After a month and a half of procrastinating on a television pilot idea, Jerry is nervous about the series’ fate, while George remains indifferent. Jerry then introduces Marla, his new girlfriend, who has not lost her virginity.
George asks out a woman named Stacy (Leah Lail). He knows he cannot keep this relationship up, though, considering that he’s dating Susan. George then finds himself in a dilemma: this is the first time he has something good to say when asked “what do you do?” (“television writer”), but he cannot use this title to pick up women because of Susan. If he breaks up with Susan, however, to see other women, he’ll wind up losing his good job title, since Susan’s one of the executives of NBC. Jerry is amused by the irony of this situation.
Elaine fears that she may have offended Marla in regards to her virginity, and goes to talk to her. She then educates Marla on the “normal behavior” of men after they’re through having sex with someone. This makes Marla hesitant to have sex with Jerry.
George eventually winds up coming up with an idea for the pilot, involving a man being forced into becoming a butler after a set of insurance-related circumstances. Meanwhile, Elaine becomes the indirect cause of a biking accident that Ping has (this is later dealt with in further detail in “The Visa”).
Jerry pitches the butler-idea to the NBC executives, getting much unexpected approval; but during the meeting, George inadvertently gets Susan fired for kissing her. She breaks up with him, but George finds that he still cannot pick up women, most of whom view the role of television writer as unprestigious.