Series Four: 2004
| No. | # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "Nine and a Half Minutes" | Martin Dennis | Steven Moffat | 10 May 2004 (2004-05-10) | ICEC898P |
| This episode is told from the perspective of the three different couples, all within nine and half minutes. Jane is on blind date with Oliver Morris (Richard Mylan), an owner of a science-fiction bookshop. Through Susan and Steve, who are arguing about the similarities between the "John Hurt" moment and birth, mistake him for a gynecologist. Meanwhile Sally, now Patrick's girlfriend, is tempting Patrick between a last minute golfing trip and sex. | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | "Night Lines" | Martin Dennis | Steven Moffat | 17 May 2004 (2004-05-17) | ICEC899J |
| After a five way phone call between Steve, Susan, Patrick, Sally and Jane, some wild opinions and shocking secrets are revealed within the group. Meanwhile, Oliver is trying to find out if his girlfriend Tamsin is pregnant. | ||||||
| 25 | 3 | "Bed Time" | Martin Dennis | Steven Moffat | 24 May 2004 (2004-05-24) | ICEC900S |
| Patrick tries to find a way to go home after his sexcapades with Sally. When he asks Steve for help, Steve tells Patrick that it can't be done, especially since that night is the first dinner party Sally is hosting. Meanwhile, Jane has invited Oliver over to Sally's dinner party, but Oliver is worried as his nipples are rather large. When it becomes obvious that Patrick will be going home after the party, Sally starts drinking and when everybody is about to leave Sally, clad in a blonde wig and red oven mitts, sings a song about Susan entitled "Susan: The Happy Trotting Elf". The episode ends with Patrick and Sally ending up in bed, Patrick saying "bugger" that he wasn't able to go home. | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | "Circus of the Epidurals" | Martin Dennis | Steven Moffat | 31 May 2004 (2004-05-31) | ICEC901L |
| After Susan asks Sally to be her birth partner, each friend in turn gets asked to come to an antenatal class as 'backup'. Susan mulls not using epidural during her delivery. At the antenatal class (led by Jill, first introduced in the episode 'Inferno'), the boys and the girls discuss attitudes to pain relief during birth in separate groups. | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | "The Naked Living Room" | Martin Dennis | Steven Moffat | 7 June 2004 (2004-06-07) | ICEC902F |
| Oliver and Jane run into each other at the shop, and begin to feel each other out. Jane asks to come into Oliver's flat, and Oliver realises that he hasn't bothered to hide his pornography any more. They expose each other emotionally, and when Oliver tells Jane that she "makes up any old rubbish just to get attention", Jane exposes herself physically. At the end of the episode, Susan's water breaks and she goes into labor. | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | "Nine and a Half Months" | Martin Dennis | Steven Moffat | 14 June 2004 (2004-06-14) | ICEC903A |
| Jeff returns in female form to comfort Steve as he awaits for Susan to give birth. After discovering Patrick actually did sleep with Jane, Sally looks through his cupboard to find something else...an engagement ring. Oliver and Jane try their best to have sex, but are constantly interrupted. Steve and Susan have a baby boy. |
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