Gleb and Semyon must choose who would do what; one of them (who's smarter) would examine the patient; another (who's dumber) would do floor cleaning. Bykov never specifies who is who, they must decide by themselves. Lobanov "wins" because he's stronger than Gleb and just takes away the clinical history... but the patient's case turns out to be way too hard for Lobanov, and it seems that he must now give it back to Gleb. Gleb, once he realises how hard his patient's case is, gives up and goes to Bykov... who tells him that he gave them the wrong patient by mistake (even he is unsure what to do with this guy); their real patient is much easier. Meanwhile, Lobanov, out of resentment for being the "dumb one", spends a whole night in the hospital, but manages to solve original patient's case, to Bykov's surprise.
A wife of Varya's patient Vladimir mistakes Varya for his lover, due to Varya's clumsiness, and gets infuriated. Now Varya must somehow defuse this situation. Varya manages to explain that she is in relationship with David (and even shows the photos), which convinces her... but now said wife is trying to steal David for herself, because her own husband is "worthless". To fix the situation (for both herself and Vladimir), Varya agrees to help the patient to clean up himself, so he would again look attractive to his wife (so she would return to him and leave David alone). This works... but was their relationship even worth saving?
After screwing up with his "present", Bykov needs a "plan B" to mend relationship with Kisegach. Kupitman suggests to just promise to marry her... without specifying when. Bykov immediately tells him that this would fail, because she would demand him to do it here and now. Meanwhile, Kisegach is in trouble because of Bykov, who sent a report... which contained only the words "burn in hell"; an official from ministry is here and wants her to deal with the situation, right now. Unfortunately, Bykov ignores every call, and no one can find him. When supply manager decides to rebel, too, the official takes it as a sign of Kisegach doing poor job as administrator, and leaves, planning to fill up a very negative report.
This episode provides examples of:
- Achievements in Ignorance: To Bykov's surprise, Lobanov manages to solve "unsolvable" case of the patient whose case even Bykov was unable to solve, out of resentment to Gleb (who was considered to be the "smarter one"), unaware that they got so hard patient by mistake.
- Authority in Name Only: Kisegach is in trouble because Bykov sent a report to ministry which contained only the words "burn in hell!". She may even lose her position if she doesn't manage to find him and punish appropriately! Unfortunately, she can't find him anywhere. The situation gets worse due supply manager, who, quoting Vera, "doesn't give a damn" what Kisegach wants from him. This turns out to be the last straw, and official leaves, planning to prepare a very negative report.
- Exact Words: Kupitman's advice to deal with Bykov's problem: promise Kisegach that Bykov would marry her... and never specify when. Bykov tells him that this would not work, because she would press him into doing it here and now.
- Dude, Not Funny!: When Bykov compares Kupitman's attempts to force him to go to Kisegach to Nazis, Kupitman (a jew) predictable reacts very negatively.
- Everyone Has Standards: Womaniser or not, David considers Vladimir's wife's attempts to hit on him disgusting, and rejects her (offscreen).
- He Cleans Up Nicely: When Varya's patient Vladimir (with Varya's help) cleans himself up, he manages to convince his wife that he is still worth staying with (she already considered to dump him for David).
- Hypocrite: Vladimir's wife accuses him of cheating (note that she's snow to be extremely jealous in general). Then she goes outside and tries to flirt with David, who's himself in relationship, and she knows it. Wife's words about Vladimir indicates that she considers him being "worthless" and plans to dump him. David gets disgusted by her behaviour, and rejects her, then tells Varya that he only acted nice cause he doesn't like being rude. As for Vladimir, he gets his wife back after Varya helped him to clean up, but now it's unclear wether such marriage is even worth keeping.
- Manchild: Bykov sent a report into ministry contained only two words: "burn in hell!". Now, "thanks" to him, Kisegach is in trouble... and Bykov hides from her for the whole day; he only gets forced to go to her by Kupitman, who was harshly pressed by Kisegach when she tried to find Bykov.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Due to being clumsy, Varya falls on her patient... and gets mistaken by his wife for him cheating on her with Varya. This infuriates her, and now Varya must somehow explain everything to her before it would ruin patient's marriage.
- Out of Focus: Phil does not appear in this episode.
- Poor Communication Kills: Bykov spends a whole day avoiding Kisegach because he was not ready to discuss the topic of marriage (which only became the problem in the first place because of a failed "surprise" in the previous episode). Kisegach searches for him not for this, but because Bykov got her into trouble with his "joke" on ministry, and now she must find him to restore what little respect she has left. She only finds him when it is already too late... and she learns his true reason to hide and becomes interested in pressing that issue, despite previously almost forgetting it altogether due to more important problems.
- Troll: Gleb and Semyon must choose who would do what; one of them (who's smarter) would examine a patient; another (who's dumber) would clean up floor. Bykov never specifies who is who, they must decide by themselves. Then it turns out that the patient has the case so hard, no one of them could solve it.
- Undesirable Prize: Gleb and Semyon fights over who would treat the patient, and who would clean up floor (because first one is for "smarter one" and second is for "dumber one", in Bykov's words). Lobanov takes the clinical history by force... but the patient's case turns out to be so hard that now Semyon wants to relegate it back to Gleb somehow. Gleb immediately realises why Lobanov gave up so quickly, and refuses... and Lobanov again "persuades" him with brute force. But, as Gleb later learns, they got that patient by mistake (even Bykov is unsure what to do with him), and the real patient is much easier.
