex's "Think Zinc," while his friends are subdued. Later on, they go to a club.; Sacco gives his feelings on the rationales given by officials in the run-up to the Gulf War.; Sacco plays poker the night before the Gulf War deadline as people's anxieties are at a fever pitch.; Sacco is glued to the Gulf War TV coverage, torn between self-righteousness and remembering the true meaning of the footage being broadcast.; Sacco ponders the hatefulness of the Palestinians who were cheering the Iraqi scuds that were landing in Israel, and why that hatred exists.; With the war over, Sacco gives his feelings on the human cost of it.; Sacco compares the anxiety of the Gulf War media buildup to being stuck in an L.A. traffic jam.; Joe talks to Walt about creating a T-shirt that satirizes the Gulf War.; Joe has doubts about the Gulf War inspired T-Shirt he's designing.; Sacco's long distance relationship collapses.; Sacco contrasts his personal feelings with that of his friend Ali, whose personal tragedies include his family having to flee Palestine in 1948.; Sacco's Gulf War T-Shirts have sold out.