Sun, Dec 21, 2003
As Janet prepares to leave Jonny, she finds a photo taken on the night that they met and the show turns into a long flashback detailing how Donna, Janet, and Louise went on the pull to a nightclub where they met Jonny and Gaz. This is a musical episode with the characters singing original songs in pastiches of popular numbers at the time.
Sun, Apr 4, 2004
Donna goes out to brunch with Philip, making Gaz jealous but when he confronts Philip he finds that he is no longer impotent. Louise gets a job at the Office of National Statistics, where she accidentally erases all evidence of Jonny's existence. She recreates a file for him but adds a fictional and colourful criminal record which leads to a shoot-out with the police when he goes on his date with Janet.
Sun, Feb 22, 2004
Louise is told that she cannot have her degree unless she returns a library book she once borrowed, 'Piggy Goes Oink.' She suspects David of taking it to spite her, but to Gaz's consternation, David is encouraging Donna to better herself by becoming a student. Janet regrets leaving Jonny, but when she goes to make up with him, she sees him kissing Kate, the barmaid at the Archer.
Sun, Apr 16, 2006
Janet turns the Archer into a World War Two theme pub, but Donna, annoyed to have been pipped at the post, poses as a health inspector, finding fault to shut down the pub. Louise turns to prostitution to repay the money for the car while Jonny tries to make up with Gaz by buying him a dog on which to try out his parenting skills; unfortunately, Gaz kills it. Janet discovers that Donna is not a health inspector after all and filthies up the pub in revenge, but then a real one shows up and orders the Archer's closure.
Sun, May 10, 2009
Despite Tim's assurances that both are too good for Gaz, Janet and Donna give him a deadline to choose between them, though Gaz's admission that he really is Corinthian's father doesn't go down as expected. Louise worries that Scott will dump her for a groupie, so on Gaz's advice she sends a saucy photo of herself by phone and receives a reassuring message: "I Think I Love You." She will soon be leaving Runcorn to join a moon-worshipping sect. Gaz has made his decision and rushes to tell the girl of his choice, but is involved in a terrible car accident which leaves him paralysed in a hospital bed. As he comes to, the girl of his choice is at his bedside.
Sun, Apr 30, 2006
A report appears in the local paper stating that anybody trying to enter the Archer, which is subject to a curse, will be killed by the thing they love most. After Kelly mysteriously disappears and is suffocated by bags of crisps, the others break into the pub, where Donna is cut in two by a glass ceiling after killing Gaz, and Louise kills herself. Jonny is consumed by a giant Jammy Dodger biscuit, and when Janet awakens from the nightmare, she finds that the biscuit has replace Jonny in the bed next to her.
Sun, Mar 2, 2003
Jonny urges Janet to give up smoking; unfortunately, she becomes very violent, so Jonny gives up and lets her start puffing again. Louise receives a Valentine's card that turns out to be from David Fish, whom she remembers as a spotty schoolmate, but after 8 years in Australia, he has returned as something of a catch. Donna and Gaz decide to spice up their sex life, but Donna is appalled after finding Gaz experimenting with whipped cream and bondage and runs out of the flat, leaving him handcuffed to the bed.
Sun, Apr 27, 2003
David gives Louise a plant to nurture as a love test, but she feels patronised and takes it the wrong way. Donna and Gaz also row after he accuses her of giving him sexual warts--which turn out to be piles. Donna and David, both feeling dejected, meet and talk. Feeling that Jonny no longer loves her, Janet packs her bags and leaves him.
Sun, Jan 13, 2008
Tim, a camp young man, becomes the new manager at the Archer and has a theme night dedicated to John Barrowman with Donna working alongside him. Jonny has won an adventure holiday in Hawaii jumping over sharks, and an envious Gaz tries to emulate him to bring some excitement into his own life via stunt-riding, fire-eating, and the nude balloon dance. But Janet takes a phone call that brings horrible news about Jonny.
Mon, Mar 22, 2004
Janet goes to work at the bakery as usual, knowing she has a new boss--which turns out to be Louise. Donna is keen for Janet and Jonny to get back together and asks Gaz to split up Jonny and Kate by making a pass at her--which he does. Kate gets furious and makes it clear that she has no time for Jonny's friends. This does the trick: Kate and Jonny are no more.