EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS

1. Too Close For Comfort
Jo learns in the most unexpected way that Rod’s wife has left him. He invites himself around for dinner, expecting his ever-efficient PA to help out in every conceivable crisis. Rod is not totally useless as he remembers to bring a present around for Sam – only it is not quite what Sam is expecting. Back in the office, Maxine is in a panic as her husband is paying a visit and she’s paranoid that he may suspect her affair with Simon. To avoid detection, Maxine and Simon come up with a novel ruse to pull the wool over her husband’s eyes. Later, Cheryl spots Rod leaving Jo’s house late at night and comes to the obvious (but wrong) conclusion. Her e-mail is soon buzzing.

2. Old Bangers
Jo finds herself on the receiving end of Cheryl’s gossiping when Rod gives her a lift to work. Rod is so paranoid that someone will think he’s having an affair with his PA, he drops her outside work so that nobody will get the wrong idea. Naturally, this plan totally misfires as Cheryl spots Jo getting out of the car and jumps to the obvious conclusion. When Jo is confronted with the rumour she strenuously denies it and inadvertently throws suspicion on Simon and Maxine. Simon’s equally strenuous denial leads him into serious trouble with Maxine. Meanwhile, Jo asks Rod to help her buy a car and an already complicated situation becomes even more embarrassing.

3. Work Experience
Jo takes daughter Sam with her to the office as her school has been flooded. Maxine, of course, loathes children and tries to bully Rod into telling Jo to take Sam home. Luckily she has to go out, so Rod lets her think they have left. Simon tells Jo that Maxine has been unwell in the mornings. That and other ‘symptoms’ lead Jo to the conclusion that
Maxine is pregnant. While Jo is trying to convince Simon that he’ll be a great father, Cheryl gets the wrong end of the stick yet again. She thinks Jo is pregant by Simon! Meanwhile, who is going to solve the problem with the Bubble Gun?

4. Moving On
Rod has a meeting with the company lawyer, who has a personal hygiene problem. Jo tells Rod that he should be the one to break the news to him. Meanwhile, unbeknown to Maxine, Simon is trying to find another job. His efforts make Jo think twice about whether or not Rod really appreciates her. However, after a stint with Cheryl acting as his PA, it’s not long before Rod is begging his faithful secretary to return.

5. The Violin Lesson
Rod’s loud opinions about the French are brought to an abrupt halt as he is introduced to some European clients. Jo is annoyed when Rod gives Sam a violin. She is hoping it is just a fad because Sam’s violin playing is awful. Cheryl, as usual, is getting things wrong. She tells Simon about Maxine’s "secret lover". Simon is secretly smug, until he finds out it may not be him Cheryl is talking about, prompting him to a radical change of style which shocks everyone.

6. Lucky In Love
Jo joins a dating agency. Sam enjoys viewing the tapes of prospective dates with her mum, but she’s not so sure she really wants to share her with a man. Rod finally plucks up the courage to leave his wife after she claims to be allergic to him, but he doesn’t seem to be handling his new-found bachelor status very well. Simon and Maxine have the mother and father of all arguments and Maxine really gets up Simon’s nose.