Janet seriously considers taking the cruise ship job and Jonny is keen to accompany her as he wants to be a pirate but when Janet learns the job is little more than being a stripper they decide to stay at home. Gaz's father puts his garage up for sale and Donna buys it with the remains of the money from the house sale so that Gaz will still be in work. Louise goes to visit her mother in hospital and learns that she was adopted. Written by don @ minifie-1

Passed over for promotion at work to a man Donna feels she is the victim of sexism and steals a van to prove she is as good a driver as any male but crashes it and gets fired. Janet decides to work from home making squeaky goblin toys for children but they are so ugly that Jonny believes that they are possessed and wants them out so she gets Gaz to store them in the garage. Louise gets a letter from her real mother and is delighted to learn she is from a wealthy part of Runcorn. Written by don @ minifie-1

Donna starts work at the garage with Gaz but they spend more time having sex than working until she assumes the persona of a man,calling herself Don,to attract more work. Janet gets a job on a phone sex chat line but is so bad at it that the punters keep hanging up on her. Louise gets to meet her parents but is convinced that the man is not her real father because he is ginger. Written by don @ minifie-1

Gaz gets down on one knee to propose to Donna,who initially declines but then changes her mind. However,when she learns that Gaz is planning a wedding ceremony in the Archer,she refuses again. Having accidentally walked out of a baby clothes store without paying Janet develops a taste for shop-lifting as she is hard up for cash. A shocked Jonny decides he will knit Corinthian's clothes but the result is a mess. Louise at last meets Brian,her real father but he is an alcoholic who touches her for money. He is also gay and throws himself at Jonny so the reunion is short-lived. Written by don @ minifie-1

Gaz wants to have a baby with Donna,partly so that he can marry her. She agrees to try for one but takes the morning-after pill directly afterwards. Jonny,angry that Brian mistook him for a gay,decides to adopt a macho attitude but nearly ends up hitting Janet so reverts to being calm and serene,rescuing his wife from an alky at the pub where Louise,believing that she is an alcoholic,has decided to hold an A.A. meeting. However Gaz confronts him.claiming that he is the true father of Corinthian and wants to take him. Written by don @ minifie-1

Janet is left stunned after Gaz's shock attempt to take Corinthian but Johnny has other things on his mind and decides to become a farmer to feed the family. Louise feels unsafe after Kelly points a gun at her and moves in with Janet and Johnny. Desperate for kids Gaz decides to visit the sperm bank to open an account hoping that one day his children will find him and because masturbating for money would be his dream job. Janet goes overboard with security which leads Donna to take her out and she tells her that Gaz isn't coming back and the most likely person to steal her baby would try and befriend them and would be someone lonely, without a family. Johnny suspects that Louise may have an ulterior motive in moving in with them but she discovers that he's only pretending to be a farmer and is really wasting money on farmer's markets. She threatens to tell Janet, who is proud of Johnnys apparent farming skill, unless he lets her stay. Janet rushes in and points Kelly's gun at Louise...

The job of manager of the Archer has come vacant and Donna,to prove she is as good as a man,and Janet,to impress Jonny,both apply,the post going to Janet. Louise has been promised a legacy by her mother,who is unwell - possibly fatally - but Louise jumps the gun by taking the money to buy a car,which gets stolen. Jonny is coming to believe that Corinthian may well be Gaz's child since he has the same unpleasant traits. But then news comes from the sperm bank. Gaz's sperm count is so low he could not possibly be the child's father. The victory goes to Jonny. Written by don @ minifie-1

Janet turns the Archer into a World war Two theme pub but Donna,annoyed to have been pipped at the post,poses as a health inspector,finding fault to shut the pub down. Louise turns to prostitution to repay the money for the car whilst Jonny,to make things up with Gaz,buys him a dog,on which to try out his parenting skills but unfortunately Gaz kills it. Janet discovers that Donna is not a health inspector after all and makes the pub dirty in revenge but then a real one turns up and orders the Archer's closure. Written by don @ minifie-1

Still musing on his sexuality after he discovered that he liked Brian, Jonny ends up snogging a man but it's elderly customer Arthur, which is not a fair barometer. Following a visit from her disruptive younger brother Dion, Donna proposes to Gaz and he accepts. Janet and Kelly are determined to keep the Archer going and stage a sit-in, where they are joined by other regulars but then a man from the brewery arrives, pointing out that the pub is a death trap and so it is closed down. Written by don @ minifie-1

A report appears in the local paper stating that anybody trying to enter the Archer,which is subject to a curse,will be killed by the thing they love most. After Kelly mysteriously disappears,to be suffocated by bags of crisps,the others break into the pub where Donna is cut in two by a glass ceiling, Donna having killed Gaz and Louise killing herself. Jonny is consumed by a giant Jammy Dodger biscuit and when Janet awakes from the nightmare she finds that the biscuit has replaced Jonny in the bed next to her. Written by don @ minifie-1