Gleb promises Sophia a romantic trip to Saint-Petersburg; this offends Phil, who was promised to visit it together, three years ago. He gives an ultimatum: either he sticks along, or they are no longer friends. Sophia reacts very badly to an idea of taking Phil with them, expecting that he would spoil everything; this is their romantic trip, only for her and Gleb! Gleb must find a way to get rid of Phil. For that end, Gleb asks Kupitman to give Phil tons of work on weekends. Kupitman agrees, for a reward, but as soon as he learns where they plans to go, insists on them going together, all four. Phil, after learning about Kupitman's plan to go, decides that Kupitman would spoil the fun so much, he would rather stay. Gleb tries to get rid of Kupitman the same way as he previously tried on Phil — by asking Kisegach (Kupitman's boss) to overwork him (it helps that Kisegach hates Saint-Petersburg and certainly wouldn't request going with them) — but she learns that Bykov would go, too (Kupitman already invited him), and changes her mind, as she doesn't want to stay alone at home while they would make fun. In the end, it's Bykov, Kisegach and Kupitman goes to Saint-Petersburg, while Gleb and Sophia receives a night shift. Sophia starts making plans for a next week, but Phil overhears them, and states that this time, he would go with them, whether they like it or not.
Timur tries to flirt with Polina, even brings her flowers, but to no avail: pain of their breakup is still fresh. Then Timur notices that Lyuba and Rita are looking at him like on some kind of ugly insect, and asks what he did to deserve this. They reveals what exactly Polina has told them — long story of him being a terrible husband, terrible friend and terrible person in general. Timur feels offended by such blatant slander, and asks Polina why she did this, if their marriage had the good moments as well — but she says that it's all that she'd remembered. Timur decides to tell Rita and Lyuba his version of the story — which is pretty much the same, but with roles reversed; now, instead of being a victim, Polina looks like a cause of breakup. Polina is infuriated by what Timur did, as now her friends thinks that it was her fault that they've divorced, and insists on telling the "real reason" — to which he replies by asking what exactly it was; she has no answer. Timur then decides to "confess" to every and all bad traits he can think of, creating absolutely absurd mix of alcoholism, prostitutes, domestic abuse, animal cruelty and Timur's homosexuality. Obviously, no one believes in this, but now everyone's interested just what the real reason was if they're struggling so high to hide it. Timur presses Polina into admitting that they broke up simply because she stopped loving him, and stopping their war. Polina instead tells that the reason for divorce was Timur cheating on her; whether it was real or not is unknown.
Alexei stars arguing with his patient, who plans to take another plastic surgery (with previous one being to increase her boobs, ass and lips, and decrease her nose), stating that unless you have a real defect, you have no need in plastic surgery — beauty should be natural. She, in turn, insists that "every modern woman secretly wants to improve something in herself". They even have a bet (not on money — on pack of sweets and bottle of wine); Alexei would win if he finds at least someone who loves herself as is. Alexei fails to find anyone who wouldn't be interested in at least some form of plastic surgery: Sophia and Polina instantly states that they are interested, and he doesn't even bother with Kisegach and Lyuba, already knowing how such question would be interpreted. He tries to invite one of the nurses, who certainly wants to change nothing, but it turns out that the reason for that is that she already did. Lyosha changes tactics, and starts asking people why they didn't change the things they dislikes the most; the first one whom she asks is Kisegach, who reacts badly, but, once he explains the reason for such question, explains that she did plan to change her nose, but Bykov talked her out at the last moment. She also says that most girls are doing such operations not out of dislike for themselves, but in attempt to attract someone else. If someone accepts you as is, you don't need a plastic surgery. Alexei tries to use that argument and invites the patient to watch a movie together, stating that she's just gorgeous (hoping that it would improve her self-esteem enough to abandon her plans)... only to learn that she's married (and husband never forced her; it was her idea all along), which both foils his plan and disproves Kisegach's theory.
This episode provides examples of:
- The Alcoholic: No one wants to go in Saint-Petersburg with Kupitman, because they knows that he and his inhuman love for alcohol would ruin everything for everyone.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Amongst the "reasons" Timur states for his divorce with Polina are: his alcoholism, him regularly inviting prostitutes without even trying to hide it from Polina (and offering a threesome when busted), absolutely absurd level of Domestic Abuse, him killing her cat with a shocker "for fun" and... his homosexuality. He had another idea which involved "forgetting" her mother in a supermarket, but he decided that it was "unfunny".
- The Bet: Alexei has a bet with his patient; to win it, he must find at least one girl not being interested in plastic surgery. The loser would buy a winner sweets and wine. In the end, he loses.
- Be Yourself: Kisegach thinks that most women makes plastic surgery as attempt to attract men, and don't need it otherwise. And your true love would accept you even without surgery, because they would love you, not just some attractive body. This theory gets seemingly disproved later, since Alexei's patient (because of whom all of this started) reveals that her surgery was done after her being married, on her own initiative.
- Death Glare: When Alexei tries to ask Kisegach why she didn't change her eagle-like nose, she looks on him very angrily.
- Gone Horribly Wrong:
- Gleb tries to ask Kupitman to give Phil tons of work, so he wouldn't go to Saint-Petersburg with them. Kupitman instead decides to join their trip, which spoils the fun for everyone, Phil included.
- Gleb tries to ask Kisegach to give Kupitman tons of work, so he wouldn't go to Saint-Petersburg with them. Kisegach actually agrees at first, but then decides to go herself, since Kupitman already invited Bykov and she doesn't want to stay here alone. And Bykov just forces Gleb to stay on a night shit under first excuse he can find.
- False Reassurance: Alexei seemingly finds someone who isn't interested in a plastic surgery (Rita), but then she decides that maybe she should work a little with her ears...
- Laser-Guided Karma: Gleb and Sophia had a chance to just agree to take Phil with them (after all, Gleb owes him trip there for three years already), but instead tries to use Kupitman to overwork Phil, so he wouldn't go; this makes Kupitman interested in going with them (also taking Phil), which makes situation worse than if they never tried. Gleb fails to learn the lesson, and tries to use Kisegach to do the same with Kupitman... which ultimately leads to Kisegach, Bykov and Kupitman going, while Gleb, Sophia and Phil stays on a night shift.
- Sarcastic Confession: When Polina refuses to tell what was the real reason for their divorce, Timur starts making stuff up, telling everyone about absurdly villainous things he did while married to Polina, to which no one believes. He does that to attract everyone's attention and make Polina unable to keep hiding things anymore.
- Unreliable Expositor: Unsurprisingly (since this is not the first time she does that), Polina's version of events turns out to be completely in her favour, with Timur looking like A-grade Jerkass and terrible husband — culminating in him kicking her out from their (or, rather, his) apartment to the street. Then Timur reveals his take, which is pretty much the same, but with the roles reversed. Since Polina is clearly prejudiced, while Timur tries to whitewash himself, it's impossible to tell which details are true (if any). Then Polina tells the supposedly real reason for their divorce (Timur cheating on her), but since she does that only when Timur's lying started attracting unwanted attention, even that may be just an attempt to make people lose interest, by giving them "boring" reason (especially since it would never be brought up again).
