Mientras Paddy intenta chantajear a Carrie para que sea su informante, Debbie, para recaudar dinero para unas vacaciones familiares, acoge a dos estudiantes americanos, la recta Brandy y su hermano silencioso Barney. Brandy es muy religiosa, pero un viaje al hipódromo la hace soltarse el pelo. Frank cree haber encontrado el amor y una nueva vida con la anticuaria Rosie, solo para descubrir que ella no dejará a su esposo enfermo. Intenta suicidarse, pero al hacerlo salva a Lillian de ser atacada por un ladrón al que ella ha identificado.

Short of cash Gloria gets a loan with a huge interest rate and gets drunk,waking up at Mimi's. Next day Billy finds a positive pregnancy test kit and,assuming Mimi is pregnant,gets advice from Jamie - who concludes that Gloria is actually pregnant after their fling. He offers her money for an abortion but,finding that the result was a false alarm, she rejects it. However Dominic gets Jamie to pay her to keep the secret from Karen. Chesney and Aidan are shocked when Jamie sends them to collect the meat for the pub raffle and end up with a live cow,which they call Alan. Too attached to it to kill it they let it go and buy in meat instead. Shane engineers a meeting with Ruthie,the widow of the man he ran over,whilst Avril annoys Jackson by clubbing with young colleague Calum but draws the line when the lad gets too serious.