Sweet and Sour (TV Series) - Episode Guide

Episode Guide

1. Martin quits Lone Sharks (fronted by Mark Edwards of The Runners) who are shown performing Crocodile Shoes. He moves into a warehouse with Darrell who is an amateur music photographer. Carol moves from Melbourne to Sydney for a new start and joins them. George has trouble collecting the rent for his brother Nick, whom he works for at his Travel Agency. Martin performs Down The Road. Guest appearance is Renee Geyer as the train hostess.
2. Darrell shoots a video to the sound of the Sweet And Sour theme and tries to get Carol and Martin to form a band while trying to buy time paying the rent to Nick. Carol sells her own designed clothes while at the Dole office Martin tries to avoid work. George is invited to join as bass.
3. The band go to a record executives party. Christine breaks into the warehouse and stalks Martin. Darrell still steals every scene. Carol pens Sweet & Sour. Martin introduces Christine to the band who endears herself to the group by fixing the keyboard.
4. Darrell prepares for his 21st and gets the band to make their debut there. Christine starts practicing the saxophone again with help from her father Shrug (Martin Vaughan) and joins the band.
5. After their first gig the go to the beach dancing to Singing In The Shower. George and Nick's dad buys 4000 dolls. Martin and Ric try to raise funds with an escapologist act in the mall while Nick and George ponder what to do with 4000 dolls. Nick's wife Nina (Carmen Tanti) is supportive of George's music.
6. Martin's mystery woman (Urszula Anna-Teresa) turns out to be his mother who wants to stay in touch. Ric and George try thinking of how to sell the dolls. George stumbles as he tries to tell Christine how he feels. Christine and George perform a routine/clip for Image Of An Angel.
7. Darrell gets the bands' first pub gig booked. George's dad has a 65th birthday party and George inadvertently invites the whole band plus the Telecom man when he tried to ask Christine to come. Robert Hughes (as Darrell's tech school teacher) and Kirk Pengilly make guest appearances.
8. Martin starts his night cleaning job as the band gets ready for their first gig at the Garry Owen Hotel where they perform Too Hot To Move.
9. Johnny is invited to join the band as drummer. Martin quits his cleaning job. Darrell interviews Ignatius Jones in a cemetery at night. George is in love. Carol performs No Focus.
10. Darrell tries to get No Focus picked up by radio only to find out it is similar to Dead Lions song Psychosis. Carol confronts Leo (Daniel Abineri) about stealing her song but finds she is wrong. Shrug starts his job selling supermarket records. Christine performs Glam To Wham while taking on a job as a checkout chick. Peter Oxley of Sunnyboys is the guest appearance in this episode buying mountains of Lux soap powder. The band get invited to a Dead Lions gig and to join them as a support act.
11. Carol and Leo meet up. Darrell tries his managerial skills against the Dead Lions manager Pat Mason (Amanda Muggleton) and comes up a bit short. George's dad buys a bus which Nick thinks they can use for Nite Tours of Sydney. The band don't do well as a support for the Dead Lions. Special guest is Marc Hunter as Pat Mason's secretary. Tim Gooding (co-creator) makes an appearance as a postman.
12. The band want out of supporting Dead Lions but can't get out of their contract. Leo tries to encourage Carol to join him in the US. George becomes tour bus driver while Darrell gets a touring German Rugby team to act as positive crowd support as the band perform Good Advice. Carol decides to stay with the band.
13. Martin gets disenchanted with the bands' progress and is influenced by Charlie (Megan Williams) and her Fairlight. Darrell books a studio to do a demo but it costs $500 so they do a gig at the Pleasant Grove Bowling Club.
14. Darrell makes documentaries about himself and discovers the Hoons. Carol feels under pressure, Christine feels rejected, George has computer problems, Martin heads in a different direction with Charlie. They get together for a great performance at the fashion parade to raise the rest of the money needed for the demo. Brian Kawolsky (Robin Stewart), a promoter introduces himself.
15. Plans don't meet expectations. Darrell is persuaded to drop the Hoons and leaves the band to concentrate on videos. Martin finds he can't connect with Charlie's music and Shrug quits his record selling job that girlfriend Kerry (Michelle Stayner) had set up. Martin performs It's A Game
16. The band hit the recording studio to lay down Sweet And Sour. Martin finally decides to show up. George quits the band and takes over as manager. Their gig, featuring Moon & Stars, is a success. Sweet And Sour gets played on radio.
17. Sweet And Sour gets pressed and the band try to get it into the shops. A magazine interview doesn't go to plan. The gigs get better under George's management.
18. The band respond to media and management issues. They make a clip for Sweet And Sour and make their TV debut late at night.
19. The band travel to Melbourne with internal differences between the members exposed when George left too much to the booking agency and the trip bombed financially.
20. The band plays their last gig, performing Heart Plays Tricks, Singing In The Shower, Hip Romeo, Glam To Wham, Party On Wheels. Johanna Pigott (co-creator) makes an appearance dancing to the music.