The central heating system at Dalentrace is on the blink, but none of the plumbers seem up to the job. At Dorien's recommendation, Tracey and Sharon hire a pair of female plumbers.
The girls have fallen on hard times, but Darryl has £25,000 stashed away. The only problem is, it's hidden in the spare tyre of his Jaguar which has just been repossessed.
In a bid to understand what Darryl is going through, Tracey decides to live like a prisoner for a week. Meanwhile, depressed Darryl is given the week of his incarcerated life by his chirpy cellmate, Gary.
Sharon, Tracey and Dorien witness wife-beater Vinny Hutchins rob a building society. Sharon and Tracey then face a moral dilemma - do they grass up the scumbag?
Sharon dates a middle-aged man named Don who's in town to help Marcus Green through a financial crisis. Together, they try to recapture the spirit of the sixties in a hotel room.
It's the local by-elections and Tracey isn't sure who to vote for. Sharon isn't registered and wants to use Darryl's voting card, but Darryl wants £300 for it.
Darryl is in hospital and, with the help of a sympathetic nurse, has arranged to escape for a night of passion with Tracey. Unfortunately, on the way back, their minicab driver gets pulled over for drunk driving.
Tracey meets up with her old best friend, Trish and invites her to stay. Trish is a bit of a chatterbox and soon outstays her welcome as far as Sharon is concerned.
Sharon has come to the decision to leave Chris, but before she can, he reveals that he has a tumour on one of his testicles. Will Sharon go through with her plan to give Chris the elbow?
Sharon finds some old letters written by her mother that suggest that either she or Tracey were adopted. Auntie Sylvie has the answers. Meanwhile, Dorien takes a family heirloom to the Antiques Roadshow.
Chris is in debt with the McCarthy brothers and sends Sharon on a trip to Berlin to find an old valuable car. With no money for the airfare, Sharon tries to win a holiday to Berlin on a gameshow.
