Back to You

Recently fired from a job in Los Angeles, news anchor Chuck Darling returns to his old station in Pittsburgh, reuniting with former co-workers.

When Chuck is given a goldfish as a gift, he feels compelled to prove his caretaking skills and sense of responsibility to Kelly, to show her he has what it takes to take care of a child. Chuck enlists the help of news director Ryan to help him maintain the illusion of a happy, healthy and very much alive goldfish. Meanwhile, as the team searches for more gripping news stories, field reporter Gary Crezyzewski prepares himself for a hands-on police Taser story, and sportscaster Marsh McGinley turns his attention to a magic trick he simply cannot seem to figure out.

Chuck and Kelly seem to be getting on each other's last nerve on- and off-camera. But when Chuck's dinner date is called off, he runs into Kelly and Gracie having dinner at a restaurant near the station and awkwardly joins them for a meal. Chuck and Gracie hit it off - and take a few stabs at Kelly while they're at it - and despite Kelly's disdain, she begins to think that having Chuck around might just be a good thing for Gracie. Back at the station, Marsh generously offers to help Gary create his own news anchor promo reel after his first attempt at a highlights video does not turn out quite the way he had hoped it. Meanwhile, Montana is distraught over her broken relationship, which she learned about on-air, and Ryan has to hide his infatuation for her and collect herself in time for the night's broadcast.

Chuck runs into some of his old newsroom buddies and overhears them commenting on his fall from fame in Los Angeles. In order to prove he's still got what it takes to be a big network anchor, Chuck tries to manipulate Kelly so that he can cover the lead story that night, knowing his former colleagues will see the broadcast. As the lead story changes back and forth between a missing family in the forest to a large building fire, both Chuck and Kelly surreptitiously try to convince each other which story the other should take. Meanwhile, Montana is upset when Marsh steals her intern to work with him in the sports department, and he offers to find her a replacement. When the new intern is a few decades older than they had expected, Marsh and Montana must figure out how to let him go nicely.

When Chuck turns down a dinner invitation from Ryan on a Friday night in order to leave his evening open for possible romance, Kelly accuses him of being selfish and rude. Chuck, pointing out Kelly's strict adherence to order, accuses Kelly of being uptight and rigid. Each determined to prove the other wrong, Chuck reluctantly takes Ryan up on his invitation and attempts to avoid distractions from the opposite sex, while Kelly, trying to shake her uptight image, prepares to accompany Montana on a night out on the town. Meanwhile, Gary copes with carpooling to work with Marsh, who seems to have a lead foot and a penchant for narrowly avoiding disaster at every turn.

Chuck and Kelly disagree over how Gracie should handle a class bully; Marsh must prove to Gary that he can read "Casey at the Bat" to children without crying.