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- Rachel and Cuckoo discover that their Thai beach wedding ceremony wasn't official.
- The Thompsons meet daughter Rachel's new American husband Cuckoo for the first time.
- Ken is keen to lay down some ground rules for Cuckoo in the Thompson house.
- Ken is afraid that Cuckoo will send his beloved father-in-law Tony to an early grave.
- Cuckoo motivates Lorna's best friend Connie to pursue her dream of becoming a singer.
- Two years after learning that Cuckoo died in a climbing accident in the Himalayas, Ken is celebrating the fact that Dylan will be leaving home to attend university and Rachel moving in with staid boyfriend Ben. He is less overjoyed when Lorna suggests he has a vasectomy. Then Dale Ashbrick, a hirsute American youngster, arrives at the house, claiming to be Cuckoo's son, searching for the father he has never met. Like his father he is odd, believing that aliens will end the world next day. However he is wrong and, to the menfolk's annoyance, Lorna and Rachel ask him to stay.
- Ken is going away for a reunion weekend and Dylan persuades Lorna to go to the theatre with Connie so he can throw a party and lose his virginity to girlfriend Zoe, Connie's daughter. Dale has decided that his destiny is to take over Cuckoo's potato wagon so Dylan asks him to provide food for the party. Dale is a wow with the girls, including Rachel, and the food he serves up with its special sauce is a hit. Unfortunately the sauce, which he found in the garage, is well past its sell-by date and by the time Connie turns up with Lorna in tow to stop her daughter having sex, all the party-goers are throwing up.
- After finding a nude Dale in bed with them Ben and Rachel aim to set him up with one of her friends, Natalie, who finds him gorgeous and fascinating. They date but nothing happens as Dale does not believe she is the Special One. Medic Steve is facing a tribunal for gross misconduct and blackmails Ken into representing him or else he will tell Lorna the vasectomy never went ahead. Unfortunately Ken has ingested some drugs and acts very oddly at the hearing, his boss Charles taking over and winning the case.
- With Rachel and Ben away on holiday Ken takes Dale to a book-shop where they meet Ken's old tutor Dr Rafferty, who borrows a valuable first edition from Ken, Unfortunately he dies before he can return it so Ken takes the family to the funeral to retrieve it. The relatives take to Dale, despite his bizarre funeral oration, as they wrongly believe he is the doctor's American lover. However Rafferty's niece Sandra is irate when she catches Ken trying to steal his book back, nor does it help when the family discovers that Dale is not the lover and Dylan is caught having sex with Sandra's virginal daughter, leading to the family's expulsion from the occasion.
- Ken's boss Charles announces his retirement, adding that he will be supporting Ken as his successor, rather than rival Jane. To scupper Jane's chances Ken takes CCTV footage of her robbing the stationery cupboard but the tape also shows Rachel and Ben having sex. Seeing Charles watching a tape and looking guilty Ken wrongly assumes that this is the sex tape and publicly uses this against Charles to secure his promotion. In the event it was a different tape but now Ken has exposed his daughter and her boyfriend's secret. Dylan is also exposed when it turns out that the poem he supposedly wrote to win a school prize is actually the lyric to the theme from 'Friends'.
- Lorna wakes in the night to hear somebody trying to steal the family car but Ken refuses to intervene and Dale scares them off, making Ken feel old and inadequate. The family attends Steve's Neighbourhood Watch meeting where Ken is amused to see Dale trounce Steve in martial arts but a resident's car is stolen. Steve gives chase, with a reluctant Ken, leading to a fight and a misunderstanding though Lorna is proud of her man. Rachel also discovers that she prefers Dale to Ben.
- Whilst Christmas shopping Lorna faints in the street and, on her return home, discovers that she is pregnant. However, seeing the positive testing kit both Ben and Dale believe that Rachel is expecting and both assume that they are the father. At a pre-Christmas dinner Steve wins Connie back from her lover Pepe and Ben persuades a reluctant Ken to play Santa at a charity concert so that he too can take the stage and publicly propose to Rachel. It all goes ahead but everybody is shocked when Lorna, not Rachel, announces that she is the pregnant one (though Lorna is relieved to learn that Ken never had his vasectomy so that hers is not an immaculate conception.) Rachel accepts Ben's proposal but a love-sick, heart-broken Dale drives away into the night and Rachel is unable to stop him.
- Lorna's baby is a week late but she also has a great new job lined up, meaning that Ken could be stuck with an unwanted paternity leave. Rachel is still seeing boring Ben so all three are delighted when Dale returns from China, fleeing an irate father. Dylan, his reluctant room-mate, is less enamoured. Lorna's labour is miraculously induced by some bizarre Eastern methods practiced by struck-off doctor Steve but at the hospital Ken almost misses the birth when he gets caught up with another pregnant woman, Jess - who fancies him.
- Rachel has a chance to get the job of her dreams - and Ken and Dale are on hand to help out.
- Assisted by Dale, Ken is enjoying hosting the mother and baby group at his house but is forced to confess to Lorna that he was present when Jess's baby was born, whereupon Lorna demands that he leave the group. Ken is unwilling - until Jess makes a play for him, forcing him to leave her house in a hurry. Unfortunately this leads to a mix-up that requires Dale to sort it out, though he is less amenable when he sees Rachel with a man she has met through a dating app.
- Ken wants a quiet family evening doing his favourite things on his birthday. Steve invites himself round and a simple quiz turns into an ordeal, with Dale recounting stories of a past life. Lorna and Rachel have their minds on other things.
- Having been dumped by girlfriend Zoe, Dylan wants to drop out of university after a month so Ken and Dale head to the campus to dissuade him - and fail. However Ken has to claim back the tuition fees - and also fails. Dale stumbles upon a reason to make Dylan stay, allowing Ken to relive his old student days - but not for long. Back home Rachel gets a visit from Ben, who is keen to resume their relationship.
- It's the day of Lorna and Ken's baby Sid's naming ceremony and not only does Zoe bring her new boyfriend, annoying Dylan, but Ken's irritating mother Belinda arrives from Spain, building up Dale's romantic hopes for Ling with her tarot reading and causing Ken to crash the car. When Lorna gives Ken some shocking news regarding his mother he is prepared to change his attitude but it is Dale's performance at the ceremony which causes the biggest reaction.
- Leaving Sid with Belinda the family goes on holiday to Cumbria though only Ken and Lorna know that it is to find the man Belinda told Ken was his real father - though sadly he has recently died. Soon they are joined by Steve and Ben who have brought Mr Xi and Ling , just arrived from China and with an angry Mr Xi about to make Dale an offer he cannot refuse. Fortunately Ben comes up with a solution to please everybody and a car chase is followed by happy endings all round.
- Ken's delight at being nominated for Lichfield's Lawyer of the Year takes a knock on discovering that he is competing with high-powered colleague Jane so Lorna tries to fix it for him to win. His success is only partial but Dale's attempt to get as job and enable him to marry Rachel by entering into a partnership with Steve's new bar gives far more cause for concern.
- Ken is excited about the visit of his long-lost sister Ivy, but it turns out that the billionaire doesn't really want to get to know her brother at all.
- Ken is suspended from work and tries to engineer a way back in before Lorna finds out.
- It's an episode full of secrets for Ken when he complains about loud new neighbor Lloyd to the police, only to make great friends with him later.
- Ken wakes up trapped behind a newly built wall in Steve's Bar and is forced to wait it out till help arrives, with only Steve for company. Meanwhile, his wife discovers in shock that their son is secretly dating his ex-girlfriend's mom.
- When Rachel says she needs more space Dale takes her at her word and strands her in the Pennines.
- It's the opening night for All Steve's Pals, with Dale determined to make it the best launch ever and show Rachel he's the kind of serious safe bet she can spend her future with.
- Ken is determined that Sid should attend a private school, but Lorna is dead set against it. Can Ken persuade her to change her mind?
- As Ivy begins to get to know the members of the family better she discovers that Dylan is operating a cannabis farm in one of the properties that he is supposed to be selling, Ivy spots an opportunity.
- In the pub a strange old lady predicts that Ken will become the Liberal Democrat candidate at the next election. Weirdly, events seem to be conspiring to make Ken's political dreams come true as the sitting MP dies.
- Ken looks like a shoo-in to elected MP with Ivy vigorously running his campaign for him. Can a small boy calling him fatty and a stranger affect the outcome of the vote?
- When Ivy receives the news that her divorce has been finalised, Steve takes it upon himself to cheer her up by throwing her a divorce party.
- Ivy completely misunderstands the meaning of the phrase "put to sleep" - leading to her accidentally having her dog put down. A distraught Ivy forces the Thompson family to attend a weird funeral for her.