Rick takes a week off for a quick holiday to the Whitsunday Islands. He comes back to find things are not as he left them. Jim had an accident with the cappuccino machine, the cash register is not working and neither is the phone.. Rick's stressed out all over again. Memo asks Rick about his trip, did he meet any nice girls while he was away? Rick says he did meet a lady he'd like to get to know better and is surprised when she walks into the cafe. Memo convinces Rick to 'hit on her' and Rick is embarrassed to discover she is the new bank manager come to discuss the loan for the new coffee machine. Also she's married to The Strangulator Jim's Wrestling Hero.

Convinced Liz has feelings for Jim, Effie bets her she can't go out with Jim without falling victim to his charms. Liz is convinced they can go out and have fun without groping, enjoying nothing more than interesting conversation and pleasant company. Memo attempts to set a world record for carrying the most cups of coffee.

Liz goes away for the weekend and Ula a Koori girl stands in for her. Memo thinks Koori is an island somewhere and tries to find it on a map of the world. Jim thinks Ula is African/American and dresses like a 'brother from the 'hood'to make her feel at home. Rick tells Jim Ula is a Koori Aboriginal Australian. Jim invites Ula to Vibrations nightclub and when Liz returns and finds out about this,she's worried for Ula's sake. Liz has nothing to worry about, Jim didn't make a move on Ula and they parted friends.

Jim gets a chain-letter in the mail and rips it up when Liz and Rick tell him they are rubbish and should be ignored. Shortly after, Jim's father rings from Greece to tell Jim he has to sell the cafe because there's an olive glut on the common market and he needs to raise some capital. Jim tapes the letter back together so nothing else bad can happen. Then he remembers his father's friend Mr Kasamedes and wants to ask him for a loan. There's just one problem, Mr Kasamedes third daughter Debbie, is single and looking for a man. Jim has to take Debbie to a disco so her father will lend Jim's father the money.. Luckily for Jim, Debbie meets the man of her dreams at the disco and Jim is off the hook. Jim tells Liz and Rick that the chain letters he wrote and sent out to his friends brought him good luck. Then the 'postie' arrives with mail for Liz and Rick, Jim sneaks away silently before they read the letters.

Memo becomes a Greek Orthodox priest after attending a Greek religious festival. While on his Priest 'P plates' he has to abstain from sex, drink and losing his temper for 40 days and 40 nights. In the cafe watching the soccer replay, Memo argues with a soccer referee who 'red cards' him and wants to settle the argument outside. What Memo doesn't know is that the soccer ref is Liz's uncle. Later Memo has given up his idea of being a priest and Liz phones her uncle to tell him the plan worked.

When good looking girls start coming into the cafe and asking for Jim, Memo wants to know what's going on. Jim's organising a beauty contest to bring customers into the cafe. When Effie hears about this she wants to enter. Liz thinks it's degrading to women and wants Jim to call it off. Memo tells Effie she can enter the contest and gives her a neck to knee bathing suit while the other girls have one piece swimsuits on. Liz is one of the judges and asks Effie one question, then declares Effie the winner. Jim's prize of a date with a celebrity was a not true and Effie and the other girls chase Jim until he arranges a date for Effie with Ricky and Memo as chaperone.

Rick, Jim and Memo are going to a soccer game when Rick's friend Rosetta visits and asks Rick if he can do her a favour. She needs a babysitter for her daughter Carmen. Rick has to stay and look after the baby while Jim and Memo go to the game. Liz arrives and helps Rick with the baby. Later, Memo and Jim return but Rosetta doesn't. Next morning Rosetta arrives with her new boyfriend who doesn't know she has a baby. He leaves, Liz goes after him and Rosetta and Eric re-unite.

Jim asks Rick for his opinion about a ring, it's his Grandmother's and he wants to sell it to buy a new muffler for the monaro. Rick tells him to ask Liz. Jim gives Liz the ring and tells her to think about a question he wants to ask her when he returns. Liz thinks Jim has just proposed.. Jim and Effie return from their cousin's wedding, Rick and Memo tell Effie about the ring. Effie tells Liz to let Jim down easy,in fact she'll do it for her. Effie tells Jim that Liz thinks he wants to marry her. Jim asks Effie to help him out of this situation. Liz and Jim remain friends, Liz writes Effie a proposal for Ricky but he turns her down with a kiss on the cheek. How embarrassment..

Effie and Sophie ask Jim for a job at the cafe, Rick tells them they can't afford to hire more staff just now. Liz and Rick suggest they try the employment agency. Jim tells Effie if she can get a job,Memo and he will be her slave for a week.. Effie and Sophie get a job at Macarthurs, but lose it the same day. Next day they get a job at the bank and Jim and Memo lose the bet.

Liz takes Jim to see a Shakespeare play. Jim liked it so much he wants to stage Shakespeare in the cafe. Romeo and Juliet will never be the same again.. Jim pays a theatre critic (John Hindle) to come see the show and write a good review. Next day Effie has a 'swelled head' because of the reviews.

Memo's looking for a husband for his sister Aphroula,a lady customer writes Memo a note and he asks her for a date. Jim phones his friend Harry (the bouncer at Vibrations)to take Aphroula out, but Memo wants to interview him first.. Harry arrives and sees Memo's date ,thinks she's Aphroula and they leave together. Jim has to take Aphroula to the disco and Memo tells him, No funny business.. Next day, Liz gives Aphroula a makeover and then all the boys are interested.