Plot
During a business slump, Joe Jack happens to notice one of Strickland Propane's regulars purchasing from rival company Thatherton Fuels. When Hank inqures after the apparent switch, the former regular explains that he had met Thatherton on MySpace and decided that he had much more in common with him than with Strickland. Hank relays this news to an infuriated Buck, who demands to know what MySpace is; when Donna explains MySpace and the concept of social networking websites, Buck commissions her to create a MySpace account for the business and gives her full reign over the company page. She soon abandons her 'boring' accountant duties in favor of getting everyone at Strickland to create their own personal blogs and post personal videos of unprofessional activities, creating friction between her and Hank, as he prefers that Donna do her original job and that the company reach out to customers the traditional way. Hank finds no support from Buck, who is instead so pleased with Strickland's new online publicity that he promotes Donna to a second assistant-manager position. Soon, petty squabbles over the contents of everyone's personal blogs erupt among the employees, and Hank confronts Donna about the conflicts that everyone's blogging has caused. She refuses to hear him out, however, telling him instead to blog about it. She then exacts revenge by organizing a flash mob to show up at Strickland and beat up Hank; her plan backfires when the assembled crowd mistakes Buck for Hank and attacks him instead, resulting in her being fired on the spot.
Agreeing that maybe a company website was a mistake after all, Hank and Roger take down Strickland's MySpace page, only for Enrique and the other employees to later discover that Donna has changed the password and reinstated a new page slandering Strickland and urging everyone to stop buying their propane. When it becomes apparent that no one knows how to contact Donna, Hank exasperatedly reads through all four years of her personal blog posts seeking clues as to how to find her. Finally, he comes across a recent entry describing her plans for an upcoming date at a local restaurant, and the entire Strickland roster accompanies him to the restaurant that night to talk to her. There, Donna admits that she had felt constrained by her role as accountant and just wanted a chance to be creative, and Hank tells her that she could have used some of her creativity for good. The episode ends with Donna back in her old accounting position, redesigning the page to have a more formal and businesslike appearance.
Meanwhile, Dale rents a pig to hunt truffles but loses it in the woods, and has to borrow Ladybird in order to track it back down. Bobby and Bill accompany Dale on his quest, but they decide that Ladybird is a better truffle-hunter and give up on looking for the pig. Ladybird finds something which does turn out to be a mushroom, but Dale identifies it as a magic mushroom rather than a truffle. At that moment, the pig runs by, steals it from Dale's hand, and eats it; the last thing shown is the pig drooling and swaying as it hallucinates vividly.
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