Bradley hands Stacey a card and tells her to open it. She begins to open it. She asks Bradley if his girlfriend knows he’s there? He says, “what?” She hands him the card back.
Mo is working on hooking Charlie up with a new woman.
Bradley tells Stacey that Lorraine doesn’t matter. Bradley explains to her that Lorraine is a lesbian. He lives there with her and Lorraine’s girlfriend. Stacey smiles wide and says she sounds perfect. He says he’s lived with worse. Bradley looks down at the card.
Tanya lays out bread to make lunch. She’s visibly upset. Tanya begins to butter the bread, and it rips. She grabs it all up and tosses it across the room.
Bradley and Stacey are walking through the Dr. Who, and he geeks out. She smiles and says, “I know there was a reason I missed you, but I can’t remember what it was.” She tells him she can’t work, sleep, or function. She’s been drinking to get wasted, so she doesn’t have to think about things. Bradley looks at her with compassion in his eyes. They start to enter the exhibit and are stopped. The tour guide tells them they’ve had a wasted queue as this is the end, not the beginning. They’ll need to go out and enter in through the Tardis.
Tanya tells the girls to pack their things as they are leaving. She’s called a cab. Lauren says to Tanya she can’t go as she has double art this afternoon. Tanya tells them they are, and it’s her prerogative. Abi wonders what happened in court today? She tells them that they lost the DVD and she lost her temper. Tanya tells the girls their father sat there all smug and reasonable like a little Ginger Buddha. She says to them, “let’s see how reasonable he feels when he realizes his entire family has disappeared!” Abi asks where they are going? Lauren explains she has double art, and she likes it. Tanya angrily tosses a glass across the table and tells both girls not to argue with her. She demands that they go and pack. The girls quickly leave the kitchen.
Mo is continuing to attempt to find a woman for Charlie. He is not interested. He points out that she isn’t overwhelmed with offers. She points out she was left a Valentine’s. Charlie wonders who it was from. She doesn’t know and reckons it could be anyone as she’s known for her to come to bed eyes. She cons him into putting the kettle on.
Tanya begins to clean up the mess up and is upset.
Stacey is going on about all the things the Tardis is supposed to have. They open the doors, and she notes it’s just a little blue box. Stacey tells Bradley she never meant to send him mental. Bradley tells Stacey that it’s alright. Bradley explains he knows he’s not the most excellent catch. Stacey questions him. He says he’s just this annoying bloke from Tring who blushes too much. Bradley tells Stacey that he can see why she’d want someone more than him. Stacey looks at him. They walk out into the exhibits when the door opens.
Tanya walks into the girl’s room. Abi is upset and says that she thinks Marge is losing her fur. Tanya tells Abi that Marge will be alright. Abi declares that she won’t as animals can sense stress too. Abi asks Tanya if they will have to choose? Tanya asks her what? Abi replies, “will we have to choose between you and dad? Will you both be in the same room when we have to say? Because I don’t want to. I want to stay, and I don’t want to. I don’t like it when Dad cries.”
Stacey calls out to Bradley and tells him to listen. She explains to Bradley that she’s an idiot. She tells him that it’s just sex. Bradley tells her he doesn’t want to talk about his dad. That a bloke knows what works and once he’s sussed it up he’s got a significant ego, is over 40 and a bald head. Bradley, I know she says. He turns to face her.
Charlie comes down the stairs and tells Mo if he had to, and he ain’t, he’d say “older man, with an old car, with an annoying mother-in-law seeks older woman no car needed.” Mo tells him that won’t work as he should talk about his hobbies and things he likes.
Tanya looks at the girls and says she’s a rubbish mom. She is sure they want to trade her in. Tanya moves to the bag of clothes and takes some out to fold again. She tells them she was reading a story about a little kid who got stuck under a car. He’s wedged fast, and there was petrol dripping, and his mum just listed it off in her panic. She cries that she can’t even make them a sandwich. They reassure Tanya that she is not rubbish, and she is clever and beautiful. Tanya wipes her tears away. The girls tell her she’s beautiful, and even dad has said as much. She looks at them and the relay that even their father has said she is the most beautiful woman in the world.
Stacey continues to tell Bradley that it is not about what goes where or how. You can learn all that in a book. It’s about going to sleep safe and waking up safe. I took that for granted, she says, and now it’s gone. She cries that she doesn’t like life without him. She walks off and pushes through the crowd. She sits down in a chair.
The cab arrives, and Tanya explains that it can never be how it was, they do know that right? She tells them that their dad took all those little things, all those normal things, and he played roulette with them. She explains that she can never forgive him. She tells the girls she could never make them choose. She tells them she knows what is important, like having your room and liking double art, being able to call in on your dad. Abi looks at Tanya and asks her if they are staying. Tanya smiles and says she doesn’t want to be a rubbish mum.
Bradley comes and sits next to Stacey. He pulls her into a cuddle, and she cries on his shoulder.
Tanya looks out to wave to the girls. She sees Max pull up and kiss Harriet’s assistant. She realizes what he’s done.
Mo writes an ad for Charlie to attract a woman. Charlie doesn’t mind it.
Tanya asks Dot to watch Oscar as she’s got a migraine. She is holding back tears.
Bradley fills Stacey in on his dead-end job. He says it’s a call center for insurance. He tells her, “do you know what I really, really want? I wouldn’t mind some of that traveling.” Stacey tells him about a flight. She tells him about a day where she was just looking forward to a cup of tea, and she thought I’m 19 years old, and this is all I have? She tells Bradley that their problem was that they just weren’t ready.
Mo is continuing to badger Charlie about dating again. Mo tells him he’s getting ancient and quite dull. Charlie tells her he doesn’t even know how to date anymore. Mo gives in and tosses the paper. Mo is off to suss out who her secret admirer is.
Tanya calls Harriet and details that Moria’s betrayal. She wonders if this can be added to his list of unreasonableness.
Stacey and Bradley plan out traveling. Stacey tells him they can start as mates until it’s right.
Tanya drunkenly goes on about Moria.
Bradley and Stacey continue to discuss all the things they’d like to see while traveling.
Charlie picks up the paper and dials the newspaper to place the advert. He tells them he’d like to place a lonely hearts ad.
Tanya laughs and tells Harriet marriages should come with health warnings. This marriage could seriously harm your health. Harriet has to go, and Tanya tells her that it is understandable. Tanya is still talking as Harriet hangs up.
Bradley and Stacey are walking through a church. He wonders if she’d really give up the stall? She says she would. They take a seat and continue to chat. She tells him that one day he’d still make a perfect dad. He hands her the card. She opens it and thanks him for the card. There is a small envelope, and she opens it to find a photo and his ring. He tells her that it’s all dreams. No matter how much she’s faithful, it is still his dad. He tells her that he loves her, but he will never trust her again. She runs off to catch up with him.
Tanya looks at the card from Sean as she pours another glass of wine. She calls him and asks him what he was thinking he was doing? She tells him she doesn’t do fake no more. She tells Sean she has the house to herself for five minutes if he’s free.
Stacey runs after Bradley crying. She cries out no, no, no, please, God. He continues, and she’s left on the steps crying.