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Giving in to the futility of life, Mark begins to binge on roast dinners. While pondering becoming a scout master, he is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sophie’s father and cousin Barney bringing his share of the wedding tuna and the news that Sophie is returning to work three weeks earlier than agreed.

Heartbreak tuna? Sophie’s star-struck cousin gives Jeremy his demo CD, which turns out to be far better than anything he and Super Hans have yet come up with. The duo use it to secure a gig and set about enrolling the talented Barney into the group, though they can’t resist abusing his eagerness to please.

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Mark is placed in charge of a departmental merger, while Jez tries to make some quick money by pimping out Big Suze to Johnson. This results in Big Suze leaving Jez for Johnson permanently. After insulting his entire team of helpers for failing to come up with a plan, Mark realises that he has nothing to present to the JLB board. Mark decides to take Jez’s advice and runs away, but then bumps into Sophie. Upon Sophie’s advice, he returns to face the truth, but it becomes a disaster as he recommends JLB Credit move into humanitarian work and claims that he is dying. Johnson reassures the members of the board by saying that Mark will be dead in a month.
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Mark and Jez’s old Canadian University friend, Merry, comes to England and asks Jez and Super Hans to help her move some possessions into a new flat. It is revealed that she owns the pub under the flat, possibly as a result of the recent death of her mother, and gets Jez and Super Hans to manage it. However, Super Hans is “very particular about the kind of establishment” he wants to manage and is determined to put make some kind of anarchist or anti-corporate statement with the pub. Amongst his plans, Sper Hans wants to name it “Free The Paedos”, and wants to leave it in a state of unkempt disarray, with a washing machine in the middle of the floor.
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Jez bumps into an old schoolmate, Gog, who is looking for musicians for a project he is working on. For the first time in years, Mark forms a new friendship with a new work colleague, Darrel. However, a prank they play is interpreted as a racial incident. Jez secures Gog’s commission but spends his advance on “drugs and shoes”. Mark realises at a Second World War re-enactment that Darrel is racist. Jez and Super Hans, after failing to produce an acceptable soundtrack for Gog, attempt to get the rest of the money by threatening him with a baseball bat.
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Tired of paying Jez’s rent, Mark decides to get him a job at his place of work, JLB Credit. Mark tries to express his love for Sophie by leaving her embarrassing cartoons and phone calls. Intent on becoming a musician, Jez tries to come across as an “Unemployable freak” at the interview, and manages to avoid getting the job. Mark discovers that his phone call to Sophie is common knowledge when his rival Jeff mocks him in the lift.
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