Elsie is annoyed as Alan didn’t get in until after midnight from work. Hilda continues to prod Annie’s suspicions about Ken drawing the cartoon. Emily tries to calm matters down. Hilda sees that Ernie is on one of the cartoons and she and Annie reach the conclusion that he can’t be the culprit. Ernie admits to Emily that he drew the cartoons and tells her he's landed a contract to do more for the Gazette. They argue and she tells him many people view them as attacks. Annie calls on Ken who convinces her he’s not the culprit. Dave Robbins tells Ken he’s looked up their old friends and they are all “respectable” and under the thumb of domineering wives, so unable to join the band. Ken puts Dave at ease over Val. They call up the last one on their list - Tim Wade. Len tells Elsie not to criti