Once Jack and his team return to Williamson for the taping, they discover not everything is as it seemed. They race against time to get their locations ready for filming before Oprah arrives. Then, just when it seems they're out of the woods, technical difficulties threaten the shoot at the local high school. "We are going to stay all night until I at least see something in my monitor that I'm watching that I like, that I can deal with," Jack says.

When Oprah arrives, Jack tells her he's afraid the show may not produce enough for a full hour. "If it doesn't, we will have failed," Oprah says.