Plot

Larry's lawyer tries to resolve the situation with his assistant, Alice; Larry surprises Susie with an impressive birthday gift and comes one step closer to exacting revenge on Mocha Joe.

[HBO] HD. 'Side Sitting.' (Season Ten) Larry's lawyer tries to settle the Alice situation; Larry gives Susie an extravagant gift.

Larry meets with his lawyer Roger (Ben Shenkman) to discuss the sexual harassment complaint from his assistant Alice. Alice alleged that Larry yanked at her clothes. Roger says that he will try to press for a reasonable settlement, but Larry says that he doesn't want to pay anything to Alice. Larry asks to use his private bathroom but is denied access. Roger encourages Larry to call him but would then charge Larry for his time.

Larry has a cancer scare. His doctor calls him in for an MRI to test for thyroid cancer, when his regular tests have some spikes in readings. That night, he gets together with his friends for poker and tells them that he went in to be tested for cancer. Larry and his friends make a no cancer pact. If any of them gets cancer, the rest of them stop being friends with that person.

At lunch with Cheryl, Larry hopes to get back together, but she does not want to. Larry sits at Cheryl's side, and not opposite to her. Cheryl is afraid that a side sit is considered to be very intimate.

At poker Larry lies to Cousin Andy (Richard Kind) & his friends about his invitation to a charity event getting lost in the mail. He blames it on his mailman as he had no intention of going to the event. The mailman hears this and confronts Larry to take this back.

For Susie's birthday, Larry gives her a painted portrait of herself that he had commissioned, which Susie adores and absolves Larry of the horrible things he has done to her. Jeff is angry as this gift from Larry makes him look bad, as he only got a camera for Susie. Jeff hates the painting as he believes that now Susie is just staring at him all day. Meanwhile she scolds the contractor fixing her decks. Larry hires the same guy to do the interiors of his new cafe.

2 days later, when the tests are due, the doctor calls and informs Larry that he does not have cancer. The cysts are benign. Larry is angry when his friends do not inquire about how his tests went.

Larry goes on a date with Rita (Teri Polo), the lawyer's assistant, and video records their date as proof of no wrongdoings due to his current legal situation. At a dinner party at Susie's Larry confronts his friends about not asking about his test results and each of them makes a lame excuse. Larry stabs at a tomato on his plate and the juice squirts on the portrait, the portrait gets accidentally tarnished which angers Susie, but Larry promises to fix it & takes it home.

At another meeting with his lawyer, Larry uses his private bathroom before while his office is empty. When Roger arrives, he senses Larry used his bathroom and questions him. Roger tells Larry that Alice wants to meet Larry for a face-to-face meeting.

Ted Danson confronts Larry that someone saw him side sitting next to Cheryl. Larry claims that he side sits with everyone.

The contractor offers to fix decks at Larry's house for free and gets there only to find Susie's portrait in the house and is furious. He destroys the portrait and puts in the trash, where Susie sees it while driving by.

Larry meets with Alice at a restaurant and calms her concerns. Alice is almost pacified and is willing to believe that Larry has learned his lesson. Alice becomes offended and leaves when he sits close to her. Larry had seen Ted Danson entering the restaurant and wanted to prove to Ted Danson that he "side sits with everyone".

At a deposition and under oath, Roger uses it to question Larry whether he used his bathroom or not.