Having filled in an application for the Rhoades' to be on a game show, Al and Peg appear on the game show for newlyweds - "How Do I Love Thee", portraying Steve and Marcy.

Penhall & Hanson go undercover as the McQuaid brothers in a suburban high school, that recently has had inner city kids bused in, to investigate the theft of a Porsche. Meanwhile, Judy must deal with a love-sick teenage boy.

Holly recovers a strange, unidentified pod floating in space. Rimmer is convinced it contains the remains of an alien and begins a scientific investigation of the pod's hieroglyphics.