Their landlord was a man named Harold Finch, a retired accountant who wore cardigans and believed in order. He did not believe in pets. The lease was clear: "No animals of any kind."

1. The "No Animals" clause is hereby void, as the undersigned tenant is, by legal definition, a collective of sentient non-human persons. 2. Rent shall continue to be paid via automated fish-canning operation (basement, northwest corner). 3. The landlord agrees to provide monthly pest control, with the specific exclusion of squirrels, who are now officially tenants.

He should have been angry. He should have evicted them. Instead, Harold Finch, who had lived alone for eleven years, who had no one to talk to but the mail slot, sat down on the basement sofa.

Not a human kingdom. An Animal House.