At Christmas time, Randall plays Santa Claus; Stuart and Carter meet an older gay couple who have moved into their building; and Mike tangles with an intelligent chimp named Bobo who was given to the Central Park Zoo as a gift.
Mike and Randall bicker by secretarial proxy whose design will become city hall's Christmas card. Mike must gradually reconsider his cynic disdain concerning chimpanzee Bobo donated to the city zoo when he proves a worthy chess adversary. Meeting a couple of vagrant who turn out have become a guy couple gives Stuart nightmares about his future as Carter's house-mate.—KGF Vissers