Season 3
7 episodes
28 min. per episode
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Two struggling lovers navigate the chaos of adulthood, exposing raw truths that challenge their bond and redefine love.
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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.
Laura arrives,full of wedding talk, giving Becky and Shelly hideous bridesmaids' dresses to try on. Paul turns up with recently located half-brother Ian,whom both he and Laura dominate,prevailing upon Steve to cook him a breakfast. This sets off the smoke alarm and gives Jonathan and Gina more reason to dislike Steve and Becky. Steve is taken aback by Laura's vicious tirade when he tells he intends to marry her sister and empathizes with Ian when he tells Laura and Paul to get off his back and leave him alone.
Steve's mother Janet turns up,closely followed by her boyfriend Mike,who accuses her of an affair - which she strenuously denies. Laura and Paul arrive to support her. Shelly then drops off her little boy for Becky and Steve to baby-sit. Janet and Mike reconcile and everybody sits down to watch 'Children in Need'. They summon a pizza delivery boy - whose presence gives the lie to Janet's protestations.
Steve and Becky have been burgled and the flat trashed - though at least the photo of Laura and Paul got smashed up. Becky's parents come round so that her mother Jill can tidy up. Jill cleans for Laura,who is very rude to her though Jill does accidentally throw out Steve's money-box. Nigel is very smarmy,trying to chat up Shelly,to the annoyance of Dan,who takes diversionary action. Furthermore Nigel makes it clear to Steve that he has no wish for him to marry Becky.
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.
An acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their mid-20s.