Lobanov's new neighbour in his ward is a guy named Anatoly, and sweet Jesus, he is insufferable! If fact, he is so bad, Lobanov is ready to do everything to get rid of Anatoly — even work. Bykov agrees... and gives him Anatoly as a patient. Now, Semyon must heal him before he snaps and kills him, like Bykov had dealt with the same situation many years ago (it is some sort of a "test" for being the "true doctor" — being able to control his feelings and get job done despite his inner hatred). He succeeds... and then Kisegach reveals that Bykov actually failed this "test" (and was sued for that, but that's besides the point).
Kupitman disappears for the full three days, and Kisegach is angry; if he would not appear until the end of the day, sober, she would just fire him. Lyuba thinks that he is in deep depression (like those he had after his three divorces), and the only way he deals with them is alcohol, lots of alcohol. Now, he must be "saved" before anything bad occurs. Lyuba and Varya manages to hide him from Kisegach and clean him up, but he still can't talk coherently, so they pretends that he was injured. After the crisis gets avoided, Lyuba asks Kupitman what was the reason for all this... and it turns out that Kupitman reacted that way to being called "grandpa". Lyuba is enraged by this and decides to leave him alone.
Gleb's patient jumped out of the window when he got busted by his lover's husband (which predictably ended in him being injured). Unfortunately, said husband is already here, searching for this patient to finish what he started. To protect his patient, Gleb just lies to him that the patient is now dead. This works well... right until Bykov appears and almost reveals the truth, which provokes the patient into jumping from the window again, with same results.
This episode provides examples of:
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Kupitman is so drunk that, when accidentally provoked by Lyuba (in his current condition, Kisegach's name instantly leads him to rage), he acts like a dangerously insane madman, and attacks Lyuba and Varya with a broken bottle. Lyuba barely manages to calm him down.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Kupitman is in deep depression (just like it was after his three previous divorces), which means that he would get drunk, no, drunk. Now Lyuba and Varya must "save" him before something bad occurs and Kisegach would fire him, by hiding him and help him to sober up — which wouldn't be easy, since he is already wasted. Lyuba and Varya barely manages to calm him down when he attacks them, but unfortunately, this is only a half of the way, since now he must become sober in just one day; and when they barely manages to at least make him look good, he still can't talk normally. So, they decides to change plan and pretend that Kupitman was injured when protecing some woman from abuse.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Lobanov must share his ward with a guy named Anatoly (who, for some reason, thinks that they are friends). Unfortunately, Anatoly is a terrible neighbour: he has bad sense of humour, No Sense of Personal Space, bad table manners, and thinks that it's perfectly normal to take Semyon's stuff (like his toothbrush). Semyon grows tired of him and tries to leave to on-call room, but Bykov forces him to return, unless he starts working again. After briefly observing Anatoly in his "natural habitat", Semyon decides that work really would be better than this. Bykov agrees, and gives him a new patient... Anatoly.
- Imagine Spot: How Lobanov deals with Anatoly without killing him? By imagining how he would kick his ass. This helps him with his stress for long enough to do his job.
- In Vino Veritas: When Kupitman is drunk (like, really drunk), he becomes something so bad that, according to Lyuba, Varya does not want to see this. Then we see this anyway; while not as bad as she implied, he is not exactly pretty in this condition.
- Last-Second Word Swap: One guy asks wether Gleb had seen some unclothed jer... ehm, dude amongst his patients.
- Ma'am Shock: Why Kupitman fell into another depression (which leads to him getting drunk)? Because a woman with whom he tried to flirt called him "grandpa" (he is only forty five years-old). Lyuba, who previously thought it was due to something major (all three times it happened in the past were after ugly divorces), loses all sympathy for him after this.
- My God, What Have I Done?: To protect his patient from being harmed even more (he already injured himself by jumping out of the window), Gleb lies to the husband of said patient's lover that the patient didn't survive, dying from his injuries soon after arriving. The husband, who not long ago threatened to break him something if he catches him, gets rather shocked by this, believing that it was his fault, as the patient had jumped in attempt to run away from him. When later Bykov acts rather rudely (because he was unaware of the situation and mistook this for another Gleb's attempt to avoid responsibility for his screwups), he reacts to this negatively, calling Bykov "heartless".
- Non-Action Guy: Lyuba confirms that Kupitman is not capable to fight in any way; in fact, it gets Exploited in her plan to hide him simply being drunk from Kisegach, since she knows about this, too, so all Lyuba needs is to provide a good enough excuse for why Kupitman was forced to fight (and got beaten up).
- Out of Focus: Levin does not appear in this episode.
- Plausible Deniability: When even after their attempt to sober him up, Kupitman still can't talk normally, Lyuba creates a fake story about him protecting his lover from her angry husband. Since he is known for his affairs, as well as for his inability to fight, Kisegach believes in this.
- The Unintelligible: Even after Lyuba and Varya manages to clean him up, Kupitman still can't talk normally, forcing Lyuba to create a fake story about him being injured.
- Too Dumb to Live: Gleb's patient. While the first time when he jumped out of the window probably could've been a good idea, since his lover's husband was ready to injure him anyway, the second time he does this is inexcusable, especially since by this moment the situation was already defused; it leads to him being injured further.
- What the Hell, Hero?: The husband of Gleb's patient's lover, whom Gleb previously lied about said patient's death, reacts badly when Bykov badmouths the guy, considering Bykov being "heartless". Note that just before being told about the guy's demise, he was ready to beat him up himself.
