Six months have passed. After Josh has a near miss with a car,David,who has lost his job,decides to stay at home and be a house-husband. Pete and Jenny organize a blind date for Adam with a woman called Amy who,despite her demure appearance,is up for sex with him and becomes slightly obsessed. Rachel returns from London and stays with Karen but asks her not to tell Adam. However Pete sees Rachel pushing a pram - containing a friend's baby - and tells Adam,who assumes the child is his. As a result Karen sets up a date for Rachel to have dinner at Adam's flat. Having got rid of Amy Adam welcomes Rachel and proudly shows her that he has turned the spare room into a nursery. He is therefore shocked when Rachel tells him that she had an abortion whilst in London. Written by don @ minifie-1

Suspicious that Jenny has found somebody else Pete asks Adam to help set a trap but when Jenny confesses she has fallen for Adam himself Adam tries to silence her by pressing his mouth to hers. She construes it as a kiss and writes about it in her diary,which Pete reads. As a result he hits Adam though they are reconciled. David loves being a house husband and considers getting rid of Ramona but Karen is only too glad when Natalie makes him an offer he cannot refuse. Adam is trying to get rid of the clinging Amy and acquires a lodger,Rachel II,but when they return to the flat for sex,they find Amy in Adam's bed wearing a nightie. Unfortunately Rachel I shows up to apologize to Adam and discovers three scantily clad people. Written by don @ minifie-1

After Adam dumps Amy Pete consoles her and,on an outward bound training weekend for their work,supposedly to be spent under canvas,they contrive to book into a hotel room. Rachel II finds a new boyfriend in a body-building barman and their noisy love-making keeps Adam awake whilst David and Karen plan separate surprise parties to celebrate their wedding anniversary but the lack of communication means they end up in different cities. Rachel starts work at an advertising agency and starts dating the much younger Danny,who originally took her out for a bet but has genuine feelings for her. Encouraged by Jenny Adam places a Lonely Hearts ad but when he turns up at the venue to meet his date encounters Rachel and Danny. Written by don @ minifie-1

Pete tells Adam that he had sex with Amy during the outward bound weekend but swears him to secrecy. Karen decides to rebel against her middle-class life style,giving her clothes to a charity shop,rolling a joint and persuading Rachel that they should both get a tattoo. Rachel breaks up with Danny as neither can relate to the others' friends and Rachel agrees to be Adam's date at his school reunion. However her tattoo turns septic so Karen accompanies him instead. Unwisely he tells her about Pete and Amy,and she tells Jenny. Written by don @ minifie-1

Having caught Pete leaving Amy's Jenny throws him out and orders him to take his things. Adam is shocked to discover that he has testicular cancer but when he tells Jenny and Pete it makes them see how well off they are and they decide to give their marriage another try. Adam has a successful operation for his cancer,after which he gets back with a sympathetic Rachel,whilst David's handsome younger brother Nick comes to stay at the Marsdens' house. Written by don @ minifie-1

To see in the new millennium David invites the other couples to join his family and Ramona at a castle on Lindisfarne island,where his obsessive organization annoys the whole party. Pete and Adam decide to row to the mainland to buy pizza but the boat gets stuck so they fire off rockets as flares but only manage to set the boat on fire. When they jump overboard they discover that the water is only knee deep. Ramona takes the batteries from Pete's millennium clock for her Walkman but Pete blames David and they row,after which they make up and David announces that Karen is pregnant again. Then they all go down to the beach to see in the new century. Written by don @ minifie-1