Aaron is interrogated by Ross, who assures him he's not after him, but Avery, the man behind Aaron. Aaron reluctantly agrees to cooperate and is forced to pretend towards Avery that he and Nicky are still a couple. Hugh is crushed after Debra's one-night stand with Gideon and eventually demands her to move out. Debra, however, puts Hugh under pressure. Kristen deliberately sabotages the photocopier at her work because she's obsessed with the repairman's cute buns. Debra makes the moves on Stephanie.

Debra and Hugh decide to keep their love-making a secret since Wiki doesn't approve of sex between room-mates. Wrecked with a guilty conscience, Gideon is ready to confess to leaking the information to Roger Merritt. However, someone else has already taken the blame. Ross wonders whether Nicky is capable of separating between work and pleasure as far as Aaron is concerned but lets her keep on doing her job. At a beach party at the Lava Lounge, Aaron receives an unexpected ""gift"" which gets him in trouble.

When Gideon arrives at work, he is questioned by his boss; someone has leaked information to Roger Merritt. Gideon becomes very nervous. Bronwyn dispairs after not being able to get a job. None of the others understand why she who is so rich even needs a job. Ryan tries to help by letting her work as a waitress at the Lava Lounge; with dramatic consequences. Hugh falls for Wiki's gym instructor Debra and asks her to move in with them, but is this such a good idea? Nicky's superior, Ross, is getting impatient and wants to bust Aaron. He orders Nicky to plant drugs on Aaron.

Stephanie learns she is to receive an award from her TV company but in light of what happened to Derek, she feels she doesn't deserve any award. Michael meets Ryan's parents for the first time and accidentally mentions that Ryan has acted as sperm donor for Mia. Ryan's parents are shocked. Kristen hacks onto Gideon's computer and is shocked by what she discovers. Wiki is excited to get a part in an ice cream commericial but it turns out she may have been cheering a bit too soon.

Derek infuriates Stephanie by making a puppet resembling her, which he names 'Little Steph'. Creeped out by Derek's increasingly psychotic bevahior towards her, Stephanie tries in vain to prove to her producers that Derek is crazy. Angela gets her first case but it's doesn't turn out too well thanks to a nightmare client. Aaron is still totally unaware that Nicky is an undercover cop investigating his drug dealing. However, Nicky is starting to get a little too attached to Aaron.

Rose Crabtree is going to participate in a tango contest for the last time but her chances of winning the price are crushed when her long-term dance partner Ricardo falls and breaks his leg. Aaron is eventually persuaded to step in as a replacement. Stephanie writes fake complaint letters about Derek to the producers of her show but the plan backfires. Kristen fakes illness in order to trigger Leonie's maternal instincts but her mother is more concerned with Josh. Hugh is hurt to find out that Bronwyn doesn't remember that they kissed last night. Nicky and her partner Ross Palmer bug Aaron's flat.

Siobhan survives her drug overdose and recovers at the hospital but a furious Gideon holds Aaron responsible and punches him. Josh is mortified to discover that Leonie is Kristen's mother and is positive that all his chances with Kristen are spoiled for good. Stephanie is annoyed by the presence of Derek, a puppeteer who is doing some guest work on her children's TV programme. The producers seem to like Derek, though, and make him permanent co-host. An enraged Stephanie plots to get rid of Derek. Bronwyn and Hugh are frustrated by their respective love lives and decide to contact a video dating agency. Aaron finds a new girlfriend but she isn't quite what she seems to be.

Wiki orchestrates a plot to get back at Nick. She fills her prop gun with real bullets and plans to kill him during the shooting of one of the action scenes. Angela opens her new law firm but there are few clients. Instead, Angela spends her time day-dreaming in her new office. Frustrated over not getting anywhere with Kristen, Josh meets an attractive forty-ish woman named Leonie and takes her home. However, Josh has a nasty surprise in store. Gideon orders Aaron to stop giving drugs to Siobhan but after a fight with Gideon, a depressed Siobhan steels drugs from Aaron and gets into big trouble.