House Husbands

The Crabb house is bursting at the seams with Phoebe and her new baby Jem in the mix, when Gemma's mum Wendy arrives on their doorstep. Lewis and Gemma are so frazzled they forget Tilda's birthday, so cobble together an ad-hoc party which is overshadowed by rival school mum Dimity.

Meanwhile, Justin and Nicola are crammed into a one-bedroom rental and need a new house to live in. The House Husbands leave Tilda's disastrous birthday party to try and buy Justin a new family home, but get held up — at gunpoint. Will Justin be able to build his family their dream home?

After their pregnancy scare, it's been decided Mark needs a vasectomy. Ultimately, Abi realizes she does want another child, and races in to stop the surgery. Will she get there in time?

Desperate to prove his manhood to his wife and friends, Mark creates major problems for Justin's home renovation.

Gemma struggles to tell her emotional mother Wendy that her father's affair wasn't a one-off thing.

Lewis is forced to admit he really has become good friends with Kane. He sees Tom with another man and decides to act on it.

Justin takes extreme measures to earn some quick cash for emergency work on his house.

Still reeling from her parent's separation, Gemma rekindles her friendship with a childhood sweetheart. Kane and Tom's relationship faces its biggest challenge yet when Stella's biological father returns and they risk losing their daughter.

Threatened by Gemma's renewed friendship with Damo, Lewis inadvertently puts Justin and Phoebe off-side. Meanwhile, Mark suggests Abi needs to relax more if she's going to fall pregnant. Phoebe introduces her new boyfriend Ryan to the family while trying to keep it a secret that she is a teenaged mum.

Kane and Tom's family life is turned upside down when they foster a troubled child. Meanwhile, romance is on the menu at Lucy and Mr Tuck's new apartment and Justin and Nicola celebrate their untimely divorce with a romantic night out.

A day of triumphs ends with a tragedy that will change the house husbands' lives forever. Mark is hoodwinked by Justin into employing Nicola as his personal assistant, but her inexperience threatens his career and friendship with Justin.

Justin struggles to deal with everyday life without Nicola. Justin's twins suggest a unique ceremony to farewell their mother and Abi makes a life-changing decision that creates an embarrassing problem for Rhys.