- Safely returned to his apartment, The Dude is once again bothered by the first pair of toughs—Jackie Treehorn's, to be specific.
- This time, they know who they want: "Jackie Treehorn wants to see the deadbeat Lebowski."
- They bring The Dude to Jackie Treehorn's weird sex palace somewhere in Malibu where semi-clothed people are having some kind of tiki party on the beach.
- Jackie Treehorn welcomes The Dude to his bacchanal and invites him upstairs for a drink.