Stath hooks up with Carole and everyone is talking about it. It's Sophie results day and she fails her courses. Stath and Sophie meet Tomoko, Al's girlfriend.

On his seventieth birthday Vasos announces that he is retiring, leading Stath to assume he will take over Michael and Angel - until Vasos changes his mind, interviewing bot Carole and Stath for the leadership. Carole seems to be the front runner but then Vasos makes a surprise announcement whilst Al brings his Japanese girlfriend to the office, causing Sophie dismay.