Herbert is given the opportunity of a lifetime when he is asked to record an audition tape for a role in a musical. He decides that the performance most likely to win him the role is a rendition of a 1980s computer struggling to load.

Herbert poses for some flashy new headshots to go in his portfolio, in the hope than one of them will land him an acting job, and he can begin paying for all the things he has been buying on the internet - and hopefully leave enough to pay the council tax bill. However, a bicycle ride and an overlong bath have unforeseen consequences.