Emma and Mark live with their son and are on the brink of ending their seven-year relationship when Mark proposes to her.

The repercussions of Emma's love bite being revealed are huge.

Rich and Louise's relationship comes under strain as they nurse Louise's mother, Donna, through the final stages of cancer.

Mark wonders if Emma is having an affair and suspects his brother. Sinead goes in search of love on the internet.

Emma and Louise make a pact to find new jobs. Amanda is getting broody and demands to babysit Sam.

Feeling guilty about kissing Emma, Rich decides to show more commitment to Louise.

Michael's life is turned upside down after a disastrous date brings the police knocking on his door, while Mark finally learns who gave Emma a love bite on her wedding day.

With fractious relationships all around, Louise organises a 32nd birthday party for Rich. Amanda finds a new man.

Romance is in the air for both Emma and Sinead. Louise has second thoughts about her police training.

A tarot reading sends Rich spinning towards an early midlife crisis while Michael decides he must become a real man.

Amanda's pregnancy brings out the nesting instinct in her. Emma gets the wedding bug from Louise, but James brings his lover down to earth with a bane.

James moves in on Louise, using his guile to prevent her from marrying Rich. Meanwhile, Michael receives an unwelcome guest who bears life-shattering news.

Emma faces up to life without James, while Sinead and Hermann discover that fairy tale endings are difficult to sustain.