Bykov wants to meet their new babysitter, Margarita... and Kisegach fears that he would immediately scare her away. She has a reason to worry: first thing Bykov notices is her full name having six "R's" in it. He then asks about her education, and immediately loses interest when gets assured that she received higher pedagogical education. What really attracts his attention is babysitter's health: Bykov suspects that she may have kidney problems and needs immediate attention. Which means that Kisegach would be forced to stay with their baby until then. Bykov thinks that Margarita just needs some rest, while they would examine her to double-check, but doubts that they would find anything serious; however, she's too nervous to believe him. Meanwhile, Kisegach presumes that this was just an excuse for Bykov to stay alone with Margarita, so he would "interrogate" her for real; she asks Kupitman to check on them. Kupitman proceeds with Kisegach's orders, and quickly learns that Bykov really only wants to help, and leaves without explaining anything. But Kisegach is too paranoid to trust him, and now thinks that he's in league with Bykov. She tries to call Phil, but Phil, without any knowledge of the situation, just completely scares the poor woman, who now thinks that she may have something very serious, which no one tells her about — or knows what to do with. After failing with Phil, Kisegach realises that he's too gullible, and instead sends Gleb, who's both loyal to her and cunning enough to find out the truth. But Gleb's visit (also without explanations) turns out to be the last straw, and completely convinces Margarita that she's gravely ill. She decides to go back to Kyiv, to her relatives, to "die" here, and it's already too late to call her, since she ignores all calls. To add insult into injury, Bykov actually likes Margarita, but Anastasia's paranoia now can deprive them of such good babysitter!
Maxim thinks that he needs to build some reputation in the hospital — and one of the ways to do so is to "defeat" one of the main "bastions of chastity" of this hospital. Lyuba just knows one such — the nurse Olesya. But his attempts to win Olesya's attention ends in utter failure — she isn't interested in him, at all. Lyuba asks Olesya to give Max another chance, but learns that she has some "principle" (which Lyuba decides to keep for herself, already foretasting the fun they would have). When Maxim asks again, Olesya, to his surprise, agrees to go with him to a night club. Meanwhile, Sophia wants to learn more about Moscow's night life, and Alexei just so happened to have connections she may use — he knows a chief of security from one club, the guy called Misha. But when they actually tries to enter, turns out that they're not in the list — and Misha doesn't answer any calls. They goes to the nearby caffe to discuss their further plans, where Lyosha decides to just call into another club. That's when Maxim and Olesya comes in as well, running into same problem with the same club. Max tries to skip the club and invite Olesya straight to his house, and Sophia, who overhears it, presumes that Alexei is trying the same with her, and angrily leaves... not realising that he actually managed to contact Misha and resolve the issue. All three goes to the club without Sophia — and Maxim learns that Olesya's "principle" is "no sex out of wedlock".
This episode provides examples of:
- All for Nothing:
- Sophia wants to go into a night club, and Alexei agrees to help her. They fails to do so on the first try, and goes into nearby caffe, where they meets Maxim and Olesya (they tried to enter the same club, also unsuccessfully). Sophia sees that Maxim tries to seduce Olesya, and jumps to conclusions that he and Lyosha are cooperating, and Alexei wants to bed her. She angrily leaves, never learning that Alexei just contacted Misha and resolved the issue.
- Maxim spent a whole day trying to hit on Olesya. When it seems that she started answering to his flirting, she reveals that her "principle" is "no sex out of wedlock". Bedding her was his entire reason to invite her on a date in the first place, as he isn't romantically interested in her, and does it merely to prove that he can seduce someone chaste.
- Bait-and-Switch: When Bykov asks Margarita to show him her wrist, Kisegach (and likely viewers, giving Bykov's previous "casting" for babysitter candidates) thinks that he's checking whether she's a junkie... but it turns out that Bykov recognised that she may have kidney problems.
- Casanova Wannabe: Maxim thinks that he uses his "greatest schemes" to hit on Olesya (whom he wants to bed to prove how "cool" he is)... but all of those "schemes" are too blatant and just keeps failing. At one point, Lyuba, to make more fun of him, asks Olesya to give him a chance, and states that he isn't as moronic as he seems. Olesya asks her whether Maxim is aware about her "principle" (no sex out of wedlock), to which Lyuba replies that he's "perfectly okay with it". Their "date" ends as well as may be expected.
- Chekhov's Gun: Maxim asks Alexei whether he tries a "cunning scheme" to bed Sophia (invite her into an elite night club, pretend that you failed, and invite her to your house instead), only to learn that Lyosha genuinely wants to help Sophia, and says that he's "disappointed". Max later tries to enter that same club with Olesya, through the same guy as Alexei, and just like Lyosha before, fails to enter due to Misha failing to warn anyone or respond to calls. They later meets in the same caffe, and when Max indeed tries to invite Olesya to his house, with obvious intentions, Sophia takes it as a sign that Alexei has ulterior motives, too.
- Gave Up Too Soon: Sophia leaves just before Alexei manages to contact Misha and finally resolve issue.
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: After Kupitman checked Margarita and learned that yes, Bykov really just wants to help her, Kisegach, instead of calming down, decides that Kupitman is simply in league with Bykov. Cut to yet another interrogation Imagine Spot, with Bykov and Kupitman acting as "bad cop" and "good cop", respectively, with Bykov pressing her, and Kupitman promising that it would end soon if she cooperates.
- Imagine Spot: Kisegach keeps imagining how Bykov angrily interrogates Margarita.
- Incompatible Orientation: After multiple failed attempts to win Olesya's affection, Maxim outright asks Lyuba whether she tricked him to try and hit on a lesbian. She assures him that she didn't, and Olesya is completely straight.
- Induced Hypochondria: Bykov actually checks Margarita and considers that she's fine, so no need to go into details about her condition. Four doctors past him visits only due to being asked by Kisegach (who thinks that Bykov tries to use their time alone to mistreat Margarita), checks the clinical history and leaves without explaining anything and only stating that this is "interesting case". Margarita starts thinking that she may have something very serious after a third one, and outright panics after fourth.
- It Amused Me: Lyuba learns about Olesya's principle (no sex out of wedlock) before Max actually succeeds at inviting her into the night club... but doesn't warn him, just for giggles, which she outright admits in the end.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Kisegach was completely wrong with their babysitter Margarita being mistreated by Bykov (instead, he just wants to check her kidneys, to be sure, but already certain that all she needs is rest), but her attempts to "check" (by sending Kupitman, then Phil and then Gleb) only results in Margarita starting thinking that she has something very serious. Like, deadly serious. So, she would quit the job and leave back to Kyiv, to meet her death with her relatives. To add insult into injury, Bykov (quietly) interrogated Margarita before they even arrived into the hospital — and was impressed by her candidature. "Thanks", Anastasia.
- Out-of-Context Eavesdropping: As if she needs any more "evidences" to be sure that she's in trouble (actually, she isn't), Margarita overhears the end of Phil's discussion with Kisegach, which, without first part, really sounds like they're talking about her being seriously ill.
- Perp Sweating: In Kisegach's Imagine Spots, Bykov acts as loud and angry interrogator to their new babysitter, trying to press her into revealing why she wants to harm their son. While Bykov is indeed one of the few people who may actually try something like this, it's just Kisegach's paranoia.
- In the first one, Bykov yells at Margarita only by himself, trying to press her into revealing where she "bought that fake diploma".
- In the second appearance, Kupitman joins him, and they uses the classic Good Cop/Bad Cop technic (with Kupitman, obviously, being a "good" one).
- In the third and last one, Phil (whom Anastasia sent to investigate) "checks" on them, but due to being very gullible, believes in their blatant lies and reports that "everything is fine", completely missing that Bykov threatened Margarita with a pistol.
- Speech Impediment: Bykov's inability to say "R" is once again played for laughs. It just so happened that their new babysitter is a woman called Margarita Grigor'yvna Remorova. After Bykov barely pronounces it, Kisegach immediately asks him whether he would kick their babysitter out just for it alone (with implication that she wouldn't accept "yes" as an answer), but Bykov instead proceeds to asking about her education.
