Bykov must act nicely to Kisegach's mother Marina; if there would be no conflicts, he would receive his bike. As the two don't come along, Bykov puts his frustration out on Anastasia whenever Marina can't see them; unfortunately, she causes him a lot of stress, as she just can't stop mocking both himself and his competence as a doctor. Bykov decides to drop Marina on Anastasia, so he may at least work, but Kupitman reveals to him that the promise to buy him a bike may be a lie: Kisegach is prone to do such tricks to manipulate people. Bykov quits pretending and tells Marina what he really thinks about her — and she tells him that she likes rude, but honest Bykov more than "Anastasia's pet", and promises to buy him a bike herself if he marries her daughter. It's actually a lie, too, but Bykov just decides to buy a bike himself, without waiting for anyone's favours.
Phi's patient is a girl from North Caucasus
, with three overly protective brothers who sees him just asking her to undress as harassment. They insists on female doctor, but Phil knows only Varya, who quickly gets scared away by said brothers' behaviour. He tries to ask Gleb and Semyon for help, but they decides to not take such risks. And neither does Kupitman. Ultimately, Phil just tells the brothers that their sister has bronchitis and if they wouldn't let him in, she may die; this actually convinces them.
Gleb and Semyon brings the wheels from Gleb's car into the hospital (Gleb has some problems back at home and needs to hide them somewhere for a time). Meanwhile, Lyuba just lost some drugs under mysterious circumstances. Varya overhears Gleb's conversation with Semyon, and remembers that Gleb commonly calls the round-shaped pills "the wheels"; she tells Lyuba that the pills were likely stolen by Romanenko. When Lyuba orders the interns to bring "the wheels" back, they, not realising what she's talking about, brings the wheels from Gleb's car, which Lyuba takes as them being already high. Only then they realises that they're talking about entirely different "wheels". Fortunately, Galya finds the lost drugs in another hospital: they had borrowed some, but forgot to warn her. Romanenko and Lobanov starts moving the wheels out, but gets busted by Bykov. Fortunately, he punishes them lightly, and even lets to keep the wheels here until they deals with the problem.
This episode provides examples of:
- Chekhov's Gun: Those money Bykov found in the beginning of the episode (he mentioned them in discussion with Kupitman about Kisegach being quite rich just because she has nothing to spend those money on)? He later uses them to buy a bike by himself when he realises that both Anastasia and Marina are manipulating him with empty promises.
- The Dreaded: Caucasians have a bad reputation for their explosive temperament, often being too assertive when flirting with women and being overprotective towards their women and their honour (sometimes to the point of injuring those they see as a threat). Varya quits when they starts flirting with her (not realising that they're scaring her), while Gleb and Semyon, once they realises who's behind Phil's problems, instantly abandons Phil, despite previously suggesting to be "more aggressive" and show them their place. Then Phil tries to involve Kupitman, who outright calls him out on not warning beforehand that he must help with something so dangerous. Since alternative is to warn Bykov (who scares him even more), he has no choice but to insist that he must examine their sister, for her own good. This works, and they allows him to proceed without any further issues.
- Hot-Blooded: Phil's (female) patient is from North Caucasus... and she is here with her brothers who are extremely protective of her (and quick to explode at every provocation). When he asks her to undress, they immediately assumes that it's a harassment attempt... They barely manages to contain their anger and not beat him right here and now, but now they wants female doctor. note They're also aggressive (not maliciously so, they are just overly emotional) in their flirting with women from outside, sometimes scarily in that; Varya (whom Phil asked to replace him as she is the only female doctor he knows) gets scared by them and refuses to help Phil.
- Imagine Spot: When Marina goes too far in mistreating him, Bykov imagines how he strangles her to deal with stress.
- Kavorka Man: When Caucasians accuses him to be a "harmless grandpa" (they previously rejected Phil on the ground of him "harassing" their sister, when he asked her to undress for examination) because of his age, Kupitman feels obligated to not only refuse to help Phil (who never warned him in what kind of situation he almost got Kupitman involved), but also to tell them about his amorous conquests, because he considers this to be insulting.
- Like Mother, Like Daughter: Anastasia lies to Gleb (and later Bykov) by promising them rewards she would never give them to force them to comply. Marina tries the same tactic in order to force Bykov into marrying Anastasia; he does not fall for it again.
- Manipulative Bastard: Kupitman warns Bykov that Kisegach is prone to give empty promises to manipulate people into doing what she wants — like promising Bykov a new MRT, or promising Gleb an exotic vacation once he graduates (she refused to fulfil it on the basis that "you're a big boy and shouldn't demand such things"). Her promising Bykov a bike if he plays along with her wishes is likely another one. Bykov goes to Marina and just tells her what he really thinks, only for her to tell that she likes the real Bykov more, for having balls to do as he wants rather than playing "Anastasia's pet", and promise to buy him a bike herself if he marries her daughter. When asked by Anastasia, Marina reveals that it was a lie, too... but then Bykov reveals that he didn't believe Marina and just did everything by himself.
- Moving the Goalposts: Kisegach several times promised Gleb a vacancy on expensive resort to motivate him when he studied in medical university, only to every time "fail" to fulfil those promises (and promise him something else the "next time"). When he finally graduated, she accused him of being childish for demanding something like this, instead of simply recognising that it was a motivational lie. She later had exactly the same problem with Bykov, only this time with MRT. Kupitman thinks that her promise to buy Bykov a bike would end the same way.
- Noodle Incident: Something has happened in Gleb's house, forcing him to temporarily move the wheels from his car into the hospital (with Semyon's help). When Bykov busts them, he tries to explain, but quickly gives up and simply says "who cares", with which Bykov agrees.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: Marina is very harsh to Bykov and criticises every his step, did and aspect of his life (including his attempts to please her, because they interferes with his duties as a doctor; speaking about which, he is late on work by a full hour because he attempted to make an excursion for her). Unfortunately, he must tolerate her, because Anastasia promised him a new bike if he endures.
- One Dialogue, Two Conversations: When Lyuba accuses Gleb and Semyon of stealing the "wheels" and wants them back, both sides fails to understand what the other one refers to, as Gleb had brought the actual car wheels into the hospital due to some problems at home (he has nowhere else to put them), and Lyuba refers to drugs (the round-shaped pills are often called "wheels"). The problem only resolves when interns actually brings those wheels, while Galya learns the true fate of Lyuba's missing drugs.
- Out-of-Context Eavesdropping: Varya overhears Gleb's and Semyon's conversation about the "wheels". They means the car wheels, but she thinks that they're speaking about drugs (Lyuba just lost some not long ago under mysterious circumstances). Them specifically mentioning Lyuba (with whom they "can negotiate") and Bykov (who would probably kill them if finds out) only adds to Varya's version.
- Pet the Dog: While he still punishes him and Lobanov with a night shift, Bykov allows Gleb to keep the wheels in the hospital (if he sterilises them — it's the hospital, after all) until whatever problem which caused him to move them here resolves.
- The Quiet One: Of three caucasian brothers, middle one is always quiet, while the other two are always overly emotional. But when Phil finally insists that he must examine their sister, since she has a serious illness and it may become worse if he would waste time, he is the one to say to other two brothers that Phil is right (they goes silent from shock).
- Stepford Smiler: Bykov acts just sickingly nice around Marina (if he would be nice, Anastasia would buy him a bike), despite her acting very hostile to him... and then puts his frustration out on Anastasia, because condition was to act nicely to Marina, not her daughter. When Bykov realises that Kisegach just fooled him into compliance with empty promises (she is good at that), he decides to stop pretending and tell Marina how he really feels about her.
