Just as Bruce Banner's life seems to be settling down, at last, things start to heat up again! Between gangs of thugs and trouble at home, poor Banner just can't seem to catch a break! But what does the Absorbing Man have to do with him? Noted inventor David Zhan is giving a national interview about the Absorbing Man and his patented invention of the bars which are used to contain him. While on the street the interview is watched by Banner and a woman, who after leaving commits suicide in the subway tunnels while the program she worked for frantically tries to learn if she had been alone with Creel.While elsewhere, Banner arrives in a diner speaking with the victim's best friend, offering to talk with her to ensure she's alright. While back in the facility an attractive woman makes a pass at a doctor who takes her into a room only to attack her, as Zhan sees from his computer station. While in the park Banner and the woman are attacked by a group of thugs as Banner antagonizes them, only for the woman to physically drive them away as she kicks Banner in the face.While back at the facility the woman and man are separated by the facility's security, while in the park Banner gets up with the woman believing he drove the gang away completely on his own much to his surprise. While back at the facility Zhan shows the director the correspondence between Creel's brain activity and the hostile and out-of-character actions of the staff something the director dismisses as preposterous. While once again in the park Banner questions Pamela on her blackouts who blows up hitting Banner with her purse believing him to be insinuating she was involved in her best friend's murder before leaving. Meanwhile, Zhan heads to where Absorbing Man is imprisoned, with a concealed handgun.