Phil's uncles, on their way to China, would visit Moscow, and they plans to stand with Phil while they're here. The problem is, they are both gay, and Phil still shares small apartment with Gleb. When his father interprets his reaction as him being ashamed of his gay relatives and becoming a homophobe himself "due to corrupting influence", Phil tries to assure him that everything would be okay and they can stay with him. Unfortunately, Gleb plans another "night of love" with his new girl, and it would be a major problem for Phil's plans. To get rid of him, Phil lies that there would be "an orgy", but this only sparks his interest. Phil barely convinces him to not go, stating that Gleb would cause him troubles by doing so. But when the uncles actually arrives, they announces that they've changed the tickets and would stay for one more day. But this time, Gleb refuses to leave, saying that he would visit that "orgy", whether Phil likes it or not. But by the time when evening comes, Gleb is no longer interested in "orgy"; he just needs a place to properly sleep. Phil tries to give him money to sleep in the inn; Gleb reluctantly accepts, but states that it's the last time he agrees on this. But he breaks the promise, and arrives to the apartment anyway, forcing Phil to reveal the truth.
Bykov completely forgot about Kupitman's birthday (due to still being too busy with his new game about Batman, for several days already), and now Kupitman feels deeply insulted. Being sick of Bykov's game, Kupitman simply steals it at night, dressing as Joker for extra irony, and leaving a joker card in place where CD once was. Bykov immediately realises that Joker-cosplaying Kupitman was not a dream, and goes to complain to Kisegach, but she sides with Kupitman. When Anastasia mentions psychiatrist, Bykov realises that Kupitman tries to make him go insane, and refuses to cooperate; he even already sent Phil to buy another copy of the game. Kisegach busts Kupitman in his "Joker" guise, and forces him to reveal his plan: he wants to make Bykov believe that he's becoming insane due to his gaming addiction, and force him to seek help. She joins in. They plans to distract Bykov by showing him Joker-guised Kupitman again, while Kisegach would steal CD, but it fails, because Bykov preserved the first card, and instantly realises who's culprit when the same scheme gets used again. He takes CD back... not aware that Kisegach accidentally scratched the disc. It's time to run, and run fast.
Olga has a discussion with Kisegach about their future babies, and Anastasia mentions that Semyon acts just too calm for a future father; is he even aware how hard it would be? Olga tells her that she prefers to be more delicate about it, in order to not overstress him and instead switch his attention on things which are more important right now, like renovation — because when Lobanov starts worrying about something, he can't stop. Unfortunately, right in that moment Polina does exactly that: seeds his mind with fear, by telling a story about her nephew; later she accidentally scares Olga in the same way. Olga and Semyon shares a mutual fear of upcoming parenthood, but gets shaken out of it when their daughter starts moving. Polina then assures them that everything would go fine, because her example with her nephew was just bad, due to both his parents being clinically insane (they actually met each other in the psychiatric clinic), but they assures her that they know it already. But when Lobanov leaves, Polina tells Rita that it was a lie to comfort them, and her brother is normal. Or is he? She refuses to prove it.
This episode provides examples of:
- "Fawlty Towers" Plot: Entire Phil's plot. Rather than tell Gleb as is, be mocked and quickly deal with the situation, Phil comes up with increasingly more detailed and absurd story in futile attempt to keep Gleb away, which only sparks up his interest. Phil would be with a girl — but so is Gleb. Now, it would be an orgy... with eight people whom Phil had found in the internet... and who follows strict script and don't allow outsiders, or they would kick Phil out (Gleb still insists on being told details later). Then Gleb calls out in the middle of visit, and Phil's attempt to explain why it's so quiet almost provokes Gleb to go home right now. The next day, Phil lies that it was a "rehearsal" and "main event" would happen today. By this point, Gleb outright refuses to leave again, and states that he would pay a visit, whether Phil likes it or not.
- Gaslighting: Kupitman makes Bykov believe that he had seen Joker-themed hallucinations in order to convince him that it's time to quit playing his game. Considering that Bykov played it non-stop for several days (to the point that he completely forgot about Kupitman's birthday even after being reminded several times both before and after it), Kupitman has a point. Unfortunately, Bykov immediately recognises that this trope is in effect when Kisegach mentions psychiatrist, and refuses to cooperate. They tries it again, with even less success.
- Insane Troll Logic: The first thing Phil's father assumes when Phil tries to convince him that it wouldn't be the best thing for Phil's (gay) uncles to stay with him (in the small apartment which Phil shares with Gleb) is that Phil became a homophobe himself due to "corrupting influence of Russia". Phil doesn't even try to explain otherwise.
- It Only Works Once: Even if Kupitman's plan had any chance at success before, it certainly fails to work the second time, because Bykov preserved the first card and instantly recognises who is the culprit when Kupitman tries to replace CD with joker card again.
- Never My Fault: After being called out on forgetting Kupitman's birthday by Kupitman himself (after three days), Bykov calls out Kisegach on not reminding him about it... to which she points that she did, but Bykov completely ignored her, being more interested in his game — several times.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
- Thanks to Polina, Semyon now can't think about anything but his future baby's safety, constantly feeling fear that something may go wrong. Before that, he was completely calm and concentrated on things more important right now, like renovation in their apartment, making Olga worrying about him. Then she scares Olga herself when she comes to call her out on messing with Semyon, by stating the problems she would face (again, completely unintentionally). They only snaps out of their (now mutual) fear when their daughter starts moving. Then it turns out that Polina's relatives, whom she used as example, are just weird, by any standards.
- Kisegach botches Kupitman's plan to "save" Bykov from his gaming addiction because when she mentions psychiatrist, Bykov immediately realises that they are trying to gaslight him.
- Not What It Looks Like: Half-naked (due to him just coming out of a shower) Phil, two English-speaking men in their apartment (actually Phil's (gay) relatives), and Phil previously constantly mentioning "orgy". Gleb's conclusions are obvious.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Phil's reaction on his (gay) uncles visiting Moscow, and deciding to stay with him (which means — with Gleb, too) is to panic. Unfortunately, his father mistakes it as him being homophobe, and rather than try to explain, Phil says that everything is fine, as that thought scares him even more.
- When Phil's uncles announces that they plan to stay in Moscow for one more day, he panics again. At least, this time he manages to hide his real reaction to it.
- Kisegach, when she returns Bykov his video game, realises that she just scratched CD, rendering it unusable. It's time to run, and run fast.
- Shout-Out: Kupitman's infamous Joker cosplay from The Dark Knight (It Makes Sense in Context), complete with signature "why so serious" line.
- Skewed Priorities: Bykov completely forgot about Kupitman's birthday due to still playing his new game about Batman, and didn't remember until (three days later) Kupitman himself visited him and bluntly reminded (after Bykov missed all his hints). Even after that, he completely ignored Kupitman, being more interested in his game, and insulted Kupitman when called out on it. That's what motivates Kupitman to just gaslight Bykov to make him quit playing.
