Today is an anniversary of Semyon and Olga's marriage... but Semyon forgot about it. Olga is very angry at him, and cooperates with Bykov to force him to regret this. But Lobanov briefly sees them together, and now tries to find out what they are hiding from him. Soon he starts suspecting that Olya cheats on him... with Bykov.
Varya wants to try a new diet... but instead of just doing it by herself, she wants to do it together with Lyuba. But Levin accidentally offends Lyuba by calling her fat, which leads her to abandon this idea immediately, so Varya offers that idea to Gleb instead. Gleb reluctantly agrees, despite being perfectly okay with her as she is.
Levin tries to apologise for what he previously said to Lyuba... only to make the situation worse, by accidentally calling her old. He attempts to apologise again, only to hear what Lyuba really thinks about him, driving him to tears, forcing Lyuba herself to apologise to him. Meanwhile, Varya takes away the fried chicken from her patient (who's fat and suffering from gastric ulcer), only to get busted by Gleb right on exit. They agree that Gleb would get rid of this chicken by himself... but instead he proceeds to eating it, only for said fat patient to bust him and demand a new chicken (otherwise he would inform Varya). Varya ultimately finds out anyway and confronts Gleb... only for him to seduce her into eating that chicken together. After this, Varya decides to abandon the useless "diet" altogether.
Semyon finally "confirms" that Olga and Bykov have an affair, and decides to confront his boss about this. Bykov, tired of Lobanov's idiocy, tells him the truth. Fortunately, Lobanov manages to create a makeshift "anniversary banquet", defusing the whole conflict with his wife.
This episode provides examples of:
- Berserk Button: If you want to live, never tell Lyuba that she is fat. Or old. Levin does both.
- Brutal Honesty:
- When Levin tries to apologise to Lyuba for calling her fat and old, he tells her that while he accepts her as she is, this is still true and you're not supposed to be offended by truth. Lyuba agrees... and then tells everything she thinks of him: he is boring, spineless and pathetic weakling. This drives him to tears.
- Levin and Lyuba, after defusing initial conflict caused by what they said to each other, discusses this; Lyuba suggests that this is not the best way to tell people about their flaws, and that you can deliver the same message without harming them too much. They recreates everything they said to each other before, seemingly salvaging everything... only for Levin to ruin everything again by ill-thought comment.
- Chekhov's Gun: That healthy food Varya brings with her at the beginning? She gives it to her fat patient in the end, as if anyone needs a diet, it's him.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Lobanov acts like aggressive jealous jerk again, this time towards Bykov, due to believing that he has an affair with Olga... not knowing that all of this was an attempt to remind him that he forgot about his and Olya's marriage anniversary.
- Digging Yourself Deeper: Levin attempts to apologise for calling Lyuba fat. But accidentally calls her old in process.
- Fat and Proud: Lyuba, when Levin offends her about her weight, not only instantly abandons her and Varya's diet, but starts rudely telling Varya that she is perfectly okay with her current weight. It's more of defensive mechanism than her actual attitude, however.
- "Fawlty Towers" Plot: Gleb lies to Varya about throwing out the fried chicken (while he plans to eat it instead). This leads to him being busted by said chicken's original owner (Varya's patient), who now demands another chicken in return for his silence. Gleb gets busted by Varya, and barely manages to avoid her learning the truth, but now he must buy another chicken, since that one was thrown into a trashcan, and patient wouldn't accept it. And then Varya learns anyway. After his attempt to apologise fails, Gleb instead seduces Varya into eating the last chicken with him, finally ending the whole conflict.
- Forgotten Anniversary: Lobanov forgets about his and Olga's marriage anniversary. Olga cooperates with Bykov to force Semyon to remember and apologise.
- Gossipy Hens: Lobanov overhears Lyuba and Galya discussing Bykov possibly having a new affair... with one of the patients. Just after Semyon had seen him with Olga not long ago, hiding something from him. Now, Lobanov thinks that Olga cheats on him with Bykov.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Lobanov mistakes Olga for cheating on him... with Bykov, no less.
- Mugging the Monster: Lobanov tries to physically threaten Bykov to leave Olya alone... only for Bykov to grab his hand in a pain grip. Bykov then reminds him that Lobanov forgot about his and Olga's marriage anniversary.
- Not What It Looks Like: Varya takes away the greasy fried chicken from her patient (who already has a gastric ulcer, and this is the third time he must adhere to this hospital due to it), but when she exits with this chicken, Gleb instantly sees her and mistakes this for her attempting to eat it by herself (despite previously insisting on them taking a new diet).
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Levin makes ill-thought comments, which sounds like he calls Lyuba fat and old. With predictable results. Last one — right after barely making her forgive him for first two.
- Out-of-Context Eavesdropping: When Lobanov decides to just spy on Olga and Bykov, their discussion, without context, sounds like a confirmation that yes, Olga really does cheat on Semyon with Bykov.
- Sarcastic Confession:
- Gleb tells Varya that instead of doing as she asked and throwing a fried chicken away, he would sit and eat it by himself. He proceeds to do exactly that. Unfortunately, the first owner of said chicken busts him during the act, and now demands a new chicken in return for his silence.
- When they finally speaks with each other in the end, Semyon asks Olya if she really thinks that he forgot about their anniversary and just created the whole banquet in five minutes. This is exactly what has happened.
- Too Dumb to Live: Varya's patient has a gastric ulcer, and it's the third time he has to adhere the same hospital. He still tries to smuggle in a fried chicken, which can potentially end very badly for him.
- Weight Woe: Varya thinks that she is fat, and now needs to drop some weight (despite already being the tiniest girl in the whole hospital). But she wouldn't do it alone, so she tries to persuade Lyuba to do it as well. When it fails, she tries with Gleb. But Gleb not only disagrees with the whole idea, but likes her as she is, without any stupid diets. Varya still presses him into diet, but in the end he finally snaps Varya out of it by seducing her into eating a fried chicken together.
