This episode makes no sense in the shows universe. It features the character Joe being hired in a new coffee-shop section of the bookstore and meeting Ellen for the first time. But in numerous previous episodes the coffee section was already present, Joe was the barista, and he and Ellen were well acquainted.
Evidently broadcast out of order: this should have been episode #3. In the pilot, nor in The Anchor (episode #2) was there a "Joe, barista". He appears in episode #3, being very familiar with everyone. Here, the bookstore is being rearranged and remodeled to introduce a coffee-shop section and Ellen doesn't know cantankerous coffee elitist Joe. This episode would have made more sense if it had been broadcast in the third week, episode #3 thus becoming #4.
Serial show plagiarist Fran Drescher stole this title and turned it into Val's Boyfriend (1996), where Val's boyfriend keeps on hitting on Fran. Here, Holly's boyfriend hits on Ellen.