Liam catches Chloe snogging the lad from next door and reacts badly, throwing a milkshake at them. A humiliated Chloe is furious with her dad, but the more Liam tries to patch things up, the worse things get.

After a pregnancy scare Liam and Caroline agree he should get a vasectomy, but he is too scared to go through with it, and several weeks later he is still hiding his failure from his wife. Jim discovers Mikey has shoplifted a toy gun and Chloe thinks she has found true love

Liam finds out that Chloe's got a fake ID and plans to go to a flash party. He sets off with Tommy to find her, only to discover she's been one step ahead of him all along. Meanwhile, Caroline is fed up with Jim's bad behaviour whenever he visits the hotel where he works. When an opportunity for revenge presents itself, she starts to concoct a plan.

When her father buys a guitar with money she believes should be spent on her school ski trip, Chloe is not pleased. Caroline is horrified after Mikey walks in on his parents making love.

Tommy is sleeping on the couch so that he can avoid an ex-girlfriend. Liam is fed up with it and attempts to get rid of him by inviting the woman round. Jim attempts to force a reluctant Mikey to take up football.