Lynda and Spike go to an all-important cocktail party, but it's no breezy affair: Lynda's on edge and some questionable advice has Spike second-guessing the entire evening.
Lynda needs an escort for a business function - anyone but Spike! Meanwhile Kenny is flirting with a wrong number and Sarah must decide which is more important to her: a fledgling relationship or her journalistic integrity.
How can two days be so different? Comedy one day and tragedy the next... A student attempts to blackmail his way onto the writing staff, but Lynda is having none of it.
With Lynda gone, the race is on for a new editor. Kenny has the experience and Colin has a few dirty tricks up his sleeve, but Spike's determined to bring Lynda back.