Tensions run high among the group for a variety of reasons. Rodney has purchased Ted's foundry which causes no small degree of acrimony, Paul confesses to Jenny about his dalliance with Carol, and protesters interrupt the beauty pageant. The evening climaxes with Neville and Liz agreeing to marry, much to the shock of Rita and Laurence.
It is the day of Neville and Liz's wedding but Laurence's recent suicide casts a cloud over proceedings. There is brighter news for Rita though, as she attends with a new man, and Jenny and Paul reunite due to Jenny's pregnancy. The wedding breakfast takes place at the restaurant in which Ted now works, and he must endure the embarrassment of waiting on his former wife and lover.
Rita is marrying her politician boyfriend Jerry but her son Paul refuses to attend. Ted however does go to the church, and cannot hide his amusement when Rita decides to jilt her fiance. He is also captivated by a new woman, Corinna. Rodney and Betty announce that they will be opening a new health food shop.
It is the opening of Rodney and Betty's health food complex and Rita is unpopular due to her council work. She becomes even less popular with Liz when Rita declares that the new man in her life is Liz's brother. Ted meanwhile agrees to move with Corinna to East Africa to start a new life, and Elvis and Jenny become a couple.
It is the day of Neville's funeral after his death in a car accident, and Liz tries to make it a happy occasion as Neville would have wanted. The mood is genuinely lifted for Rita when Geoffrey proposes to her.
Rita is happily marrying Geoffrey, and is shocked to find that Ted and Sandra are also getting married at the same registry office. Not everybody is happy however, as Jenny has left Elvis to return to Paul, and Elvis' only consolation comes when he is propositioned by Liz.