Olga rejects Phil's proposal, because "it's too early for this". Phil thinks that he still has the situation under control, he just needs to ensure that Olya has the "right" opinion about Semyon. Meanwhile, Lobanov considers this to be his best chance to mend relationship with Olga, he just needs to press a little more — and badmouth Phil. They quickly becomes so unbearably annoying that Olga has to ask Kisegach for help, who forbids them to bother her during work (and asks Bykov to enforce it) But now Kisegach and Bykov are arguing with each other who is better for Olya (Phil or Semyon), stopping only to directly press Olga herself into the "right" decision. When both Phil and Lobanov appears simultaneously, the only thing Olga may do is to run...
Gleb's patient is a numismatist who's collecting old coins; some particularly rare ones can cost a lot. Gleb smells an opportunity to rise some easy money. Unfortunately, he'd lost all his coins, so now he must ask Kupitman. Kupitman reluctantly agrees.. but then he realises why Gleb wants those coins, and now wants to have his cut — or, rather, have the rare coin; Gleb can have all normal ones if he wish. Gleb insists on keeping it to himself, and Kupitman suggests to ask Bykov... only for Bykov to blindly use the coin in a vending machine without even listening to them.
Varya has a new potential boyfriend... but after Lyuba mentions his particularly annoying verbal tic, Varya can't stop thinking about it. When she manages to adjust to that... Lyuba mentions his another annoying trait — constantly licking his lips. When combined, those traits proves to be literally unbearable. At first Varya considers Lyuba to just trolling her, but then apologises, because Lyuba just allowed her to realise that they are not compatible long before they started a real relationship.
This episode provides examples of:
- Character Tic: Varya's new potential boyfriend has an annoying habit to use "tcho" (mangled "tchto" — "what") in almost any phrase he says. note At two points, she even accidentally repeats it herself. Varya eventually manages to adjust to this... and then Lyuba mentions his other trait: constantly licking his lips.
- The Gentleman or the Scoundrel: Phil and Semyon, respectively, in their Love Triangle with Olga. Both insists to Olga that their opponent is inferior (Phil is "weak", was raised by two gays, has Control Freak tendencies, while Lobanov is extremely short-fused, lazy and dumb barbarian, two steps away from becoming a drunkard, and it probably wouldn't be good idea to raise children with somebody like him). They're so persistent, she can no longer tolerate presence of either of them.
- No MacGuffin, No Winner: When Gleb turns out to be particularly stubborn, Kupitman suggests to ask Bykov to judge who really owns that rare and valuable coin... only for Bykov to not even listen to them and blindly use that coin in a vending machine. They later tries to ask a technician to let them search for a coin... but he refuses, because he is just as aware about potential treasure he may find as they are.
- Slobs Versus Snobs:
- Semyon's and Phil's conflict in a nutshell. Lobanov thinks that Olga needs him, "simple Russian guy" without some "weird quirks" (like having two fathers); while Phil thinks that she needs him, intelligent and nice American. In fact, they both annoys her to no end, forcing her to ask Kisegach to keep them away.
- When Kisegach and Bykov intervenes to force both Phil and Semyon to leave Olga alone, they quickly starts arguing — because Kisegach believes that Olga would be better with Phil, while Bykov considers Lobanov to be a better option. They uses pretty much the same arguments as Phil and Semyon themselves, only in less rude manner (including the part about "simple Russian guy", from Bykov).
- Thought-Aversion Failure: When Lyuba tells Varya about her potential boyfriend's annoying Verbal Tic, Varya tries to ignore it, and almost succeeds. But then Lyuba tells her about his habit to lick his lips, which, combined with his Verbal Tic, drives her nuts and forces her to dump him. She actually thanks Lyuba, because thanks to her she realised their incompatibility before actually going into serious relationship.
- Unwanted Harem: It consist of only two guys, but Phil and Lobanov (separately) manages to become so annoying, Olga is forced to ask Kisegach for protection. Unfortunately, some time later Kisegach (and Bykov, whom she asked to enforce restraining order) themselves started bothering Olga by trying to make her choose one of the guys, with pretty much the same arguments — Bykov supports Lobanov, and Kisegach supports Phil. In the end, when both Phil and Semyon appears together, Olga just runs from them; they follows her.
