A fire in the building sets everyone's nerves on edge. Bill tries to escape. Dave and Lisa get back together. Mr. James continues his wife search.

Dave is down in the dumps, fearing that he may not be able to top himself after the station sweeps at an awards dinner.

Dave has to plow through a pile of work before he can spirit Lisa off to Milwaukee for Christmas with his parents.

With Dave and Bill stuck at the airport, Lisa gets the chore of keeping Joe and Catherine from going on a date. Meanwhile, Beth and Matthew visit Bill's love shack of an apartment.

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

The office mourns the loss of “Ted from Accounting” until Dave realizes that nobody knew him at all.

Dave fights to hang Joe and Beth's strange painting in the lobby; Matthew starts dressing like Lisa.