Peter broodingly watches over Aunt May until Anna Watson, having heard of May’s collapse, returns early from Florida with Mary Jane. Needing money for Flash’s going-away party, Peter scours the city as Spidey but only dirties his costume swinging over a belching chimney. At a TV studio, Spidey offers himself as a talk show guest. While he’s there, a high voltage cable shorts out and Max Dillon, the electrician, shrugs off the current to throw the circuit breaker. Spidey find Max’s name familiar but can’t place him as Electro, currently lying low. At home, Dillon watches Jonah Jameson on TV protesting Spidey’s upcoming Midnight Talk Show appearance, giving him ideas. Peter and Gwen join Harry, MJ, and Flash at the Coffee Bean but troubled by his money problems, Peter argues with Flash and walks out. At the Bugle, Jameson agrees to pay Electro fi ve thousand dollars to unmask Spidey on live TV. Meanwhile, Gwen follows Peter, telling him she cares only for him. Peter decides to tell her he’s Spider-Man but can’t do it. TV day arrives. Jameson arranges tickets for he, Stacy, and Robbie. His costume still dirty, Peter washes it at a Laundromat, a paper bag over his head. Soon after Spidey arrives on set, Electro attacks and the audience panics, all clearing out except JJJ and friends. Spidey webs Electro’s hands and feet together, causing a short-circuit but the feedback strikes him as well. Electro staggers away. Spidey heads home without being paid, his costume singed, his hands burned. Wearily, he wonders if Spidey’s career is one long defeat.