Tim hosts a one-off fund raiser in support of the BBC 's charity night,including a contest in three parts comprising a bitch-off,a flirt-off and a drink-off,as well as musical numbers. The show includes characters from two other sitcoms 'Coming of Age' and 'Grown-ups' in which Sheridan Smith played a character called Michelle,hence the title. Janet and Michelle are seen to perform a duet together. Written by don @ minifie-1

Janet and Gaz are living as a couple, though he is irritated by her habit of starting every sentence with Since Jonny died... and the fact that she has made a candle out of Jonny's ear wax to remember him by. His admission that he was going with Donna and Janet at the same time does not help either. However they agree that they must move on, and, as the hospital letter showed that Corinthian was not Jonny's son, Janet urges Gaz to get a court order recognizing him as the child's official father. Written by don @ minifie-1

Gaz determines to be a good father,dressing the part and practising his parenting skills on Tim,who is trying to encourage Louise to be a better mother and stop leaving her baby behind when she goes out. Gaz goes to court and is granted his order but Donna returns,followed by boyfriend Wesley,who is dismissive of Runcorn and wants her to go back to London with him. Written by don @ minifie-1

Whilst Tim persuades Louise that her baby does not need a father figure and that she can go it alone Donna is annoyed after Gaz tries to set her up with a tramp as well as giving Wesley courtship advice that she finds questionable though she sees that he has her genuine interests at heart. Nonetheless she decides to set up house with Wesley. After a youth mugs her Janet becomes a police Community Support Officer. Written by don @ minifie-1

With the divorce papers still not through Donna and Gaz are unsure if they have done the right thing though when Donna sees that Wesley is making an effort to fit in with Runcorn life she knows who she wants. Unfortunately Wesley gets Tasered by Janet,who is desperate to arrest somebody,with the result that she gets arrested herself and fired. Louise meanwhile,anxious that she should be a better mother than Janet,quizzes her baby on I.Q. questions and mathematics. Written by don @ minifie-1

Donna and Gaz are at the solicitor's office to sign the divorce papers but still unsure if they are doing the right thing as,in a series of flash-backs,they recall how they first met as children and their subsequent life together. They also,in a fantasy sequence,try to imagine what life would have been like had they never met,with a scary look into the future. Written by don @ minifie-1

Wesley gives Gaz a ring with which to propose to Janet and Donna offers to help him plan the wedding,despite Tim's view that it might end up causing her pain. However she spends a day with Gaz and all goes well. Janet is working with Wesley on his market stall selling Val Doonican C.D.s but is rushed to hospital with stomach pains and needs surgery. Wesley tries to ring Gaz but Gaz has ended up in bed with Donna. Written by don @ minifie-1

Janet is discharged from hospital having had her appendix taken out. Wesley held her hand all night as she tells Gaz,who confesses that he slept with Donna,resulting in Janet throwing him out. When she catches up with him again he is back with Donna and the two women deliver an ultimatum,forcing him to choose which one he wants to be with. Louise meanwhile meets promising boyfriend material in Scott Chegg,of the boy band R Soul. Written by don @ minifie-1

Despite Tim's assurances that they are both too good for Gaz,Janet and Donna give him a deadline to choose between them though Gaz's admission to Janet that he really is Corinthian's father does not go down as expected. Louise worries that Scott will dump her for a groupie so,on Gaz's advice sends a saucy photo of herself by phone,receiving a reassuring text message, I Think I Love You. She will soon be leaving Runcorn to join a moon-worshipping sect. Gaz has made his decision and rushes to tell the girl of his choice but is involved in a terrible car accident which leaves him paralysed in a hospital bed. As he comes to, the girl of his choice is at his bedside. Written by don @ minifie-1

Janet is in the Archer,waiting for news of Gaz and is devastated to hear not only that he is paralysed from the waist downwards but that he has chosen Donna over her. She and Tim and Wesley perform a series of musical numbers including a rap and a hymn to Runcorn's pasties . Janet will shortly be moving to Milton Keynes with Corinthian whilst Wesley goes back to London, Tim becoming the licenced landlord of the Archer. Written by don @ minifie-1

Donna is at the hospital where she has been visiting the stricken Gaz. In a plot which is borrowed from the film 'Sliding Doors',she imagines the two possible scenarios of her continuing relationship with Gaz,the one depending on him being able to walk and the possibility of their having children together and the other based on the premise that he will be in a wheelchair permanently. Written by don @ minifie-1

The Lives And Loves Of Five Friends In The Northern Town Of Runcorn