Sun, Dec 16, 2012
On Becky and Steve's first anniversary he is anxious to propose but is interrupted by Shelly seeking help for a drunken,foul-mouthed Laura who,after throwing herself at Steve,claims Paul has been unfaithful. Paul turns up to deny it,bringing his friend Graham to provide an alibi though Laura is not convinced. Then,to everybody's surprise,the usually timid Shelly launches a tirade against Laura and her selfishness. After everybody has left Steve reads his proposal poem to Becky. Will she accept?
Sun, Dec 9, 2012
A flashback to the day after Becky and Steve met in a pub and he asks her round to his flat for the afternoon. She brings wine but he is nervous,trying to impress by talking about the Middle East situation and offering expensive potato crisps. He relaxes somewhat after she accidentally breaks his sink. They consider going out to a gallery or for a coffee but decide to stay in and watch television - something they will be doing many times over.
Thu, Dec 19, 2013
As the disco starts, Laura, drunk, miserable and more poisonous than ever following her discovery, is up for it with any man in sight and, when Steve turns down her proposition, she tells him that Becky has told Lee of her pregnancy because she really loves him, not Steve. Sneaky Lee is indeed out to steal Becky from Steve whilst Steve himself is asked by Paul whether he should stay with his awful wedded wife or run away with Graham and forfeit access to his daughter. Ultimately Paul makes his decision, Dan defends Shelly from bride's father Nigel's lustful advances and Becky gives Steve her news, assuring him that he is the only man for her.
Thu, Dec 5, 2013
The wedding ceremony proceeds, punctuated by ghastly poems Laura has written in praise of herself read out by friends and family - Becky's contribution being a particularly insulting offering by her sister. Laura is typically smug and bossy - until she sees that Paul is texting Graham and declaring that he does not love her and wants to run away with him. However she says nothing. Lee, informed by Laura that Becky is pregnant, tells her that he will always be there for her. Steve, unaware of the pregnancy, nonetheless knows that Lee despises him and that he is a rival for Becky.
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Steve is trying to get through to his bank to report a fraud but keeps getting put on hold and made to listen to 'Candle in the Wind'. Becky is trying to cover a zit and they should have taken the sausage rolls over to the pub where Paul's six-year old son is having a party to celebrate his beating leukaemia an hour ago. Dan's arrival,threatening to perform card tricks,only adds to the delay until Paul,in costume as Postman Pat,angrily turns up to take charge of the sausage rolls. Hearing there is no free bar Becky and Steve decide to give the party a miss and have sex instead.
Tue, Nov 1, 2011
Becky has now officially moved in with Steve and Laura and Paul,due too get married,and Shelly come to congratulate them, as does Dan,who has a picture of his overweight girlfriend Anita. Shelly and Laura have invited Steve's old flame Julie,who has got them job interviews at Boots and she turns up on the pretext of returning an old CD of Steve's. Despite Becky's best efforts to stop her coming in she overhears Steve slagging her off.
Thu, Nov 21, 2013
On the morning of Laura's wedding to Paul Becky and Steve are staying in a hotel and are not happy to be woken up at five to seven by the strident bride. Becky joins her and the other bridesmaids - including Shelly, who has overdone the fake tan - for drinks whilst Steve tries to wake Paul. However the groom is nowhere to be found and everybody blames Steve, who left him in the pub on his own because he found him boring. To make things worse for Steve all the girls prefer Becky's ex-boyfriend Lee to him. Eventually Steve sights Paul, who is topless and kissing another man.
Sun, Nov 18, 2012
Becky is hung over and throwing up after a night on the drink so Steve is having to stall giving her an engagement ring and bottle of wine. A pregnant Laura and Paul,sporting a new moustache,arrive,announcing they will call their baby Frank after Anne Frank. Dan and Shelly,a secret couple,also appear but Becky is feeling too sick to join them all for a picnic in the park and come evening Steve has still not given her the ring. Two new neighbours,Jonathan and Gina,critical of Becky and Steve,meet on the stairs and are seemingly having an affair.
Mon, Sep 13, 2010
It's Steve's birthday but he just wants to stay in bed,having sex and watching Becky's present,the 'Inspector Morse' box set. When his mother turns up on her way to gate-crash a colleague's son's engagement party he tells he has swollen glands. When Dan,Laura,her friend Shelly and Paul arrive he tells them the same so they all set off for the pub,leaving him to pleasure himself making use of their presents. Then they all come back in and catch him at it.
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
As the guests start to arrive Paul confesses to best man Steve that his older lover Graham, the man he was kissing, wants them to run away together. Steve tells him he must do the right thing, whereupon Paul throws the wedding rings in the toilet and prepares to leave with Graham. When Steve gets the blame for losing the rings Paul tries to use this as an excuse to cancel the wedding but Lee has retrieved them, once more putting him above Steve in the general estimation. Just before Laura walks down the aisle Becky confides in her that she is pregnant by Steve - and gets a typically selfish and spiteful response from her sister.