Money is tight for Meg and Matt. To help alleviate the pressure, Meg is encouraged to apply for her old job as a doctor's receptionist, the one she left after her affair. Despite Meg's strong reluctance, she eventually takes up the job.

Meg and her sister Gail team up to ruin the sale of the house Meg and Matt have been renting.

Meg and Matt are running out of time to find a new house, but also really need a break from routine.

Matt and Meg race back to Kendal from their romantic break, to secure their perfect house. However a squabble over money leads to a time-consuming trip to A&E. They arrive just too late, as the letting agent breaks it to them that he just gave the house away to another couple. But after some quick thinking from Meg, things take an unexpected turn, and they manage to secure the house of their dreams. Contented, Matt, Meg, along with Gail and Sam, head to the pub to celebrate, but Gail spots Iain enjoying a drink with his new, younger girlfriend, Kate. Meg admits to Gail and later Paula that she's just a tiny bit jealous.

Matt and Meg throw a housewarming dinner, and invite Iain and his girlfriend Kate along in an attempt to draw a line under Meg's affair, but a series of mishaps threaten to ruin the evening.

Meg is alarmed by Iain's plans to propose to Kate and frets about her and Matt's secrets coming out during Martin's date with their relationship counsellor.

Everyone gets dolled up for Iain and Kate's engagement bash, where Meg is mistaken for Iain's fiancée. As Matt basks in the adoration poured on him by Andrew's friends, the arrival of a genuine soldier threatens to unravel his tall tale.

Relationships and jobs are on the line in the series finale. Everyone rallies around Iain when he suffers a bereavement, especially Matt, who wants to make sure Meg's efforts to help him through this difficult time don't reignite their old flame.