The episode takes off with Marshall providing legal work for Phil’s office at a discount. Because he was late with a couple of reports, everybody thinks it is because he is lazy and has no work ethics. Now Mr. nice guy Phil is trying to come up with an easy way to fire his slacker brother in law. Interestingly enough, Mitch was actually late with the reports on purpose so his coworkers would not like him. He was actually looking to get out of his position.
When Mitchell shows up to work, Phil fires him right when the elevator door closes. Unfortunately, the door sticks on the elevator and Mitch is stuck for two hours listing to all of the negative things that the office people are saying about him. Read the rest of this entry »