Just Good Friends
Season 2
A bittersweet sitcom about a couple who meet again five years after he jilted her at the altar.
Where to Watch Season 2
8 Episodes
- Guilt
E1GuiltPenny and Vince meet for a pub lunch but he so annoys her by bringing up the past and telling her that he sold the flat behind her back that she throws a drink over him. Drunk and depressed he turns up at her house to apologize but has an encounter with the law but next day he and Penny inevitably make up. - Another Man
E2Another ManWhen Penny feels that Vince is taking her for granted her friend Elaine encourages her to invent a mythical lover Steve to make him jealous though inevitably she fails to follow through. Meanwhile her mother Daphne is shocked to learn that Penny let Vince spend the night with her when Daphne and husband Norman went away for the weekend and even more shocked when Norman stands up to her and defends Penny. - Meeting Penny's Husband
E3Meeting Penny's HusbandPenny is summoned to a meeting at a restaurant with Graham, her controlling, patronizing estranged husband. He tells her that he wants her to admit to adultery with Vince to lessen the shame of a divorce - otherwise his mother will exclude him from her will. Fortunately Vince arrives to rescue Penny, and he has a plan - and reinforcements. - Caught on a Shoulder Strap
E4Caught on a Shoulder StrapPenny and Vince attend her boss's daughter Sammy's wedding where Vince accidentally gets his cuff link caught up with the bride's dress - leading to a row with Penny and the cancellation of the honeymoon. Meanwhile Daphne is less than delighted to get a surprise visit from Vince's parents, Rita and Les and his clumsy brother Clifford. Not only do they remind her of the aborted wedding but they seem to have more money than her. - Farewell Holiday
E5Farewell HolidayPenny is amazed when Vince tells her he is engaged to a woman named Angie - and even more so to learn that Angie has suggested Penny and Vince have a 'goodbye' holiday at his parents' Portuguese villa. The holiday begins on a platonic footing but ends up with the couple having to share a bedroom and a bed - due to the presence of a lizard, cunningly positioned by Vince. - Pregnant
E6PregnantPenny is alarmed when she appears to have pregnancy symptoms and, whilst Vince's parents are delighted to think they may have a grandchild, Daphne is anything but, giving her daughter a cautionary tale of a former friend in a similar predicament. Vince agrees to stand by her though ultimately it turns out to be a false alarm. - Goodbye Again
E7Goodbye AgainAfter getting her divorce Penny meets Vince for lunch and he proposes to her, though given his past record she is wary. Furthermore she has the offer of a training course in Paris, so that when he stays out all night, despite having a good reason, she decides that she is better off without him and must put herself first in future, accepting the Paris course - Christmas Special 1984
E8Christmas Special 1984In a feature length episode Penny recalls how she first met Vince when he was selling ice creams from a van, their subsequent courtship and the events that led up to his jilting her on her wedding day and her decision to marry respectable but controlling Graham. Consequently she comes down on the side of believing that she and Vince have no future together.
