As Mary, Murray and Ted talk about children and Murray's own three daughters, Murray begins to feel that he wants another child, more specifically a son.
To add a different look to what he believes are their stagnant newscasts, Lou wants to hire a woman to do some on-air editorials and human interest stories.
A death threat against an old news colleague who was working on a story concerning corruption makes Lou yearn for the days when he was a reporter uncovering hard news stories.