在这部政界小人物 第六季喜剧片中,Mike Flaherty unexpectedly visits from Washington, meets his replacement Charlie, and ruins Charlie's attempts at wooing Caitlin. Meanwhile, Randall begins dating Judge Claire Simmons, who is separated from her husband, but not divorced.
After realizing he does want a relationship, Charlie's next attempt to get Caitlin back in a romantic mood is wrecked by a visit form his popular predecessor, Mike Flaherty, whom the mates advise to go for the presumed true love he met on Costa Rican holiday. After Mike advises to keep the mayor happy, the rest will sort out itself, Charlie tells Winston to go public with his affair with judge Claire Simmons, and even to stick to it when her husband refuses a divorce and announces a juicy book just before the mayoral elections.