When Lavender and Vincent discover that Fitzpatrick is a CB radio enthusiast they can't resist playing a trick on him. Vincent receives the unexpected but exciting news that he has been nominated for an award.
Vincent receives a visit from the taxman, so he decides it's time to take a family holiday. His side-line business making pirate copies of E.T. continues in his absence. The salesman clash over the ethics of Page 3.
In order to get back all of the things that he has lost - his marriage, his livelihood, his self-worth - Vincent comes up with a spectacular plan that will return him to his rightful place.
It is 1985, 8 months have passed since Vincent teamed up with gangster Ronnie to force Walshy to sell Cachet Windows to them for a quid. But Vincent's mounting problems are about to be added to by a competitor stealing Cachet's business.
Vincent, Fitzpatrick and Lavender meet a group of men from a publishing company who have expense accounts and company cars, making Vincent wonder if he's in the wrong business. Carol struggles with the new computer.
Vincent is sliding into the abyss. Kicked out of the family home, in debt to the Inland Revenue and having lost his sales mojo. Lavender, having his own career crisis is drawn back into the world of rock 'n' roll.
Vincent is forced to employ Ronnie's inexperienced, dimwitted son Ronnie Junior, who proves to be a liability, further complicating Vincent's efforts to keep the business afloat.
Ronnie is still missing and Ronnie Jr is in turmoil. Meanwhile, Vincent has to decide who to take to Spain with him - Sam and the kids or arch-rival Jo Scott.