At the coffee shop:
Tom grabs a chair for Jean and tries to make up for his earlier bad behaviour. He quickly back pedals on his derogatory comments about adult education but Madge won't let him off the hook so lightly. Jean thinks he should come to the class that night, he might find it useful. He still doesn't want to, he's more of a practical man. Clive takes names of other volunteers. Tom thinks maybe he should be a guest speaker at one of the nights, and Madge invites Jean back to her place for lunch.

At School:
Charlene asks Nicky if it's true about her and Grant Kenny and Nicky cracks. She tells Charlene to keep it quiet - she isn't telling Mike as he'd be jealous. She insists she's just going to help Lucy out but Charlene doesn't buy a word of it. She agrees to keep the secret if Nicky gets her an autograph.

At the Robinsons:
Helen's picked up another client and tells Jim the business is getting there. She tells Jim about Clive's business class but Jim thinks his business skills are good enough. She thinks it might be a good idea for him to get out though, and says life goes on.

At the coffee shop:
Des sneaks up on Daphne and tells her she is going out to dinner with him that night. She asks if he's been drinking, then says it's a great pity he had to get drunk in order to ask her out. Besides, she's going to the business class that night. He manfully tells her that if she doesn't come round for dinner tonight he will never, ever ask her again. She smiles and agrees to go.

At the Robinsons:
Madge has come drumming up volunteers for the business class but Jim still doesn't want to go. Madge, Helen and Jean gang up and press gang him into agreeing to go. He asks Jean about her family but she's cagey and dodges the question.

At the Coffee shop:
Clive tells Daphne Shane's taking over the gardening business. She's worried because that's the only source of income he has. He informs her that she's talking to Clive Gibbons - C for Commercial, G for Genius. He has his finger in many commercial pies. In the meantime, Daphne thinks he can take over at the coffee shop for a while. She's off shopping for a new dress for her dinner with Des.

At the Robinsons:
Nicky asks Helen if she can go and study with a friend that night. Charlene is shocked at her lying to her Aunt's face! Scott comes out and tells them about a funny rumour he heard at school that day - Lucy winning a date with Grant Kenny. They convince him it must have been another girl with the same name.

At Paul's office:
Paul is busy on the phone when the other line rings. Debra Fleming comes in and rescues him by taking a message from the other line. She tells him she wants to make an appointment with him, for dinner that night. He is impressed by her outright approach but is worried he's too busy for dinner that night. She makes another offer - she'll be his secretary for the afternoon.

At the Robinsons:
Jim asks Nicky why she has such a large bag to go out and she pretends it's full of text books. Lucy follows her outside and Nicky tells her all her pretty clothes are in the bag. She's going to get changed in the ladies at the hotel.

At Paul's office:
Paul's work is up to date and he's keen to hear Debra's business offer - she wants to share his office and his secretary. He's wary, he doesn't want to share. She points out that she wouldn't be any competition then hints that he has to ask permission from above. He rises to the bait and says he doesn't have to ask anyone. They can thrash out the details at dinner.

At Clive's:
The business class is underway and Tom is showing off from the start. Jim asks practical questions in contrast to Tom's attempts to impress the teacher. Madge tells him to shut up or ship out.

At The Clarkes:
Daphne tells Des she hasn't felt so relaxed in ages as they share a candlelit bottle of wine. They are interrupted by the phone and Des can't let it ring. It's his mum. George wants her to go on a trip with him for two months and he gleefully encourages her to go. He tells her he's having dinner with Daph and she instantly asks if they've set a date.

At the hotel:
Nicky comes out of the loos dressed like a Green Soldier and bumps into Charlene - she's come for a nosy at Grant Kenny. He hasn't arrived yet and Nicky feels sick.

At the Clarkes:
Several hours later Des gets off the phone to Eileen. He and Daphne go and sit on the couch and she thanks him for all the trouble he's gone to. What she's most impressed with is that he didn't go to Clive for help. She wanted real romance, not a military campaign. He says Clive's better at all that than he is but she assures him he's not. They finally kiss, only to be interrupted by Zoe banging through the front door in tears and with about 20 suitcases.