Bill incurs Faith's displeasure by going behind her back to sell his flat to Liza, thus cutting all ties with his previous bachelor existence. By the same token Bill is unhappy that on a visit to the kids' school it is assumed that he is Faith's husband and addressed as Mr Grayshott. Thus they both decide to vent their frustrations at the school fete.

Bill is stunned to learn that his married boss Richard loves Liza and is having an affair with her. He is also taken aback when Faith suggests they try for a baby. He starts to come round to the idea but changes his mind when Joe, who has taken a paper round to finance a school trip, falls ill and Faith has to do it for him and Hannah's end of exams party attracts police attention.

Bill's boss Richard wants him to go to work in America to launch a new, Stateside version of their magazine 'Vista' but the family is not keen to go with him. To add to Bill's problems Richard wants him to keep Liza away from his wife Marjorie at the office party. Here Bill learns that the American job was Liza's idea so he turns it down. Meanwhile Hannah gets a job at a coffee shop to be working alongside a boy she fancies but quits when she discovers that he already has a girlfriend.