Kupitman arrives at work while being almost completely drunk — only to find some poodle sitting in his chair. How it appeared here? And why? Of course, Kupitman blames Bykov. The problem is, it was not his idea (which Bykov laments), which, in turn, means that they have another prankster in their hospital. Kupitman refuses to even listen to him, gives a dog to him and leaves. Bykov, in turn, gives it to Gleb and orders to find a way to get rid of it. Gleb can't find a better way than to return it to Kupitman's office. Kupitman gets enraged by finding the same poodle in his office again, and tries to give it back to Bykov, only for him to refuse to accept it. Kupitman just leaves it in the restroom, where it gets found by Phil. Pasha remembers Kupitman walking around with it previously, and Phil decides to return the dog to its "owner". Kupitman eventually learns who had brought that poodle into office; it was... Kupitman himself, too drunk to notice a stray dog walking behind him towards his office. Confused Kupitman leaves, taking the dog with him, and goes to Bykov and Kisegach to talk about the story with poodle — only to get cut short by Bykov closing a door. Kisegach opens the door instead — and bursts into laugh.
Phil, due to constant abuse by Bykov, starts hallucinating him as... Adolf Hitler. Psychiatrist, whom he asks for help, advises him to calm down and stop panicking — it was not hallucination, just consequences of too much stress. Psychiatrist, on his own initiative, confronts Bykov and tells him to stop abusing Phil, while also mentioning this "Hitler" story to point why it's so serious. Of course, Bykov only takes it as a hint towards another way to make fun at Phil's expense, and starts acting like he's indeed Hitler, to mess with Phil. Phil quickly realises that it's a trolling attempt, and fills official complaint to Kisegach, on both Bykov and psychiatrist (for revealing that "Hitler" problem to Bykov). Kisegach instead suggests him to try her own method: imagine Bykov screaming something good and wait till he shuts up. Phil actually tries this method... and it works. While Bykov continuously shouts torrents of insults at him, Phil just smiles like a fool, imagining how Bykov tells him unusual compliments.
Gleb accuses Semyon of being henpecked by Olga. In order to "prove" that he is not, Semyon tries to cancel Olga's planned trip for new closet... by using Bykov's orders as an excuse, which only enrages Olga. Semyon talks with Gleb and tells him that he is not "henpecked"... and just when Gleb reluctantly agrees, his mother shows up and tasks him with delivering a package for his grandmother. So, who's momma's boy here? Olga, after finally confirming that Bykov isn't overworking Semyon, confronts Lobanov about him lying to her, again. When asked what he would do instead of helping her, Lobanov snaps and shouts on her, saying that he would drink booze with Gleb, and who knows whether he would even return home today. He and Gleb then proceeds to drink. But then they comes to conclusion that they just acted like total jerks towards their women (wife and mother, respectively) for no reason, and loses what little fun they have left. It's time to leave — and apologise.
This episode provides examples of:
- Animal Motifs: Running Gag with Kupitman and him looking similar to a grey-furred poodle finally comes to its conclusion with literal poodle appearing right in Kupitman's office. The rest of Kupitman's plot involves him trying to get rid of this dog, which keeps invading his office (unsuccessfully) and find out who put it there.
- Didn't Think This Through: Semyon's excuse why he would cancel Olga's planned trip for a new closet (so he may stay with Gleb and drink beer)? Tell her that Bykov overworks him. You know, something she may easily clarify — and which Bykov would not let to slide, because he hates two things: lies and becoming a scapegoat due to lies.
- Gaslighting: Bykov learns about Phil seeing him as Hitler in his stress-induced hallucination, and proceed to make fun at him by pretending to be Hitler again and again, so Phil would start questioning his sanity. Phil, however, quickly realises that it was, indeed, Bykov's trolling, and fills a complaint to Kisegach, on both Bykov and psychiatrist, who's told Bykov about Phil's "Hitler" problem (even if out of good intentions).
- Heel Realisation: Semyon and Gleb, after finally "achieving victory" in getting rid of their women in order to do what they want, realises that they just acted like jerks; this realisation also spoils whatever fun they have left, provoking them into going home.
- Henpecked Husband: Gleb accuses Semyon of being ordered around by Olga and never objecting to her orders, and even renames his number in the phone to "Heel" note
- Hypocrite: Gleb comments that Semyon was a little too harsh with Olga when refused to obey her, yet he just recently refused to obey his mother in a similar manner, if only less loudly. He lampshades it.
- Imagine Spot:
- When Bykov mistreats him badly enough, Phil briefly sees him... as Hitler. This kickstarts his plot.
- Kisegach suggests to use this to dealt with Bykov's screaming: just imagine that he compliments you, until he shuts up. He would be too busy screaming to notice that you're not listening to him.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Immediately after Semyon "deals" with Olga ordering him around, Gleb (who previously trolled him about being "submissive") gets ordered by Kisegach to deliver a package to his mother. Semyon doesn't miss an opportunity to Lampshade this, calling him a Momma's Boy.
- Living MacGuffin: Kupitman's entire plot is built around him trying to get rid of a poodle which somehow appeared in his office.
- Momma's Boy: Soon after accusing Semyon of being a Henpecked Husband, Gleb himself turns out to be equally obedient to his mother, with her ordering him around and forcing to abandon any plans he may have in favour to do her task (not that his "plans" were that important to begin with, but still). When mocked by Semyon (in the same way Gleb previously mocked him), he tries to "grow some balls" and refuses to obey his mother, in rather jerkish manner.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The psychiatrist tries to call Bykov out on abusing Phil, and makes a mistake of mentioning Phil hallucinating him as Hitler. Naturally, Bykov builds his new prank on Phil around intentionally pretending to be Hitler.
- Not Me This Time: Bykov is not guilty of this story with a poodle (and laments it).
- Not So Above It All: When Kisegach notices Kupitman with a poodle in the end of the episode, she can't help but smile.
- Once More, with Clarity: Kupitman spent most of the episode trying to get rid of that poodle, but only towards the end we finally learn how it even appeared in his office in the first place — by seeing flashback to the morning scene, with totally wasted Kupitman accidentally leading a stray dog right into his office, and failing to notice it until it literally jumps into his chair.
- Running Gag: That poodle just keeps reappearing at Kupitman's office, to Kupitman's irritation, no matter how hard he tries to get rid of it.
- Suddenly Shouting: When confronted about his lies and asked what he tries to hide with them, Semyon suddenly screams at Olga on top of his lungs that he plans to drink booze with Gleb, whether she likes it or not. Even Gleb considers this to be too harsh, despite being the one provoking Semyon into conflict with Olga in the first place.
- Troll: Of course, Bykov can't miss an opportunity to mock Phil with his hallucination about Hitler, and proceeds to gaslighting Phil by playing Hitler himself (with his subordinates being forced to be a part of it). Ultimately, Kisegach just suggests Phil to counter it by imaging Bykov complimenting him (it's how she deals with it).
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Subsequent fate of the poodle would never be revealed. While there would be episodes set in Kupitman's apartment, none of them would show any signs of Kupitman having a dog (or any pet, for that matter).
- What the Hell, Hero?: Phil's psychiatrist confronts Bykov and tells him to stop abusing Phil, because this caused him so much stress, he started hallucinating Bykov as... Hitler.
- Why Didn't I Think of That?: When Bykov learns that someone sent Kupitman an actual poodle, his only regret is that he was not the one to came up with this joke — he considers the symbolism being just that hilarious.
