S1 • E1
Sixty-something Pat is a recent widow, whose grown-up daughters, married counsellor Helen and singleton Nicola, disapprove of her friendship with the free-spirited divorcee nicknamed Cabbage. After pat has met fellow grandparent Michael on the school run Cabbage determines to set them up on a date, much to a reluctant Pat's embarrassment. Meanwhile Helen gives Nicola a hamster, which escapes into the back of Pat's car. Cabbage takes Pat to take a secret look at Michael's house but the hamster jumps onto Pat's shoulder, making her crash into Michael's daughter's car.
S1 • E2
Armed with fake CVs provided by Cabbage Pat decides to go back to work but is side-tracked by grandson Jack's Baboon Break-out computer game, prompting Cabbage to encourage her to apply to work in a video game shop. After Jack's birthday party - where Cabbage, a name she took as a model in the 1960s, accidentally destroys the bouncy castle - the two women go by bus for Pat's job interview but never make it, as they go past their stop when Pat, to a round of applause from the other passengers, ticks off a threatening youth. Meanwhile Pat and Cabbage try unsuccessfully to pair up Nicola, who is conducting a secret affair with fellow teacher Toby, with Cabbage's son, musician Dylan, whose girlfriend Ida is a weird pathologist.
S1 • E3
Pat and Cabbage join a butchery class to meet eligible men but the only one fanciable is Terry, the teacher, and Pat is soon fighting rival Judy for his attention, leading to a tussle which sends a leg of beef flying through a window into the car park. The family prepares to attend an annual memorial for Pat's husband but Cabbage has taken her to a cut-price wine tasting instead. The daughters are appalled but Pat explains that she must be left alone to lead her own life now that she is a widow.
S1 • E4
Leaving Helen to argue with Jim and Nicola to wait for a call from Toby Pat and Cabbage attend the hen night of Dylan's ex-girlfriend Katrina, where they catch Toby in the arms of an apparently under-age girl. Nicola does not believe Pat when she rings to tell her but dumps Toby again anyway. Learning that Katrina has a child Cabbage is excited to think that Dylan could be the father but in fact the conception was via a sperm donor and Katrina takes out a restraining order against Pat and Cabbage. At least Pat gets to have another pleasant meeting with Michael.
S1 • E5
Pat and Cabbage go for a weekend break at a country cottage owned by Cabbage's mother Ruby but are surprised to see a nearly nude Dylan who is entertaining Ida there for her birthday. Cabbage cooks Ida a birthday meal, which is rebuffed as Ida is a vegetarian and Ruby has to stop her digging in her vegetable patch. Nicola also arrives, having fled a wedding where Helen and Jim are trying to match-make her. They also turn up, causing Ida to leave and the two families go for a country walk, getting lost and having to be rescued by Ida. Pat does however get a call from Michael, requesting a date.
S1 • E6
Pat and Cabbage visit a mystic woman who predicts a great future for Pat but only says "Hummus" to Cabbage. Bumping into her ex-husband Tom and his younger partner Clare, Cabbage invites them and Pat's family for a meal but is less than pleased to learn that Clare is expecting Tom's baby. When Jim's attempts at culinary skill cause a kitchen fire Cabbage takes delight in soaking Tom and Clare whilst putting out the flames. Nicola brings new boyfriend Steve, who wants her to join him in the army and go to Afghanistan. This causes a row with pacifist Dylan but he does end up kissing Nicola - before driving off to see Ida. At least Pat gets a firm date with Michael, confirming that the mystic's prediction was true.
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