Vernon tries to get his love life back on track but things don't quite go according to plan. After speed dating does not bring the wanted success, he finds an interest in his daughter's married tutor.

Vernon is shocked by the size of the bill from the divorce solicitors but can't find a friend to lend him the money. When the debt is passed to Mad Frankie's Debt Collection Agency and Frankie turns nasty, there's no way out but to get a job

When the kids tell Vernon he was a bad father while they were growing up, he is mortified and sets about putting things right. He 'sorts out' a school bully, buys Milly a new dog, and takes them on a summer holiday to Wales... in February.

Determined to make the most of his new freedom, Vernon opts to return to student life, but discovers his options are limited once he's spent his loan and an obscure institution in the Scottish Highlands is the only place that will take him.

Vernon gets the chance to relive his "glory days", when an old acquaintance needs a replacement guitarist for his band.

After his kids and David throw him out, Vernon turns to his friend Bryan, only he can't stay there because Bryan's wife won't' let him. He has to find somewhere else to sleep…

After being rejected by Milly, Max and David, and left alone in the flat all weekend, Vernon decides to end it all…