Fri, Dec 27, 1996
Faith and Hannah are disappointed that their French boyfriends have not phoned so Faith turns to Paul as second best but he is not flattered. Eventually Gerard turns up but minus Rene,who has found another girlfriend. He and Faith go out for the evening with Paul and his ex-wife but Gerard sees that there is chemistry still between Paul and Faith and returns to France next day. The two teachers are about to indulge in some afternoon delight but are interrupted by Jools,performing motor-cycle stunts to try and cheer up Hannah.
Fri, Nov 29, 1996
Having finished with Caroline Jools turns up to tell Hannah that he wants to be her champion, even though she is dating Sam, in whose antique shop she now works. However when Faith and Paul go out to dinner with Hannah and Sam, not only does Sam want Paul to create fake antiques for him but belittles Jools and gloats about selling him an expensive ring he could ill afford. Suddenly Hannah discovers which of the two guys is her real champion and tells Sam what she thinks of him whilst resigning.
Fri, Nov 17, 1995
With her son Joe having left home and her divorce behind her college art teacher Faith is looking forward to life as a single woman so she is surprised when daughter Hannah returns from a year's globe-trotting - particularly since Faith moved house without telling her. Faith goes on a date with colleague Paul but their fumbling attempts at sex are disastrous and, coming home, Faith is put out to find Hannah asleep on her bed with a platonic male friend Nick. She agrees to another date with Paul but takes relaxing pills Hannah has brought back from India and falls asleep on Paul before they can do anything. Next morning Hannah suggests moving in with her mother permanently.
Fri, Nov 22, 1996
Faith is surprisingly calm after seeing Paul kiss Hannah though she does suggest he pretends he is her boyfriend to persuade Hannah to move out. Come Saturday morning Faith gets an inconclusive result of a cervical smear test and is very worried but with Paul drunk, Hannah off with new boyfriend Sam and Caroline and Jools using the flat as a love nest, she gets little sympathy. Fortunately, Monday brings the all-clear and a little more understanding from those around her.
Fri, Dec 13, 1996
Hannah decides to set up as an interior designer when she decorates Jools' new flat. Faith, feeling she is wasting her life when a younger colleague is head-hunted for an American university, announces that she wants to be Hannah's business partner and persuades Jill to let them turn her bedroom into a love nest. Artistic differences between mother and daughter dissolve the partnership but Faith is pleased when Gareth asks her to escort a party of students to a painting course in France - until she learns she was his last choice.
Fri, Dec 6, 1996
Hannah is amused to learn that her mother has a young admirer, student Ben until he turns out to be a handsome hunk. When Faith reckons she is too old for him Hannah plays her play for Ben but is disappointed to be told that he prefers older women because of his inexperience. Paul throws Jools out after his band practice ruins a romantic evening he had planned with the younger Susie whilst Faith's son Joe turns up to announce that he has become a Young Conservative for love of a female party member. Ben's mother arrives to accuse Faith of being a seductress but Faith's protestations are somewhat blunted by the presences of the needy Joe and Jools.
Fri, Nov 8, 1996
Paul comes round for the long-awaited night of passion so Hannah repairs to the pub where Jools introduces her to new boyfriend Gus. However, next morning Faith tells her daughter that Paul was rubbish in bed and the night was a disaster. At work, though she and Paul are civil with each other in the pub Faith gets drunk and tells Paul the truth, scaring Gus off when she returns home. She nevertheless gets a surprise when she meets Emma, one of Paul's very happy conquests. Jools meanwhile believes he is gay as girls don't fancy him but change his mind when he scores with Hannah's friend Caroline, despite her brutal husband Dave.
Fri, Jan 23, 1998
Faith is amused when Paul tries to cultivate a younger image before confessing that he is about to become a grandfather. Hannah finds herself softening towards Mark and hides her disappointment when it turns out that the bunch of flowers he brought to the house are for Faith and not her. After attending a party at Jools' flat Hannah wakes up on the bed next to him and is concerned that they had sex,especially when Harry suggests she took Jools as a lover substitute after rejection by Mark. She is thus very happy when Caroline reveals that nothing happened between them before they fell asleep.
Fri, Feb 20, 1998
The real Zoe finally arrives and turns out to be a strait-laced actuary but she and Faith get on extremely well, Faith even interrupting her romantic evening with Mark when Zoe drops in unexpectedly. Feeling left out Hannah becomes extremely jealous and sarcastic and, though she is now dating Harry turns to Jools for consolation.
Fri, Nov 15, 1996
Dumped by Gus Hannah is miserable and an offer to a darts match by Jools is small consolation. At college, Jill tells Faith she is leaving Mike as she thinks he is having an affair and moves in with Gareth. Faith sorts things out between them but, after her sojourn with Gareth, Jill has developed a taste for a lover and throws herself at an unsuspecting Jools. Hannah is turned down for three job applications on the grounds of being too old and is consoled by Paul. She misinterprets his paternal sympathy for something stronger and Faith catches them kissing.