In 1997 the creators of Grand Theft Auto hired publicist Max Clifford to plant negative tabloid stories about their own game, and the manufactured outrage worked. This episode follows the franchise from DMA Design's top-down 2D original through the 3D revolution of GTA III in 2001 and into the HD universe, explaining how each graphical era functions as a hard narrative reboot that freed Rockstar from decades of backstory.

The hosts break down the wanted level system as escalating consequence rather than binary game over, the theme park illusion of open-world freedom, the parody cities of Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas, and why Rockstar stopped casting A-list stars like Ray Liotta and Samuel L. Jackson as protagonists after 2004. They then cover the Guinness record for most controversial series, the Devin Moore case and Jack Thompso ...