Sophia wants to go to a night club with Gleb, but he isn't particularly intrigued by this idea, considering that their previous time ended with Sophia becoming totally wasted, forcing Gleb to bring her back home. In attempt to win Gleb's favour, Sophia does all his work for him. He still refuses at first, not trusting her not getting wasted and embarrassing him again, but reluctantly agrees on condition that she would pretend that they aren't related (that, and her doing his second patient). But when they finally arrives, she proceeds to break every single rule and start wild, crazy "fun", and even tricks Gleb into drinking with her. Ultimately, Gleb awakes in one bad with Sophia, naked. But when he's about to panic (knowing how Kupitman would react), turns out that the girl isn't Sophia; Sophia is at home already. Meanwhile, Kupitman, who barely brought Sophia into adequate state (well, at least she can walk and talk), starts chewing her out for her bad behaviour — ironically, mirroring the same lecture that Kisegach once gave to him. After that, Kupitman orders Gleb to never again go anywhere near Sophia unless it's work-related, and tells him how their visit to a night club actually ended: Gleb and Sophia, pig-drunk, came to Kupitman's apartment (being too wasted to even give taxi driver correct address), and banged his door with their backs while making out. Following Kupitman's orders, Gleb tells Sophia that they would never come to a club again, in harsh, cold tone, without explaining anything.
Maxim accuses Alexei of being "complaisant" (deliberately wording it in such a way to make it sound like insult), due to him always agreeing to help someone — and not in just "five minutes and done" way. In order to show Max that he isn't "complaisant", Lyosha starts refusing helping anyone, showing that he can refuse — but Maxim states that he does that in order to please Maxim himself, and thus he's still complaisant. When Bykov tells them his jokes, Lyosha is the only one to laugh, to Max's disdain, as the jokes are just that lame. Maxim, of course, tells him that it's him being "complaisant" again (this time even Alexei agrees), but then reminds him about their two weeks-ago bet: whether Alexei is easy to manipulate or not. Turns out that Max had won, since he just convinced Lyosha that he's "complaisant". In the last ditch attempt to prove that he isn't, Alexei tells Bykov that he considers his jokes to be unfunny — only to take back his words when threatened with night shift... which Bykov comments by calling him "complaisant".
Bykov has a rival "comedian" in a face of new orderly. And he doesn't like it, especially since it seems that the new orderly is funnier than him. Bykov tries to "strike back", but his "best" joke drops flat due to coming at the worst circumstances possible (the orderly's brother just was injured in a road accident), making him sound like a jerk. But Bykov refuses to believe that the road accident was real, and, after doing independent research, learns that the orderly has no brother whatsoever — it was just a cowardly attempt to avoid facing Bykov. After all preparations, Bykov finally confronts the orderly. This is the deciding "joke duel": whoever tells the best joke (Lyuba would be the judge), would win a point. Bykov wins with 3:2 score, due to the last joke-sounding insult being so devastating, the orderly had lost the will to resist. But he voices his resignation (he wants to become stand-up comedian) in such a way that it becomes a tie.
This episode provides examples of:
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Gleb and Sophia were so wasted that they gave taxi driver Kupitman's address instead of Gleb's. Then they accidentally banged his door while making out. Naturally, he got very angry.
- The Bet: Towards the end of the episode, we learn that Maxim had a bet with Alexei two weeks ago: whether Alexei is easy to manipulate or not (of which Lyosha promptly forgot); their plot in this episode proves that Max had won, by convincing Alexei that he's "complaisant".
- Break Up Demand: Late in the night, totally wasted Gleb and Sophia woke Kupitman up by banging his door when making out. The next day, angry Kupitman orders Gleb to stop relationship with Sophia, here and now — not so much for Sophia's sake, as out of fear for her parents' reaction.
- Can't Hold His Liquor: It wouldn't take much for Sophia to get wasted. Like, totally wasted.
- According to Gleb, when he tried to bring Sophia into a night club the first time, she got wasted in first thirty minutes, forcing him to bring her back home before anything could happen. It's why he's unwilling to try again.
- Gleb reluctantly brings Sophia into another club, on condition that she would stay away from alcohol. Naturally, she breaks this rule and gets totally wasted (also tricking Gleb, who has no better alcohol tolerance, into becoming just as drunk).
- Dude, Not Funny!: When it seems that Bykov finally managed to hit back at the orderly with new joke which he failed to counter, it turns out that said orderly's little brother just got into a road accident, so he was not in the mood to reply. Only then Bykov realises why no one laughed. Not that this joke was very funny to begin with, considering that it was built entirely on insults. Bykov, however, suspects a foul play, and, after double-checking, learns that the orderly has not brother at all (meaning that he lied about said brother to look like a victim in order to avoid facing Bykov in "humour duel".
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: When Gleb took Sophia into night club for a second time, it didn't take long for her to show just why he was against it. She became wasted (she has no sense just when she has too much alcohol), started partying wildly, and ultimately Gleb was forced to stop her when she tried to dance striptease on one of the tables. This is from supposedly "house mouse from conservative family".
- Hypocrite Has a Point: As funny as it may be to hear anti-alcoholism lectures from Kupiman, of all people, he is completely right in calling Sophia out, since her behaviour is completely unacceptable. For bonus points, this lecture completely copies the one which Kisegach gave to Kupitman himself a while ago.Kisegach [applauding sarcastically]: Wow, Kupitman's reading anti-alcoholism lecture. I just pinched myself to check whether it's a dream.
- Moving the Goalposts: When Alexei starts refusing people, Maxim tells him that he's doing it to please Maxim, not on his own initiative, and thus, still counts as complaisant.
- No Name Given: The orderly never gets named in the episode, though it's possible that he's meant to represent Sergey Abramov himself.
- Only One Finds It Fun: When Bykov tells his new "jokes" (very silly and childish) to Alexei and Maxim, Lyosha laughs at them both, while Max doesn't (and gets punished with a night shift). When asked by Maxim why he laughed, Alexei states that he genuinely liked them (to Max's disdain). Naturally, Maxim calls him "complaisant" for this.
- Product Placement: The orderly with whom Bykov conflicts for a whole episode? He's played by stand-up comedian Sergey Abramov from Stand-Up Show, hosted by "TNT Russia" (which also hosts The Interns series itself); after quitting working in the hospital, he decides to "try himself at stand-up", mentioning "one new project which just started".
- The Rival: Bykov has a new rival in the face of new orderly — not in professional or love sense, but in the sphere of comedy. Naturally, Bykov can't tolerate another "comedian" on his territory and starts trying to kick him out. They ends up with a draw.
- Savage Wolves: Invoked; Bykov "wins" his jokester duel with the orderly by reminding him that wolves are often called "orderlies of the forest" (for their role in the ecosystem), and then stating that in every single story he ever read, the wolves were depicted as dirty, ugly and savage beasts. Not being able to top this in any way, the orderly accepts defeat, and quits working in the hospital altogether (due to finding another work at "some new stand-up show").
- Serious Business: Bykov can't just accept that someone can be funnier than him (especially if it's some orderly!), to the point of wasting a long time trying (and failing) to create a new joke, funnier than orderly's.Kisegach: Wasting a whole night on trying to create a funny joke about orderly seems to be a little too much, don't you think?
- The Slacker: Gleb wouldn't be Gleb if he refuses an opportunity to dump all work on someone without consequences. Sophia just knew what strings to pull in order to win his favour.
- Sycophantic Servant: According to Maxim, Alexei is willing to serve to anyone who asks him for anything; he would do everything to please them, be it hard work or work humiliating — even laugh at Bykov's lame jokes. Ultimately, under his manipulations, Alexei actually agrees with this.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Gleb's reaction when he awakes in one bed with Sophia (both naked), after their visit to a night club ended with them being wasted, is to moan that "Kupitman would kill [him]". However, when he calls Kupitman to try and explain this, he realises that Sophia actually already at Kupitman's, and that girl in Gleb's bed is some random chick from the club (with a similar hairstyle).
- Thought-Aversion Failure: Maxim accuses Alexei of being "complaisant" (due to him always agreeing to help someone — and not in just "five minutes and done" way; for example, Lyuba asked him to ride to her house to help with heavy boxes, while Sophia asked him to help shave patient's... groin). Alexei tries to deny it, but soon realises that he can't stop thinking about it whenever someone asks for help. This results in him refusing everyone who asks him for help, in progressively ruder manner — which was Maxim's intention all along.
- Troll: Maxim tricks Alexei into acting like a jerk in attempt to "prove" that he isn't "complaisant" (Maxim deliberately picked the most insulting word possible); while later he reveals that it was done in order to win a bet whether Alexei is easy to convince (about which Lyosha had forgot), he clearly took much sick amusement in doing this. Exact nature of the bet also didn't require so much humiliation, meaning that Max went so far just because he can.
- Weak-Willed: The whole reason for Maxim's elaborated plan to convince Alexei that he is "complaisant" is to win some bet they had long time ago — whether Alexei is easy to inspire; the episode's plot shows that Max had won.
