Self-Medication.In the middle of an attack by the Monarch, Dr. Venture's reminder alarm goes off, and he calls off the attack using Guild bylaws to allow him to attend his therapy group. The group, consisting of fellow former Boy Adventurers Action Johnny, former detectives suspected of killing their father Lance & Dale Hale, abandoned robotic creation Ro-Boy, and the former Wonder Boy, are trying to overcome their abusive pasts. However, their therapist is suddenly killed by a snake attracted to the man by snake pheromones in his coffee. Johnny believes someone to be behind the therapist's death, and leads the group to a bar frequented by former henchmen, resulting in a fight. Johnny then leads the group to Dr. Z's house, where he has now settled down with his wife (formerly his beard) who reveals that the group must let go of their past if they ever want to move on. Dr. Venture takes this to heart and realizes that he actually has a family to care about, unlike all of the other failed boy adventurers, and leaves. Elsewhere, Hatred takes the boys out to see a movie, but the theater is crammed with children, which starts to cause his pedophilic urges to manifest. As he is without anymore Nomolestol, the chemical that keeps his urges in line, the boys hatch a plan to retrieve him, all with the Monarch's henchmen's help. Later, 21 notifies the Monarch that he implanted the snake and pheromones at the therapy group, which now allows him to arch Venture more often without the need of the therapy breaks.