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After sparks fly at dinner, Dave and Lisa try to hide their feelings from their co-workers.

Dave deals with his first challenge as news director when a subway train is derailed. Back in the office, Matthews new desk causes friction among the staffers, who all want new desks.

Bill invites Beth on a lunch date which she accepts despite Lisas fear that Bill will take advantage of her. The tables are turned when Beth sticks her tongue down Bills throat. Dave tries to get to the bottom of WNYXs financial problems.

Beth takes erotic photographs of herself to energize her relationship with her boyfriend. Joe boobytraps the refrigerator when someone continually steals his daily gelato.

The staff is overly sentimental when Dave catches Mike, the office rat.

Jimmy brings in a psychiatrist when the staff is stressed out.

Bill is approached with a book deal to write his autobiography.

Bills new cane, which he carries for no particular reason, annoys Dave. After its stolen, Dave is the target of Bills wrath. Jimmys all-night office brainstorm stokes Dave and Lisas competitive fires. Matthew and Joe get on each others nerves.

Jimmy negotiates with a media conglomerate to sell the station so he can meet with their attractive representative. Matthew handcuffs himself to a chair to protest a sale, while the rest of the staff schemes up ways to keep their jobs.

Dave introduces Bill at a Broadcasting Society event after taking speaking lessons from Bill. Matthew learns about gambling from Joe, falling $20,000 into debt.

Bill enlists Joe and Matthews support to try to convince his girlfriend that hes British. Beth tries to sell Fat Albert-style hats to a department store. Lisa uses Mr. James’ negotiating tips to ask Dave for a raise.

Dave is jealous when Lisa constantly talks to her ex-boyfriend. Joe is the facilitator in a practical joke war between Catherine & Bill.

Jimmy loses Bill in a poker game. Lisa competes in Jimmys place to win him back. Joe uses a hidden camera inside a Boba Fett action figure to keep up with the action.

A fire in the building sets everyones nerves on edge. Bill tries to escape. Dave and Lisa get back together. Mr. James continues his wife search.

Mr. James decides to run for President of the United States while Lisa declares to expose all of his secrets. Matthew grows a ‘70s style mustache to "get chicks".

Bill leads a revolution when Mr. James eliminates free snacks in the break room. Joe gives Catherine a variety of electronic gadgets to ingratiate himself with her. Bill buys a massage chair.

Dave and Lisa try to get the staff psyched for Jimmys Halloween party, but its Dave who learns the holiday can be a drag.

Daydreams plague WNYX as they sweat out a broken thermostat. Among the reveries: Matthew is Beths worst nightmare; and Bill is every womans fantasy.

Jimmy teaches Beth how to play the stock market, prompting Bill to crash their lessons for some inside information.

Bill weighs the options of joining a health club; Beth fails to exercise restraint after learning a secret about Dave; and Jimmy fears he wont measure up at a dinner party with the Clintons.

Bills abuse--and Daves advice--cause Matthew to adopt an abrasive attitude toward his co-workers.

Dave gets low marks for honesty after he lets staffers evaluate each other, but fails to mention that Lisa came up with the idea. Meanwhile, Jimmy scores a legal victory with Joe as his lawyer.

With Dave and Bill stuck at the airport, Lisa gets the chore of keeping Joe and Catherine from going on a date. Meanwhile, Beth and Matthew visit Bills love shack of an apartment.

Dave contends with WNYXs noisy neighbors, while Lisa must deal with rotten kids while covering an Easter event.

A coronary-stricken Jimmy recovers at WNYX, while nurse Lisa realizes that she wants to have a baby.

The staff is speechless after they read Daves unkind comments about them in a magazine article.

Dave signs up Matthew for workers comp after the uninsured reporter injures himself at the office.

Jimmy hires Andrea, an efficiency expert, when the station needs to cut funds. The staffers rally around an inept Matthew to try to preserve his job. Bill auditions for a television job.

Andrea forces the staff to take lie detector tests. Lisa fears she will not pass the test due to her extensive criminal past. Jimmy has his book, which failed in the U.S., translated into Japanese then back into English.

Dave hatches a scheme of pure evil to get his job as news director back, including approving Bills obscenity-laced imaginary conversations with the president. Lisa tries to excel as news director. Matthew lives in the office.

Dave unveils a previously hidden talent to compete in a charity talent show. If a WNYX staff member wins, Mr. James will re-hire Matthew.

Bill announces plans to adopt a child. Beth and Joe attend a charity bachelor auction, with Beth impersonating a duchess and Joe playing her homosexual bachelor friend, to bid on Mr. James.

After Bill pesters Lisa once again, Dave and Lisa hatch an evil plan to make Bill the boss to teach him a lesson. Bills reign is eerily efficient. Joe goes on a sympathy strike to support another of Mr. James’ companies.

Dave struggles vainly to get the staffers to properly use the recently installed security door. Bill enlists Lisa to do the negotiating when hes offered a job in a blue jeans commercial.

Mr. James gives Matthew a small toy car. Mr. James urges Dave and Lisa to get back together when a secret study reveals theyre more productive when theyre a couple.

The office mourns the loss of “Ted from Accounting” until Dave realizes that nobody knew him at all.

Joe fights Matthew in a no-holds-barred match at Mr. James mens club smoker. Bill is extremely worried that Walt will ask Lisa on a date. We learn Daves technique for getting rid of an unwanted visitor: act insane.

The episode spoofs the movie Titanic, where Walt and Dave sketch Lisa nude and give her heart-shaped necklaces. Soon, though, the ship starts to sink...

Jon Lovitz joins the cast as Max Louis, hired because of a connection to Bill. The idea of "Y2K" wreaks havoc at the office.

Dave learns he has high blood pressure, causing Joe to install a sound machine. Matthew becomes motherly toward Max, after a conversation with Beth.

After a case of mistaken identity, Jimmy is sent to jail. His vice president, Johnny, takes over.

Jimmy is freed from prison, only to realize that Johnny has stolen his empire.

Beth wants to start profit-sharing; Matthew thinks of abuse after undergoing hypnosis.

Dave and Lisa fight for an apartment, which Max decides he wants; Joe and Beth "fix up" the shows website.

Jimmys fear of hippies causes him to blow a big deal; Max and Beth spoil Lisas dog.

The formerly evil Johnny Johnson returns to the station, now a homeless wino, to claim Lisas hand in marriage. Lisa finds it hard to resist Johnny... despite his noxious odor.

Max pretends to quit to hopefully get Beth to beg him to stay. When the ploy fails, Dave has to swallow his pride to get Max back. Lisas new hyphenated last name, Miller-Johnson, irks both Joe and Matthew.

Jimmy and Matthew switch places for a day, with life altering results. Dave bans Max from the breakroom.

Jimmy returns to finalize the sale of the station and tries to persuade one staff member to relocate to New Hampshire with him.