Fri, May 14, 1982
In his continuing attempts to woo Laura Howard buys an expensive bracelet on approval,hoping that she will be charmed by the gesture but refuse to take it. However she accepts. With the jewellers wanting the bracelet's return next day Howard ropes Trevor into a burglary which fails and ultimately,in order to get the bracelet back,must resort to insults - which rather defeats the object.
Fri, May 28, 1982
When Laura starts dating handsome Italian Count Monefiore Howard gets jealous and sets out to expose him as a fraud,a ploy which goes disastrously wrong in an Italian restaurant. He persuades Trevor to employ a private investigator but unfortunately he investigates Howard by mistake and reveals to Laura that he was the fraudster who swindled her out of her money.
Fri, Apr 23, 1982
On Mary and Trevor's wedding anniversary Howard plans to give them a night at the Majestic hotel - for free. He starts by gate-crashing a rugby club private party to steal drinks and then poses as a high-up from hotel management and a waiter in order to appropriate their food. Unfortunately when he steals the rugby club's salmon and waltzes off to dance with Mary Trevor pays the price with his trousers.
Fri, Apr 30, 1982
Howard is trying to write a romantic novel but Mary and Trevor are unimpressed. Learning that Laura from next door is a very wealthy widow Howard proposes to her and is turned down. He then passes himself off as Quincey Brown,the famous crime novelist but is rumbled when the picture on the dust jacket of Quincey's book shows that she was a woman who died a decade earlier. And Howard's claim to have written a poem by Byron also exposes him as a fraud.
Fri, May 21, 1982
Howard and Trevor are shopping in a department store when they see 'Greasy',Howard's old cell-mate, shop-lifting. Trvor agrees not to tell anybody if Greasy returns the items but Greasy puts them in Trevor's bag and Trevor gets arrested by the store detective. Howard has to impersonate a police officer claiming that Trevor is a very important person framed by Greasy in order to secure an escape for all concerned.
Fri, Sep 30, 1983
A jewel thief nicknamed Raffles is burgling houses in the locality and Laura is the latest victim. The police are called and Howard,with his past record and lack of an alibi,is the immediate suspect. However,having set a trap, Howard and Trevor discover Howard's old cell mate Greasy breaking into their house with Laura 's jewels. The police arrive but they are fooled into believing that Greasy is a passing motorist whose car broke down on his way home from the opera and he escapes.
Fri, May 7, 1982
In order to get money to impress Laura Howard tells bank manager Scrimshaw that ,if he advances him a thousand pounds,he will cut him in on ownership of a diamond mine he discovered in Africa. Howard uses Laura's house,claiming it as his own,to show Scrimshaw phoney diamonds and a pretend map but they are interrupted by the window cleaners and then by Mary,who throws the map on the fire and causes the 'diamonds' to melt into nothing.
Fri, Oct 7, 1983
Following her burglary Laura buys an Alsatian dog called Sabre but he growls at Howard every time he goes near Laura. Howard decides to train Sabre but,to Trvor's amusement,fails miserably so he gives the dog to a man he meets in the pub,lying to Laura that he has returned him to his original,blind,owner. When Sabre leads the man back to Laura's house she and Trevor are amazed at how able he is for an alleged blind man and when Howard comes in he has a lot of explaining to do.
Fri, Oct 28, 1983
Learning that Mary wants a divorce and that Laura is escorting Trevor to important functions Howard sets out to sabotage the relationship by persuading Trevor's secretary Gloria that her boss is in love with her. As a result Trevor takes Gloria to the firm 's dinner but falls foul of her jealous boyfriend who is acting as a waiter there. The resultant scandal gets in the papers but also sees Mary possibly returning to Trevor and Laura actually kissing Howard.
Fri, Oct 14, 1983
When Trevor learns that Mary has been seen with the younger,better-looking insurance salesman Reggie Thorne,he suspects they are having an affair so Laura goes out with Reggie and discovers the connection was quite innocent. Howeverit is now Howard who gets jealous as Laura begins to date Reggie and he poses as a gangster to frighten him away - very successfully in the event.