Janice's admirer Jack outstays his welcome, while Gavin's mother Dorothy puts in a brief appearance. Drink interferes with the course of true love when the Oracle has his big date with Telle and the gang gathers for Mel and Madge's beach wedding.

With Martin and Kate - who is not pregnant after all -- pinching their taxi, Madge and Janice cadge a lift to the hospital - where Mel has been joined by the Oracle in the next bed - with a stranger, who turns out to be Enrique "The Rat" Lopez, a wanted criminal, who, having locked the pursuing Jack in his car boot, holds the women hostage in their hotel rooms, demanding they smuggle drugs for him. Released from custody, Mick leads Donald,Gavin, Troy and Mateo on a rescue mission but "The Rat" captures them too and it is down to Mel, helped by the Oracle, to save them all, which he does, earning all concerned a free holiday next season.