Frustrated by his physical limitations, Reilly buys a trained monkey to be his new hands and feet: Blazer, Spalding, Fontaine and Griz like the idea of a hairy assistant so they each get one for their own selfish purposes?
Spalding thinks it's time Reilly became "proactive with his quadness" to reduce his dependance on others so Reilly decides to get a trained monkey to assist him. Franny is not happy about him exploiting the animal but the others are so impressed they all get monkeys of their own. Mort's childhood fear of monkeys resurfaces.