It is Mark’s wedding day, but he is torn about whether he should go through with it or not. Jez tries to discourage him, but Mark decides to continue. Super Hans vomits in Mark’s hat and shoes after taking too many drugs the night before. On the way to the church, Nancy phones Jez to tell her she is coming to the wedding as well.
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Mark decides to take Sophie on a weekend break in the South West, using his Sunday Times hotel mega deal vouchers. There, he intends to propose marriage to her; hence resolving their growing differences. Jez tags along, initially on the condition that he takes Big Suze, but he ends up taking Super Hans, who is attempting to go “cold turkey”. Mark begins to suspect that he does not love Sophie and plans not to propose. After Sophie thinks that she has got lost, Mark and Jez set out to rescue her, only to end up getting lost in the Quantock Hills themselves. Upon returning, Mark discovers that Sophie has found her engagement ring, forcing Mark to become engaged even though he does not love her.
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Nancy asks Jez to marry her for visa reasons, to which he agrees with gusto. However, Toni attempts to seduce Jez. Sophie and Mark’s friendship is rekindled after meeting for lunch. Jez and Nancy marry, although Nancy leaves the party early for a job interview. Later, Toni succeeds in having an affair with Jez. Mark stands up to Jeff, resulting in the realtionship between Sophie and Jeff ending. Jez, due to “stupid honesty”, tells Nancy about his affair with Toni, securing the status of the relationship as “nothing more than a husk”.
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Jez’s Uncle Ray dies in a hospice. Mark goes to the funeral with him, inviting Sophie also in an unusual sort of date. Jez learns that the illness his uncle died of may be hereditary and as a result he becomes fearful that he might die also. Mark and Sophie go for a weekend away in the countryside, with Jez unwillingly coming alone. Before Mark has the chance to make love to Sophie, he discovers that Jez has taken a drug overdose. Mark calls an ambulance and Jez;s life is saved. He later visits Toni and lies to her about dying of his uncle’s condition so that they can have sex.