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Jeff tries to rush the Spanish Club along so he can get to the cafeteria on time for chicken fingers. Hoards of students start running out of the building and the rest of the Spanish Club follows, leaving vegetarian Britta behind. Jeff and the Spanish Club get online for lunch and just as Jeff and Pierce are being served the cafeteria runs out of chicken fingers. Annie, Shirley, Abed and Britta wait at a table for Jeff and Pierce to bring a pile of chicken fingers. Shirley checks a younger student with dreadlocks who she is crushing on. Jeff notices the college cafeteria always runs out of their favorite food. Jeff sees fry cook Starburns, the old-rocker cafeteria guy, is hoarding chicken fingers and portioning them out for his favored friends while the rest of the students go without their delicious chicken.

Jeff decides to take action about the chicken finger shortage at Greendale. Jeff tells the Spanish Club that they must get Starburns fired and have one of their group take over the fry station. Jeff convinces Abed, who worked in his father’s falafel restaurant, that he must take over the fry cook position so they can control the chicken finger situation. Jeff tells Britta to sweet-talk Starburns into giving her take-out chicken fingers. Pictures are taken of Starburns giving the contraband to Britta and he is fired. When posters for the fry cook job are posted around school, Shirley rips them down so Abed is the only qualified applicant. Troy interviews in a golden pharaoh helmet and garb to appear crazy and gives the world’s worst interview so Abed will appear to be the ideal candidate for the job. The Spanish Club’s plan works and Abed is hired as the fry cook for the cafeteria.

The next day Abed brings a plate full of chicken fingers to the Spanish Club’s table at the cafeteria. As the group enjoys the tasty fingers, Abed slips a box of chicken fingers to Senor Chang. When Jeff objects, Abed tells the gang he made an agreement with Chang so they all get a 10% bump on the Spanish tests in exchange for the chicken fingers. The group is impressed and Abed feels all powerful in his new fry cook position.

Abed sets up deals throughout campus with students and staff to get perks and freebies in exchange for chicken fingers. Abed begins to think of the Spanish Club as “the family” (much like the mafia) and provides leadership as the Spanish Club runs errands and collects the goods. Abed makes sure Dean Pelton, campus security and other higher ups are taken care of by paying them off with chicken fingers so his business can run effectively. Jeff becomes jealous of Abed’s leadership and power over the Spanish Club and the rest of the campus.

Jeff visits Abed in his dorm room and finds him making deals with students in exchange for access to chicken fingers, working the supply/demand concept that Jeff taught him. Jeff realizes Abed is the big man on campus now. As things spin out of control the Spanish Club are not getting the perks that they want from Abed and they all start arguing with Abed, who is not pleased. Abed decides to take retribution on them, showing the Club members he is still in control. Jeff tells an angry Spanish Club that they must bring down Abed from the fry cook station. Jeff is given a key that shuts down the valve on the fry station from Starburns, who wants revenge.

Jeff and Abed meet in the cafeteria after hours where Jeff admits to Abed he came to shut down the frying station. Jeff tells Abed he’s jealous of all the attention Abed is getting as big man on campus and frankly he’s tired of chicken fingers. Abed still likes chicken fingers but wants to be in control like Jeff, he’s afraid letting go of the fry station will render him back to his nerdy self. Jeff and Abed agree they should let go of the fry station, then sit on the cafeteria counter and eat tater tots. After Abed quits the fryer job, the cafeteria continues to run out of chicken fingers and everything is back to status quo.