With both Rob and Sean gone from her life Stella, her hair now dyed blonde, is concentrating on training to become a nurse. She has a new neighbour, lawyer Michael Jackson, a divorced man whose ex-wife has custody of their daughter, and their initial meeting is not of the sunniest. Aunty Brenda meanwhile is appalled when her wayward daughter Verv returns from her travels round the world though Verv's old flame Yanto - or Doggy Man as she calls him - is certainly pleased that she is back. Elsewhere Emma prepares for her interview at a high class hair salon and Alan is told to put Little Alan on a diet.