Charles, still working for Julie, takes a job investigating the theft of a laptop from Jack Berenger the president of Wheeler College. The school is on the verge of receiving a huge donation from mega-rich alum Brad Vinick and Berenger doesn't want anything to screw it up.
Charles is set up as a visiting professor of engineering, his actual area of expertise, and quickly meets several of his colleagues. Berenger throws a reception for Vinick where Charles meets the mega-rich alum and some more of his new colleagues.
Pacific View manager Didi hires Julie to perform some background checks. Julie suspects that Didi is up to something.
The episode ends with the disappearance of the portrait of Vinick that the school was planning to display prominently. The portrait is found minutes later, on fire in a trashcan, outside the building where the reception was being held.
