When Miranda runs into old friend Gary, who ends up being the new chef next door, he asks her out on a date. Miranda decides to have a makeover so that she will look more feminine but everything does not go to plan.

Miranda decides to try an make Gary see her in a sexual way. Miranda decides to learn French after listening to Stevie. Miranda finds out that the teacher is Mr Clayton, an old school teacher. Miranda is shocked he goes out on a date with Stevie.

Miranda is pressurised by her mother to get a proper job. Miranda decides to apply for the position of a sales manger at a local department store. Miranda signs up at a local gym and then tries to get out of the contract. Gary tries to help out at Gary's restaurant as a waitress but she is not a success.

Miranda decides to book a holiday but ends up checking into local hotel, Hamilton Lodge. After just over a day in the hotel, Miranda has experienced everything the hotel has to offer. Things become wacky though when she is mistaken for the hotel's visiting seminar leader. Gary finds out where Miranda is staying and comes to see her and ends up getting propositioned by a drunken Miranda who then passes out.

Penny is determined to find her daughter a husband after Miranda catches the bouquet at a wedding. She decides to hold a party to find her daughter the perfect man. After Tilly introduces her to Charlie, Miranda sees this as a way as not having to go to the party. The date doesn't go well though and Miranda manages to make a quick exit. Miranda tells her mother she is a lesbian in a last ditch effort to avoid the party.

After a handsome man's wallet is found in the joke shop both Miranda and Stevie are determined to win his affections. With Gary leaving for Hong Kong, Miranda has one last chance to tell him how she really feels.