Me and Mrs Jones

Gemma Jones is a divorcee struggling to bring up her two little daughters whilst ex-husband Jason has found a glamorous if vacuous younger partner Inca.Things improve for Gemma when the charming Tom,another single parent,asks her out for a date,which goes well,despite her nervousness. At the same time her womanizing son Alfie returns from a round the world trip with his sensible friend Billy,whom Jason mistakes for Gemma's toy boy. Though Gemma sees Billy wearing only a towel as he prepares to shower nothing happens between them.

The school is holding its parents' evening and Billy helps Gemma with her contribution to the cake stall,which pales beside Tom's magnificent offering. Nor is she pleased that Jason has let their girls dye their hair and takes lightly reports of daughter Charlotte's overly boisterous behaviour. When Charlotte's sister Jess gets stage fright over the school play Billy gives her the confidence to go on and Gemma gratefully kisses him. They are seen by an irate Alfie who starts a fight during the play which Tom breaks up before asking Gemma on a second date. She accepts but is equally attracted,if not more so,to Billy

Gemma makes lazy Alfie work with his father on his grocery van whilst she accepts Tom's invitation to join his self defence classes. Inca is also keen to attend and when Jason interrupts she floors him and sits on his chest and only releases him after he has promised to marry him. Tom suggests Billy become his lodger and Billy takes up the offer but after one night away Gemma is already missing him.

It's Alfie's birthday at the bar and Gemma finds herself encouraging Billy to date another woman. Tom helps Fran pull the man of her dreams and Inca overhears some information that has a disastrous effect on her relationship with Jason.