Mervin (Philip Fox) is an acquaintance of the gang. He has fancied the woman in Percy's Pizza shop for years.
He has never summoned the courage to ask her out. Mervin has just ended up with more pizza instead.
Alvin and Entwistle take up the challenge to do Mervin's bidding. They set up a date although after seeing the woman inside the shop, they cannot fathom what the fuss is about.
It turns out they have set Mervin up with the wrong lady from the pizza shop. They persuade Howard to step into the breach or should it be the bridge where she is waiting.
The main plot is not that interesting, neither is the character of shy Mervin. Hence why there are side plots of Alvin and the dozy policemen being pulled in an office chair by Entwistle's wagon.
It was notable when Howard goes to Auntie Wainwright's for a costume where he could be rendered invisible. Tom mentions that is how Smiler manage to disappear. Actor Stephen Lewis departed the show a year earlier due to ill health.
Sadly in November 2022, Tom Owen took his final bow. To think he only got the role of Tom in the show due to his father's death.