In the shop, Bernard is persaded by Manny to watch the Grand National, Manny having placed a bet on two of the racehorses, Inner Space and Herr Schmidt. Bernard, despite disliking the idea of Manny placing bets on the "circus of death", sits in. One of their horses comes second, meaning they recieve a small win which Bernard sends Manny to collect. This starts off Bernard's gambling addiction. Meanwhile, Fran persuades Bernard to hire her as she is going for a job interview and needs work for her CV. Things start to go downhill when Manny talks her through the system, Fran already having had a business of her own and trying to assert herself. Meanwhile, Bernard has gone to the bookmakers and is fast losing money, when Martin the Tout, seeing him as easy money, suggests he bet on a racehors