Pyramid is hosting a party to celebrate 45 episodes of Sword of Damacles, and the announcement of 20 more shows, but Michael Rushton doesn't want to sign on for another season. Richard Strong and Siobhan Roy successfully plot to get Richard promoted to head of television development by getting Raymond drunk and making it look like he sexually assaulted Siobhan.

Walter Franklin, the star of Beaver Creek, dies during hair transplant surgery in Mexico, and the team has to figure out a way to keep the show on the air.