Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Pete is due for a colonostopy,awakening the kids' curiosity as to whether he has cancer and leading to Jake and Ben fighting. Sue and Pete then fight as to who should have the morning out with friends. Pete wins the toss to play tennis but has Karen and Ben dumped on him and their attempts to umpire do not go down well with his opponents. Sue accuses Jake of sexism by referring girls as objects but plays the dumb female card when asked to sign a petition.
Thu, May 20, 2010
Despite the truce when they allied against Angela and Brick Sue is still angry with Pete for kissing Mimi and,whilst Ben attempts to climb Everest on the stairs, Karen is quick to pick up on her mother's feelings and grills Pete about his infidelity whilst also worrying about her important triangle solo in the school orchestra. Pete makes it clear to Howard from down the street that he will not be joining his campaign against speed bumps when Karen is hit by a car whilst Sue is arguing with another parent. Whilst the parents anxiously wait in Casualty Kelly looks after Ben and Jake but the latter is embarrassed to learn that the girl of his dreams is training to be a child psychologist to whom he inadvertently confesses that he is not sixteen after all. Whilst Karen questions the same nurse who was always present on Ben's many hospital trips over her right to compensation the trauma brings Sue and Pete back together again and they are happy to return home with Karen,promising to help her with her thousand piece Sahara jigsaw rather than sue the motorist who hit her.
Thu, May 13, 2010
Pete has freaked out a friend of Karen on a sleep-over by appearing nude and Karen, having seen off a telephone canvasser, is in trouble for hitting the boy at school who stole her sausage roll but worse is to come. Not only did Pete kiss Mimi, a sex-starved parent, during a slow dance at a leaving do but Angela has returned from America with Brick,her new man, an annoying therapist who fits in with all Jake's stereotypes. They have brought Taylor Jean, one of his five children, which prompts Karen to ask Angela why she has suddenly obtained such a large family 'at her age'. At the Italian restaurant where Kelly, the object of Jake's schoolboy crush works, Brick's attempts to reconcile the sisters falls wholly flat, Karen mystifies the know-all American with her childish logic and Pete's indiscretion with Mimi is revealed, leading Brick - already peeving Pete by calling him Hugh Grant - to offer therapy and Pete to offer threats. At least Sue and Pete have closed ranks against Angela and Brick and so by evening domestic harmony is restored.
Thu, May 6, 2010
It's Friday the Thirteenth and,whilst Pete recovers from a hangover following a work's do and Sue tidies the house for prospective buyers, Karen tries to get out of going to school, fearing that she will be ripped apart by wild bears, though she survives to have an argument with Ben about crucifixions. Pete is surprised that the estate agent knows about his colostopy but then Karen did put it on Facebook. The prospective buyers arrive and, whilst Pete assures them that it is a happy house, Ben's quizzing of the pregnant wife and an almighty row between Karen and Sue as Sue and Jake try to shoo away a pigeon that has got trapped in the kitchen ensure that there is no sale.
Thu, Sep 29, 2011
Ben is perfecting his ventriloquist act for the school talent contest and annoying everybody as usual but this is the least of his parents' worries. First they find out that Jake is dating a nineteen-year-old pole dancer who,due to fake I.D., believes he is eighteen. Then Angela arrives,having split acrimoniously from Brick and bringing his daughter Misty - whom she claims Brick mentally abused - with her. She is writing a book on surviving families and Sue does not like the references to herself in the sneak peep she takes. With Brick having invalidated Angela's credit cards,it looks as if the family is stuck with her . . . and then Brick's solicitor rings the doorbell.
Wed, Mar 5, 2014
Grandad is very ill, bringing Angela back from America, with toy boy Tommy, whom she met at Sunday school. Sue is immediately rattled when Angela makes plans for their father as well as claiming that he recognized her when he failed to recognize Sue. After Tommy and Stacey decide to tour Europe Angela returns to the States and the family goes to see Ben in his school musical, 'Spartacus'. Ben is surprisingly nervous but a pep talk from Karen gives him the confidence to put on a good show. Sue and Pete also learn that, thanks to Jake, Angela has been persuaded to write a huge cheque that will solves all their worries about Grandad.