Ever determined to assist Alice in her quest for true love, Cleo and Milly have decided to health-screen every available man in the store by checking through their confidential prescription records at the store's pharmacy. Meanwhile, Alice's hands are full with a new addition to the sales team, the likeable but wayward Antonia.

It is crunch time for Alice as she is forced to take stock of her finances and realises that the only route to survival is to rent out her Brighton flat and find cheaper accommodation in London. And accommodation does not come much cheaper than Milly's sofa.

Alice seems to be comfortably bedding in with out-of-work writer Douglas McVitie, in every sense. But is she ready for the pair to share an answering machine message?