The Goodman's weird neighbour Jim is spotted in a restaurant on a date with a woman with the world's most annoying laugh. To the horror of Adam and Jonny, Mum and Dad get a hot tub.

Mum's friend Val moves in after rowing with her husband, but upsets Dad by tidying up the house and chucking away his stuff - including his "lucky" 20-year-old tin of beef from the shed.

Adam is not happy when he is forced to play his violin for Mum and her best friend Val, while Jonny is relishing every moment. Dad is obsessed with his old microscope.

The boys are threatened with no crumble if they do not help to assemble a wooden shelf, while Jim's dog Wilson frequently does his business in the Goodmans' flowerbed.