Mildred is out at a pottery class, leaving George stuck with the Fourmiles' baby. But while looking after him, George gets a call to join the pub's darts team.

The Ropers finally move into their new house and to help things along Ann Fourmile invites them in for afternoon tea. When they get back home they find themselves locked out and the bath water running away.

The Fourmiles host a Christmas pantomime but are short an 'ugly sister', so Mildred is asked to stand in.

Mildred wants the dog to have puppies but George sees it as an opportunity to get some extra cash.

Mildred discovers that George has no insurance when a relative dies and the funeral costs are overwhelming. Jeffrey decides to cover the costs but then George changes his mind...

George tries to cover up the fact that he lost Mildred's puppy by replacing it with a lookalike, but all goes awry when the police bring home the original dog.

Mildred inadvertently contributes George's stash of gardening books to a church, but learns that they were actually old pornographic magazines, and must retrieve them before the vicar finds out!

When Mildred rents out the backroom to a travelling salesman, George begins to believe the two are having an affair!

George and Mildred go house hunting and find their dream home in an up market part of town, but their potential neighbours, the Fourmiles, do not want them to move in.

After babysitting for the Fourmiles, Mildred begins to feel maternal, and she tries to convince George that they should adopt a child.

George buys Mildred a carriage clock for her birthday, but later learns the Fourmiles had been robbed and the clock might have once belonged to them.

Mildred wants socialist George to join the local Tory party so they can qualify for a cheap holiday, courtesy of the Conservative Association.

George quits his job but cannot bring himself to inform Mildred.

George threatens to sue when Jeffrey accidentally causes him to fall by moving the ladder as George attempts to fix the TV aerial.

Whilst drinking in the pub, George runs into a man who claims to be his long lost son.

The Ropers are having another boring Christmas, so the Fourmiles invite them over for a drink. George then challenges Tristram to a game of computer tennis and wins. Afterwards, George plays Jeffrey, but ends up losing sixteen times... and owing a hefty debt!

George is talked into applying for a job - however, Mildred is given the position!

While the Fourmiles are away, George and Mildred decide to get their house decorated by professionals... but the interior designers accidentally redecorate the Fourmiles' house...

Mildred's mother visits, but the family believe that she is too old to look after herself and decide to place her in a home. However, George unexpectedly takes Mildred's mother's side and asks her to stay with them.

Mildred's sister Ethel and her husband Humphrey are coming round for a meal but George has forgotten to pay the electricity bill.

George finally sells his old car and buys a trashy old caravan. He dumps it on the front lawn and when Mildred's pesky sister and brother-in-law visit, they stay in the Ropers' room, so a stubborn George stays in the caravan. That is, until it is towed away...

While cleaning, Mildred finds an old case containing George's old love letters written to someone named 'Dorothy'...

George manages to get a job as a traffic warden.

Mildred decides to have a new shower installed in the bathroom. After several quotes, Jerry gets the job.

Jerry manages to trick George into trying to sell the house behind Mildred's back.