Ep.1.2 More Than You Can Chew

Day One of her new job, Iris gets to meet the existing employees, like Scott Hawkins, and bring in her own people, like former pupil Maxine Williams (her Communications Director). Iris immediately begins treating the city like her former school. The first thing she does is cancel the Massive Mart project. Unfortunately, she does not apply much thinking to this judgment and the rest of Council denounce her as a dictator and vote against her. This rousing defeat looks like it might derail her administration but Scott cleverly arranges for her to meet with the Massive Mart people to work out a compromise. In the end, the deal goes through but Massive Mart has to agree to a new location and to sell local produce. She apologizes to the rest of the City Hall staff (a move that almost kills her) and she offers Bill to keep his old job. Iris learns a crucial lesson - keep your a