The episode starts with C-ute's "Mugen Climax" piano intro playing. A bunch of BEYOOOOONDS Figure Stand Keyholders are displayed on the shelf. Misaki (Ohara) is into the music and a little buzzed, while holding a can of beer. The guest watches her. Mariko (Kikuchi) is dressed like an undercover detective and catches her and says "You are the suspect!" and cut! They were playing some board game with situational acting. It is the guest's turn, but her energy is not great. There are cans of beer and snacks on the table. Mariko tells her that at a welcome party, this is not the mood she should be in. Mariko tries to cheer her up with a Momoko "Yurushite Nyan" pose and everyone laughs. Mariko passes out on the couch after doing a "The Peace" sign.
Misaki listens to the guest Nodaka (Actress Makoto Tanaka) about her dreams of being a beer researcher, but she ends up as new salesperson at a beer manufacturer instead. Mariko is doing the "The Peace" in her passed out state.
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Misaki puts a blanket on Mariko on the couch. Nodaka continues talking with Misaki in the kitchen. She wants to continue pursuing becoming a researcher. Misaki and Nodaka toast their beers to that. Her story begins.
Nodaka's co-workers are having a office party with beer and pizza together. A senior co-worker is giving a toast speech while everyone is holding up their beers that they manufacture called "Ieshiro." She tells that senior member about her goal to become a researcher. But her co-worker is actually a researcher. Everyone is in the office is drunk or passed out.
Back in the present at the guesthouse, Nodaka gets a drink late at night, and Mariko wakes up. Nodaka reveals that she has trouble building relationships with her senior co-workers. Mariko gets up and tells that a door with help you soon. A song will help you open that door.
The next day, Nodaka and a co-worker are heading towards their next restaurant client at a shopping street. They meet an acquaintance along the way. The co-worker shows Nodaka how to build a happy friendship them. Nodaka tries to pitch their new beer drink to an owner of a restaurant, but she is noobishly talking so fast to him without any personality. Her co-worker steps in and uses his charismatic skits into his sales pitch. The client gets into it and is drawn in. He agrees easily to have it sold at his restaurant. After, they pass by some the co-workers' same acquaintance again and they have a chat. Nodaka looks at them and sees how much fun they are having.
At the guesthouse, Nodaka, Mariko, and Misaki are sitting in a kotatsu together, drinking more beer. The beer is a different flavor called "Sakura Night Beer" (Kobushi reference). Nodaka mopes about her troubles doing sales work. Nodaka tells how his co-worker uses a skit (sungeki - Yamazaki Yuhane reference?). Mariko tells to her it's going to be okay and eat some snacks.
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At the beer company, Nodaka is alone looking at the people wearing lab coats in the research offices. The senior researcher from before sees her in the hall way and greets her. They sit down and have a chat about that co-worker who uses skits in his pitch. She yells "Sungeki?" again (another Yamazaki Yuhane reference)
Nodaka wants to do her best in doing her own her sales pitch. She reads a note book to help her. She meets the same restaurant client from the day before. She ends up reading the book in her sales pitch and talking so fast again. The client isn't impressed with it, and tries to change subject. He is more interested about where her co-worker is. He admits, that he is more fun than her. She struggles to make him stay. The client thinks she is going to do a skit, but she couldn't come up with anything and walks off. Her relationship with the clients just isn't the same as her co-worker's.
Nodaka is sitting in her car depressed, thinking about how her relationships with clients is poor. She is mad at herself and cries. In the distance, she sees a big door. She gets out of her car and walks towards the "HELLO!" door. She enters and a bright flash appear.
On the other side, she appears in a different dressing room. She hears a piano playing. Alternate reality Mariko is playing a red piano. She immediately tells her where is without asking. Her turn to stand up on stage is next. The next is group is known for their skits. All 12 BEYOOOOONDS members enter the room. Suddenly only Kiyono Momohime introduces herself, and shows off her beat-box skills. Ichioka says it's time go. Takase takes Nodaka's hand into their circle huddle "Let's go BEYOOOOONDS!". They take her into the next door. Maeda Kokoro opens it. BEYOOOOONDS members brings Nodaka back to the shopping street of restaurants. Nodaka is hesistant to run with them. Maeda Kokoro looks back tells her "Konna Hazu ja na katta!" (It Wasn't Supposed To Be Like This!). But tells her it's okay. Kokoro says her catch phrase and does her introduction too.
They start singing and dancing the song. No microphones this time. Maeda Kokoro brings in her Megane character out of nowhere lol. The surround her in the dance and Yamazaki Yuhane yells "Su-su-Sungeki?" (reference to the two times it was said earlier). The scene changes into an empty restaurant and they continue singing around her.
During the skit break of the song, Nodaka is faced with the client who loves skit pitches. Eguchi Saya gives her a starting boost. They all wait for her to capitalize on it. She says she can't do it, but Shimakura Rika and Okamura Minami tell her to try again.
Then Ichioka Reina suddenly comes in with a sugar glass bottle and breaks it on the client's head LOL!! Two times! She gains the courage to say the line and goes in for the wrestling german suplex on the man. Then BEYOOOOONDS member continue the skit line with Nishida Shiori and Maeda Kokoro's Karate move. Nodaka and the client lie on the floor smiling. The scene changes again to a small stage and BEYOOOOONDS finishes their song in front of Nodaka. Even the clients joins in on the dance scene. They applaud after.
"THIS IS THE ONLY HELLO!" They all clap for her.
Back in the present, Nodaka is reading her notes before talking with clients. She accidently surprised the client. She asks the client to have another chance at introducing herself. Nodaka introduces herself like an idol, and talks really fast. The client laughs at her funny introduction. They laugh it off.
I WISH plays. At the guesthouse, Misaki practices her "It's you (the suspect)" line. Mariko says its so cute. They play the same board game again. They both shiver at the thought of doing a skit drunk? Nodaka shivers with them and smiles.
Next week, Actress Ichikawa Yui plays Sumire Komiyama, a woman with a strong work ethic.
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Sumire (Ichikawa Yui) is determined not to return to her hometown halfway through her work and private life. However, both of them end up spinning out of control. Then a "door" appears to her...
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