After John agrees to take on a vacationing doctor's patients and one of them dies, he inadvertently leaves a phone message, then desperately tries to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Linda tries to comfort her friend Lynda, who won't leave the office; and Reggie and Jake trade barbs during a slow time in the diner.
When Bill talks about being allergic to peanuts in class, Alan tries to prove he's lying but Bill ends up in the hospital after an allergic reaction. Lindsay smokes weed for the first time.
Jackie catches Kelso kissing Laurie, and breaks up with him. Eric runs over Donna's cat, Mr. Bonkers, but before he finally admits it to her, he lies about it. Fez has an appendectomy.
Paul, an employee whose boss fired him for hand-clipping, is arrested for murder and the firm takes his case. Meanwhile, Billy starts hallucinating, and Nelle uses the opportunity to steal his biggest client.
Marcela angrily asks Armando to fire Claudia, but he refuses because she is the main model for the show launch the next day, so Marcela asks him to fire Betty. Armando suspects that Nicolas is Betty's boyfriend.
