Takemoto reluctantly returns home for the New Year and meets Kazuo, his step-father.

In the second part of the episode, the gang takes a road trip to a hot spring using the money won from a lottery ticket.

The episode starts with Takamoto feelings about what he wanted Hagu to answer for her wanting Morita to come back or not. But her stern and straight forward answer before was really hurt him. The story mainly talked about Yamada and her feelings later on. To save money, Mayama asked Yamada to help making some cases for his firm's project. This fact connected her to his work and helped the story develop.