Miranda gets overexcited by the prospect of her first real date and decides it's time to try to be more girly, but her makeover doesn't go quite to plan.

Miranda takes French class and Tango lessons so Gary will see her in a sexual light. Things don't quite go to plan.

Miranda's mother is ashamed of her joke shop job, so Miranda decides to find a new career.

An old school insists on throwing Miranda a party to introduce her to a suitable man. Miranda is notoriously bad at coming up with excuses, but when she sees a photo of her intended date he's so bad that the only option left is to lie and come out to her mother.

When a handsome guy leaves his wallet in the shop, Miranda and Stevie argue over who he'd prefer to take to dinner if he had to choose one of them. Meanwhile, Miranda is invited to a regatta and is determined to be able to cope at a tricky social occasion just once.