Season 5, Episode 1: Bill Moves On

Comedy • TV-PG • Directed by: NewsRadio • 22 minutes

Following Bill's death from a heart attack, his colleagues at WNYX mourn him at a memorial service. And though everyone agrees that Dave's two hour-plus eulogy was awful, they refuse to admit it to his face. Meanwhile, when Matthew claims that Bill isn't really dead, Lisa disagrees with the decision to humor him for awhile. As the staff shares how they dealt with their grief over Bill's passing, Lisa admits to drinking heavily for a few days and quickly gets a reputation as an alcoholic. Then, in an effort to make up for his poor performance at the memorial service, Dave insists on re-editing his eulogy. And when pressed to give his candid assessment of the speech, Jimmy tries to make Dave feel better by admitting that it was horrible. As former news anchor Catherine Duke arrives from London just in time to miss the funeral, Dave produces envelopes for everyone that Bill left to be opened after his death. After Matthew distributes a series of personal notes from Bill, everyone is asked to read theirs aloud to the group. And as they each read an apology for something he had done to them in the past, Matthew learns that Bill is really dead. Finally, as they all come to grips with their loss, everyone steals something from Bill's office to remember him by.