Chuck runs into some of his old newsroom buddies and overhears them commenting on his fall from fame in Los Angeles. In order to prove he's still got what it takes to be a big network anchor, Chuck tries to manipulate Kelly so that he can cover the lead story that night, knowing his former colleagues will see the broadcast. As the lead story changes back and forth between a missing family in the forest to a large building fire, both Chuck and Kelly surreptitiously try to convince each other which story the other should take. Meanwhile, Montana is upset when Marsh steals her intern to work with him in the sports department, and he offers to find her a replacement. When the new intern is a few decades older than they had expected, Marsh and Montana must figure out how to let him go nicely.