When the elderly dentist with the practice on the floor above Ben dies Roger Bailey wants to move in but Ben, finding Roger irritating, tells him that it has already been taken - so Roger buys the one on the floor below as well as being smitten by Abi. Susan prepares the house to be baby-friendly for Janey but has a problem with the boiler - and the boiler-man - whilst Nick, now hoping to be a film extra, wants to move back home. Written by don @ minifie-1

To Ben's annoyance Susan decides that they should broaden their cultural horizons, to which end she has them join a wine-tasting class and sigh up for Latin dancing, though Ben turns out to be surprisingly good. Roger is apparently an excellent dancer so Susan asks him to coach them for a contest. However he is also quite good at acting and may not be telling the truth. Michael, meanwhile, decides to knuckle down to his studies after poor school grades. Written by don @ minifie-1

Susan's mother Grace comes to stay, and, because Ben has neglected to mend the toilet seat she falls off and is incapacitated, having to stay at the Harpers'. To avoid her Ben goes to visit Nick in his squalid flat but when he gets home he accidentally climbs into bed with his mother-in-law, who is in the master bed. Eventually everybody goes to Nick's to avoid Grace whilst Susan discovers a condom in Michael's wallet. Written by don @ minifie-1

Ben's name is confused with that of somebody who has recently died so that his obituary appears in the local paper The Herald. There is a plus side in that he feels he no longer needs to go to work or do the things he hates. The down side - apart from Michael having to write a eulogy for his funeral - is that an amorous neighbour now sees Susan as being an eligible widow and comes after her. Before the situation is righted Nick, hearing that Susan plans to turn his old room into a nursery, also decides that he wants to come back to live at home. Written by don @ minifie-1

Susan is angry when, thanks to Roger, she discovers that a love poem Ben supposedly wrote to her years earlier was not his own work but plagiarized from a fifteenth century Persian poet. As a result she withdraws conjugal rights so, in order to come up with an original ode, Ben joins Abi's poetry writing class. Here he meets the predatory Vanessa, who really takes a shine to him and phones the house to tell Susan how sexy her husband is. Written by don @ minifie-1

Hearing that Janey is about to give birth Susan insists on Ben driving her up to Manchester to be there for the happy event. on the way up they think back to the 1970s and recall Nick's being born though when they reach their destination they find that Janey has already had her baby and is going to call him Kenzo. Written by don @ minifie-1

After finding Michael in bed with a girl Susan goes temporarily blind, which is bad enough but to make things harder Nick has decided to wrap all the furniture in paper. After a heart to heart with Michael Susan regains her sight but then he has another shock for her. Ben meanwhile is on jury service and at odds with the imperious forewoman Joanna Elton-Johns, who ends up hitting him with the evidence, a wet fish. Written by don @ minifie-1

On Halloween Susan dresses as a witch and invites Mr green and his son Timmy round. Timmy is not scared by Susan's costume but reduced to tears when Ben tells him there is no life after death. Refusing to wear a costume Ben also falls foul of the trick-or-treaters who throw eggs at the house. When they set fire to the garden furniture Ben calls the police but Roger mistakes them for the vandals and throws eggs at them. When everybody has left Ben gets a nasty surprise, thanks to a vengeful Mr Green. Written by don @ minifie-1

Susan tells Ben he should take more interest in Michael's hobbies so, when Michael tells him he believes in UFOs the pair sit up at night on a UFO watch, which bores Ben silly. However, in order to keep his son happy he tells Susan that he believes in aliens, only to find that this admission was the subject of a bet. Ben and Susan baby-sit Kenzo but only Nick seems to be able to stop him from crying, which leads to them all going to sleep in the same bed. Written by don @ minifie-1

Michael is truanting from school and the headmaster calls Susan and Ben in to attend parenting classes. He tells Susan that she is too authoritarian so she agrees to be a laid-back slob where Michael is concerned - just like Ben. However both Ben and Michael find this unnatural so she relieves them both by shouting. Roger wants to date Abi but she is seeing somebody called Craig, who treats her badly. Told by Susan that women like men who treat them mean Roger hurls abuse at Abi. Written by don @ minifie-1

Susan, Ben and the boys are on a free holiday in Lanzarote but disaster strikes as early as at the airport when the luggage gets lost. Then Ben is robbed of his credit cards by pickpockets posing as policemen. Ben's one consolation, his new camera, also causes a problem when he accidentally takes revealing photos of the woman in the next villa whilst Susan's school-girl Spanish leads to her accidentally importuning a pharmacist. Having also fled irate restaurant staff over a meal for which they cannot pay the Harpers are pursued by angry natives. Thankfully the replacement card arrives, which Ben uses to book the first flight home. Written by don @ minifie-1

Ben's cousin Richard is getting married for the fourth time though his daughter Abi is disapproving as she went to school with the bride. Richard asks Ben to be his best man and organize his stag night - which Ben delegates to Nick for a £200 fee. However the venue is uninspiring and in a room next to a pipe smokers' convention so Nick bribes Susan to jump out of a cake to surprise Richard. Sadly the pipe smokers also have a cake and Susan manages to get into the wrong one. Written by don @ minifie-1

Michael accidentally breaks a window, which Susan wants Ben to mend but Roger turns up, saying that a patient of his has a contagious disease and the house must be put into quarantine - which annoys Nick, who wants to come in to let his snake breed. Ben leaves the house and meets an elderly stranger Clarence, who wrongly believes Ben to be suicidal and, in a parody of 'It's a Wonderful Life' shows Ben what the family would be like without him - just the same in fact. He returns home to find the contagious disease was made up by the patient as an excuse not to come to the surgery and the snake is laying eggs. Written by don @ minifie-1