Brian has been missing in action for several days. Stephanie is first worried, then angry, as he pays no attention to her, and instead hobnobs in Europe with his friends at their “la de da” web sites and blows kisses at Ms. Berlitz.

Will Brian’s jeep start? Will his hamsters be found lying in the shredded newspaper, their rodentary ribs showing, upon his return? Will they instead turn on each other, like a dinner party with Alferd Packer and Jeffrey Dahmer at the Donner’s?

Will Stephanie ever forgive? Will she instead attempt to seduce the noble and ever-faithful Instantman in his Kentucky trailer?

More to the point, has Brian decided to kill off the Stephanie Dupont character?

Find out next week, on “As The ‘Ain’t’ No Bad Dude’ World Turns…”