With Shelley on his mind, Leonard decides to simply talk to her. As he tries to overcome his nerves, Mark Baxter asks her out and though she declines, Leonard is disheartened. Muttering Mark's chat-up lines, he is overheard by Rhona who thinks he is asking her on a date. It is calamitous; Rhona gets drunk and demands to see the chef, revealed to be her ex-boyfriend. Leonard realises he has been set up but he's left smiling when Shelley delights in the disaster and they bond. His universe is expanding after all. Across town, Hungry Paul decides to enter an exciting competition.

After a successful first date, Leonard is head over heels for Shelley but is unnerved when he hears she is going to the cinema with a man called Patrick that evening. After obsessively questioning who Patrick might be, Leonard knows he must ask Shelley outright. Elsewhere Hungry Paul has been shortlisted for the email sign-off phrase competition and attends the awards ceremony with his family. The outcome leads to a new opportunity for Hungry Paul with the National Mime Association.