Today, interns must work by themselves, without Bykov's help. Levin's patient has a concussion... and quite "sticky" fingers; soon, Levin realises that his phone was stolen. Varya must deal with old patient who, being in not exactly good condition after a serious operation, mistakes her for a wife of somebody called "Sergei", and Varya can't just tell her the truth, afraid to worsen her condition; but the further she goes, the more lies she needs to keep up with the patient's delusion. Gleb's patient must be dealt with quickly, as he has very little time left before his wedding. And Lobanov... has no patient, and must just sit here and do nothing; but it's not as easy as it sounds...
Levin's attempt to retrieve his phone leads to conflict with (now obviously criminal) patient, who tries to racket him, with the help of his gopnik
friends, so he asks Semyon for help. After failing to train Levin, so he would be able to defend himself, Lobanov decides to just confront the gopniks himself and force them to give the phone back. Unfortunately, Levin now thinks that it was Semyon who stole the phone, and Bykov, when he returns, just sides with Levin and punishes Lobanov.
Varya's lies becomes progressively harder to maintain, especially when the patient gives Varya her family ring (and Sergei accuses Varya of stealing it); it only ends when Bykov finally shows up.
Gleb learns (from Semyon) that his patient can have a reason to deliberately avoid his wedding — because he just wants to avoid his spouse, at all cost; and she is already here... Gleb lies to her and almost gets their wedding cancelled... only to learn that they really love each other. Neither the patient nor his spouse takes his meddling well — and neither is Bykov when he finds out.
This episode provides examples of:
- Advice Backfire: Lobanov advises Gleb to "help" his patient and prevent his upcoming marriage, thinking that the guy is here to sabotage the wedding. Turns out that the patient and his spouse really loves each other; they reacts very negatively when they finds about Gleb's attempts to sabotage their wedding.
- The Alcoholic: Varya's patient's son, Sergei, is an unemployed alcoholic (which becomes obvious just by looking on him). As part of her deceiving the patient, Varya has to pretend that Sergei reformed (which Sergei almost botches).
- The Big Guy: Levin's patient turns out to be aggressive gopnik, who steals his phone and then tries to racket him. Semyon helps Levin by confronting the guy and his two friends, and scaring them enough to go and apologise; they even lampshades this after he leaves.
- Boredom Montage: Lobanov receives no patients to work with, but he can't go home either. He spends some time on (futile) attempts to find something to kill time, and when everything fails, just decides to come and see what other interns do.
- Delirious Misidentification: Varya's patient is an old woman, who is... not exactly here. She mistakes Varya for her son Sergei's girlfriend Katia, and, since she is in bad condition after a serious operation, Varya is forced to play along... but the further it goes, the harder it becomes to keep up.
- Gangbangers: Levin's patient is an aggressive gopnik. The patient and his two friends steals Levin's phone and now trying to racket him. Semyon confronts them and persuades to return the phone and apologise.
- Hot Guy, Ugly Wife: Gleb's patient is an attractive man, while his spouse is... fat and rather ugly. This leads to Semyon assuming that the guy is here to have a good excuse to cancel wedding, which almost leads to disaster when it turns out that the two are really in love with each other, and not happy with Gleb following Semyon's advices and trying to sabotage their relationship.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Due to Varya's patient believing that she's Katia, the wife of her son Sergei, when she sees Varya with Gleb, she interprets it as "Katia" cheating on Sergei.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Lobanov tries to help Levin get his phone back. Lobanov succeeds, but Levin now thinks that it was Lobanov who stole it in the first place, and Bykov, who doesn't bother to find out why Levin attacked Lobanov, just punishes Semyon with a night shift.
- Poor Communication Kills:
- Had Varya just explained everything to her patient from the beginning, instead of trying to play along with her delusion, it could have ended much quicker and less painful for both of them.
- Had Gleb bothered to ask his patient, he could have learned that yes, he really loves his spouse, instead of attempting to ruin their upcoming marriage (thinking that he "helps" his patient by doing this); though in his case it was Lobanov who gave him the idea.
- Semyon decides to just deal with Levin's patient by himself (and succeeds), unaware that Levin already called the police. This leads to awkward situation when the police fails to find anything (since Lobanov already took the phone which Levin's patient had stole) and the patient pretends to be innocent. This allows the patient to get away with everything. And Levin later attacks Lobanov, thinking that it was his fault.
- Snowball Lie: Varya' patient is an old woman, who is... not exactly here. She mistakes Varya for her son Sergei's wife Katia, and, since she is in bad condition after serious operation, Varya is forced to play along. Sergei is forced to pretend to be Varya's husband for the same reason. What else Varya is forced to lie about? That Sergei quit drinking and finally found a job (and Varya promises to watch for him), and that his (one year-old) son Vladimir now can talk (that one happens by accident, though). When this lie unavoidably would implode, consequences would be devastating; maybe, just telling the truth from the beginning was not that bad idea after all... This also leads to... interesting situation when the patient sees Gleb with Varya in the end. Fortunately, Bykov appears and finally explains everything (in delicate enough way to not cause her any harm).
- Sticky Fingers: Levin's patient is a pickpocket, and he steals Levin's phone right in his introduction scene. Unfortunately, he is not just a pickpocket, and after Levin tries to retrieve his phone, blatantly rackets him by pretending to be offended and threatening to call his friends unless Levin agrees to pay up for "moral damage".
- Unwanted Spouse: According to Lobanov, Gleb's patient is just trying to avoid the marriage. This theory gains some credibility when his spouse appears, but ultimately gets proven wrong.
- What Does She See in Him?: To anyone's surprise, Gleb's patient and his spouse really loves each other. When patient finds out that Gleb almost ruined their marriage, he calls Gleb a jerk and tells him that he spent three years fighting for his spouse's love (and that he loved her since school days).
