Dave, a Midwesterner, gets a job as news director at WNYX, a New York radio station. He gets an odd reception when his boss wants him to fire his predecessor.

After sparks fly at dinner, Dave and Lisa try to hide their feelings from their co-workers; Matthew worries about being fired after a slip-up on the air.

To get Bill to comply with a new no-smoking ordinance, Dave agrees to give up drinking coffee; Lisa worries that Joe saw her and Dave at a movie.

Dave deals with his first major challenge as news director when a subway train is derailed; in the office, Matthew's new desk causes friction among the team who all demand they they get one too.

It's Bonus Day and the staff show just how conniving and unfriendly they all are as they compete to get the money.

Bill invites Beth on a lunch date where she sticks her tongue down his throat; Dave tries to get to the bottom of WNYX's financial problems.