Thu, Jun 29, 1995
To celebrate getting back together again with Gary Dorothy cooks a meal but first Gary and Tony repair to the pub where landlord Les invites them to sample his guest ales. Inevitably the pair get very drunk and, when they return home, find that they have been locked out. Gary breaks in and crawls into bed with an unimpressed Dorothy but Tony ends up in the shed.
Thu, Jul 6, 1995
Dorothy is having bed rest after having her appendix taken out but Gary's nursing skills leave much to be desired as he pretends the appendix is a moustache and races around the flat in her wheelchair. Dorothy gets revenge by pretending Gary has killed her. Tony finds he needs to wear glasses but, after everybody has laughed at him, opts for contact lenses instead. They still blur his vision though, especially when Gary offers him the appendix claiming it is a pickled chilli.
Thu, Nov 27, 1997
Deborah, Dorothy and Gary are trying to watch 'Star Trek' but are irritated by Tony's silly comments so they contrive to get him out of the room by getting him to dress as Braveheart and play Hide and Seek whilst they reminisce on old television shows and their theme tunes. Gary has ordered pizzas on the basis they are free if the delivery takes over forty five minutes so that when the delivery boy arrives he tries to hide to make up the time but is forced to pay. The quartet then eat their pizzas and carry on watching 'Star Trek'.
Thu, Jun 8, 1995
Dumped by Dorothy for her new boyfriend Jamie Gary is extremely depressed and the noisy love-making of Tony and his girlfriend Jill does not help. When Deborah and her new man invite Dorothy and Jamie to dinner Gary tries to counter with a party of his own but nobody turns up and the food is the left-overs from the pub. Drunk and desperate Gary crashes the party upstairs, making a fool of himself, and has to be rescued by Tony - though, since Jill has left him because he will not throw out his girlie magazines - Tony ends up getting even drunker with Gary.
Thu, Aug 1, 1996
When Dorothy and Deborah go away for the weekend Tony builds a sauna in the she - or a shedna, as he terms it. The lads meet two attractive girls who are staying next door and invite them to a barbecue, followed by a session in the shedna. Whilst Tony fails to get anywhere with the happily married Paula Gary is seduced by Carol, though he later feels unusually guilty, believing he has done Dorothy wrong. Tony finally persuades Deborah to try the shedna but it blows up before they can use it.
Sat, Dec 26, 1998
Gary is attending a security conference in Worthing and invites the others along - though they all end up sharing a cramped hotel room. On the first night the lads steal a huge ornamental fish which they hide in the room and have to keep bribing the chambermaid to keep quiet about it After Dorothy has told her she is pregnant Deborah is horrified to see Gary kissing Wendy, another delegate with whom he has fallen in love and asks Tony to do something to break them up. Tony's answer is to date Wendy though they are caught by Gary, which leads to a fight on the crazy golf course and Gary realising where his heart really lies - with Dorothy.
Thu, Nov 13, 1997
Gary and Dorothy's wedding day has arrived and the relatives turn up for the occasion but, as everybody arrives at the registry office two hours early, they head off for the pub. Later they discover that the ceremony cannot take place as the registrar has fallen ill and no replacement can be found. This is no great hardship for the happy couple who decide that they are content with the current arrangement and go on the honeymoon anyway. And Tony, after a six year wait, finally gets to have sex with Deborah.
Thu, Nov 20, 1997
The two couples go on a camping weekend but whilst Deborah and Tony are in love Dorothy and Gary are decidedly short with each other, a situation not helped because Dorothy has forced Gary to give up smoking. Tony becomes jealous when two fellow campers try to be friendly, while Gary is more than happy for Dorothy to spend time with the young men.
Mon, Dec 28, 1998
Tony, sporting a moustache and glasses, is now a postman and takes the job very seriously - too seriously for Deborah, who misses the old stupid Tony and no longer finds him sexy. After a word from Dorothy, however, the old Tony returns. Gary's office closes and, unlike George and Anthea, he has no other job to go to. Whilst he is having a farewell drink in the pub with them he gets the call to say that Dorothy is about to give birth. He rushes home but accidentally knocks out the midwife and, as he is drunk, is no help when it comes to delivery. Fortunately Deborah is on hand to bring his baby daughter into the world. Later the quartet - and baby - sit on the sofa to look to the future.
Thu, Dec 25, 1997
Interspersed with fantasy scenes of a glorious traditional Christmas in which the two couples are waited on by George and Anthea comes the reality in which Gary shuts the door and carol-singers, nobody gets the present they want and, although Gary offers to cook the turkey, he forgets to turn the oven on. When he finally gets it right he gets so drunk he passes out and the meat is burned to a crisp. Deborah meanwhile tells Tony she thinks they should split up because he is so childish. Feeling guilty she follows him to the pub where Ken has created a bizarre crib but the guilt disappears when she sees Tony cavorting with a stripper. Eventually she forgives him and the two couples have an ersatz Christmas, thanks to last minute shopping at the all-night garage.