Kathrine er en talkshowvært med en skarp tunge og et hold forfattere, der udelukkende består af mænd. Da hun får besked om, at hun ikke længere skal være vært, indser hun, at en fornyelse er nødvendig for at beholde jobbet. Katherines verden bliver vendt på hovedet, da hun ansætter sin første kvindelige tekstforfatter, Molly . Det, som startede som en ansættelse for at lægge låg på en bekymring om manglende mangfoldighed, viser sig at få uventede og hysterisk morsomme konsekvenser. Kathrine og Molly, som kommer fra forskellige generationer og kulturer finder sammen et fællesskab via deres kærlighed til den perfekte punchline.
Hyret lejemorder John Lee er spurgt af Chinatown kriminalitet boss Terence Wei at myrde den unge søn af politimand Stan Zedkov. Lee har drengen i hans seværdigheder, men hans samvittighed får det bedre af ham, og han skåner barnets liv. Bange for, at Wei vil hævne sig på sin familie i Kina, Lee opsøger ekspert forfalskeren Meg Coburn at opnå passet han har brug for at komme ud af landet, men et band af udskiftning dræbere er snart på hans spor.
Fatiya agrees to replace her cousin at a babysitting gig. When she meets the mother of the young boy she is supposed to look after, prejudice and racism cause the afternoon to take a turn.
An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the leading actress. This unexpected opportunity transforms her from a humble usherette into a shining star. Later on, she wins the heart of the leading actor with whom she was secretly in love. However, her sudden rise to theatrical-musical stardom creates complications in their love affair, as her companion sinks into disappointment and drowns himself in drink, abandoning his career. Nevertheless, the usherette/leading actress doesn't give up; She looks for him, finds him and supports him, psychologically and morally, until he makes a comeback to the stage and their love nest.
In the meeting room, members of the Special Investigation Unit and Ministry of Education desperately trying to find a replacement for the hiragana "Nu", a character being used as a symbol by the extremist terrorist organisation.