In this satirical episode, reporters Milton Miles and Afaf Wazir cover the chaotic, live-breaking news of the papal election from the Vatican and Leeds, England. A crowd in St. Peter's Square is anxiously awaiting the results of the vote, which so far has produced only black smoke, indicating an inconclusive decision.

Professor Griselda Geppetto, an expert from the University of Guelph, weighs in on the leading candidates for pope: Cardinal Adebiyi Babangida of Nigeria, Cardinal Banoy Dimakulangan of the Philippines, and Cardinal Simon St. John-Chichester from England. As the voting continues, an anonymous Cardinal tells Milton that Cardinal Babangida has been eliminated and that Cardinal St. John-Chichester is in the lead, but is not well liked.

The anonymous Cardinal also reveals that, in a shocking move, a horse named Mr. Pickles, who pulls the papal carriage, was nominated as a candidate!