Ambushed once again by Helen and Phil, her matchmaking sister and brother-in-law, Laura escapes from the party after being introduced to Mike.

Mike, trying to flee from Laura, chooses the same hiding place.

The day after the party, Helen and Phil get conflicting accounts when they check in with the presumed lovebirds.

The effort to get their stories straight gives Laura and Mike an excuse for an excursion.

Mike is ready to jump at another party invitation, but when Laura refuses to go along he invites her out to dinner instead.

His attempts to impress her go over the top when Laura loses a contact lens on the restaurant carpet.

A new romance buds for Laura, but gets nipped when she discovers the attractive man she met on a business trip to Brussels is already over-committed.

Mike's work also leads to a romantic disappointment that is coincidentally related to Laura's.

When Laura realizes Mike's business is failing, she sets out to help him shore up his capital and his morale.

Mike winds up rescuing the business himself without exactly coming up a winner.

Mike's van, and where he can park it for the night in Laura's neighborhood, gets in the way of moving their relationship to a higher plane.

Sensing the stall, Helen and Phil decide they need to help Mike and Laura move on.

Laura's insecurity mars the couple's first morning together.

After seeing Mike with an attractive lunch date, Laura becomes jealous and seeks the company of a neurotic family friend who sticks to her like glue.

Laura's efforts to dig up new customers for Mike's gardening business are too successful.

Instead of thanking her, Mike gets angry and insists she learn more about the business

To combat her terror of the dentist, Laura is given sedatives that leave her light-headed and flirtatious.

Her behaviour towards Mike results in a comic misunderstanding that threatens to worsen an already awkward situation after Helen asks them to house-sit when she and Phil go to Dieppe

Both Helen and Laura announce good news prematurely.

Mike thinks he and Laura should buy a larger flat so that they can live more comfortably.

Mike gets jealous when a business associate of Laura's appears to have more than business in mind.

Helen takes over Mike's office work, but she proves too glamorous for the job.

One Sunday, Laura longs for an adventure, but one after another her schemes fall flat.

Then Harry arrives and suggests they all go out to dinner - in France.

In the process of furnishing their new shared flat, Mike learns how little faith Laura has in their future together.

As Mike and Laura reach a new low in their relationship, Phil and Helen arrive with good news.