Jojo (Charlene McKenna), Bobby (Liam Garrigan) and Shane (Keith McErlean) are hitting the town, each with something on their minds. Shane is avoiding his wife Anna who has been in Dublin for a week, Bobby bumps into Rebecca who is back with her boyfriend David and Jojo is hurt by the jealous looks Bobby is giving Rebecca.
Next morning, Tanya (Shelley Conn) arrives at the restaurant to find Mal (Michael Colgan) has been on another drunken bender. It’s the last straw for Tanya and she tells him that it’s over. She takes a booking from an old colleague of theirs, KARL CREED (David Murray), who also used to date Tanya. Geoff (Damon Gameau) warns Mal that unless he gets his act together, he could lose both his restaurant and his wife to his rival.
Shane finally bites the bullet and arranges to meet Anna. They talk and he asks her to move back to Dublin so that they can start over. Anna wants time to think. Jojo is asked out on a date by KATHERINE (Olga Wehrly), the restaurant’s meat supplier.
Mal and Geoff decide to teach Karl a lesson and when Jojo asks them to try the dessert she has made, they have the perfect opportunity – they just have to convince Tiny to help them out. Karl arrives, insults Pavel and asks Tanya to go into business with him.
Jo-jo finds out that Bobby is going out with his one night stand from the previous night again, she decides to take Katherine up on her offer. Bobby is still trying to get back at Rebecca, but what he doesn’t realise is that David has finished with Rebecca. Anna agrees to move back to Dublin but when she discovers that Shane wants to retrain as a chef, she changes her mind. Their marriage is over.
Before they leave the restaurant, Pavel invites Geoff to come to one of Dublin’s Czech bars to sample their range of absinthe. Katherine and Jojo hit it off on their date, and after Jojo has yet again been thrown out of the bar they are in, Katherine kisses her. Jojo is flattered, but decides lesbianism isn’t for her. But spurred on by Katherine’s encouragement, she resolves to tell Bobby how she feels about him. Back at Raw, Tanya and Mal share a laugh about Karl Creed and Mal vows to be the husband Tanya wants him to be
As Pavel and Geoff work their way through a tray of absinthe, they swap ‘coming out’ stories. Pavel tells Geoff that his family have never accepted his sexuality. It soon transpires that Geoff has lied about his family being fine with him being gay – he has never told them. The two of them go back to Geoff’s place where Pavel reveals he is a virgin.
Jojo sneaks into Bobby’s room and starts to tell him that she loves him, but then realises Rebecca is in bed with Bobby. Jojo pretends to be drunk and leaves the room, heartbroken.