If he doesn't already feel guilty enough about everything, Marty really feels guilty when his Thailanese foster daughter comes to attend college in Chicago and he is really attracted to her.

Catherine makes everyone take a lie detector test when she suspects someone on the staff is leaking gossip about her to an underground rag.

Marty may become editor after a corporate trouble-shooter comes in, evaluates the magazine and decides Catherine is out and he is in, never mind that Marty slept with her. A little corporate blackmail may work wonders to save Catherine's job, using Marty as the tool.

A young girl gets to be editor for the day, which sets the tone for Marty and Hannah imagining what love would have been like if they had met at a younger age. They do this while celebrating their 1st anniversary of knowing each other.

Jules cost cuts on a holiday dinner for the homeless, with sickening results. When Hannah convinces Marty to go all out for Christmas, she gets the idea that he has, by getting a new apartment for them.

Marty, Jules & Mike go to a wild man weekend in which Marty refuses to take part, Jules decides to right Catherine's wrongs and Mike writes a poem.