A month has passed. Dobby has still not said that she will move in with Mark and Jeremy has not said he will move out. Mark invites Dobby round to share a pizza and watch 'The Apprentice' but unfortunately Gerrard, her other admirer, dies of the flu that evening and Dobby feels guilty for not being with him. Jeremy decides to undergo therapy which, after an inauspicious start, he loves. Mark goes for a job with a bathroom fittings company but the final interview clashes with Gerrard's funeral so he has to make a brief oration before leaving. At the wake Mark again asks Dobby to move in with him but she says there is no need as she is now an independent woman, thanks to the money left her by Gerrard.

Jeremy agrees to move out of the flat and share with Super Hans but Dobby would prefer to go inter-railing across Europe than move in with Mark. To make things worse for Mark not only has Hans been promoted above him at work, making him Mark's boss but Jeremy has arranged for the unstable Big Mad Andy to decorate the flat - largely so that Jeremy can sign him up for life skills coaching. Mark finds solace in an MBA evening class, meeting the elegant Stephanie and Jeremy, strangely in love with Dobby, urges him to pursue her but Mark cops out when he gets a call from Jeremy requiring his help to calm down Big Mad Andy.

Jeremy is moving again, to stay with Mark's sister Sarah and her five-year old son Joshy, for whom he is something of a toy. Despite Jeremy having taken all his chairs Mark hosts the residents association for the flat block and is elected chairman - though he does use the funds for his own repairs. On the down side he is less successful as a taps salesman despite Jeremy's efforts to help and Dobby tells him she will not be moving in with him. He will not be alone though, for, having had enough of Sarah and surviving an uncomfortable night at Big Mad Andy's, Jeremy returns to the fold.