A new law bans smoking in the workplace, to Bill's dismay. Lisa thinks that Joe saw her and Dave at a movie.

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

Mr. James assigns Dave the task of doling out the annual bonuses. Each staffer gets the standard $400 bonus except for two, one of whom receives a $3,000 'Big Bonus', and the other 'The Shaft'. In the B-story, Bill complains to Dave about all the clutter that mysteriously finds its way to his desk.

Beth and her copycat friend fight for Matthew. Bill is plagued by security guards who refuse to let him enter the building without his ID.

Bill enlists Joe and Matthew's support to try to convince his girlfriend that he's 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 Jimmy's place to win him back. Joe uses a hidden camera inside a Boba Fett action figure to keep up with the action.

A new coffee shop is opened on the first floor of the Criterion Building. Matthew becomes obsessed with Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoon.

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

In an episode set in outer space, it's business as usual for the staff of WNYX.

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.

Each staffer offers up a very different version of events of the day Catherine announces she's leaving WNYX. Joe realizes that Catherine's always yearned for him.

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

Jimmy plans to go around the world in a hot air balloon, until Dave finds that he is full of "hot air". Meanwhile, Bill switches from cigarettes to chewing tobacco.

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...

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

Jimmy's fear of hippies causes him to blow a big deal; Max and Beth spoil Lisa's dog.

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