Just Good Friends

1. S01E01After All This TimeSeptember 22, 1983—In 1978, high-flying secretary Penny Warrender was due to marry bookie Vince Pinner but he jilted her at the altar. Penny has since had a di
2. S01E02Hello AgainSeptember 29, 1983—Vince realizes how much he wants to get back with Penny and decides to brave a visit to her house to supposedly return her handkerchief, kno
3. S01E03Let's Spend the Night TogetherOctober 6, 1983—Penny and Vince meet in the park and he invites her to dinner at his flat - purely as a friend. The food is awful but the pair get on, Penny
4. S01E04Fatherly AdviceOctober 13, 1983—Vince decides to ask his scrap dealer father Les what he should do regarding his relationship with Penny and is surprised at the result give
5. S01E05I Don't Want to See You AgainOctober 20, 1983—Penny hopes Vince will ring her so that she can tell him she never wants to see him again but when he fails to call she goes to his betting
6. S01E06Happy Birthday PennyOctober 27, 1983—Penny's mother Daphne is not pleased when Vince arrives at the birthday tea she and husband Norman have organized for Penny - and even more
7. S01E07Moving In... and Out AgainNovember 3, 1983—To her mother's annoyance, Penny moves into the newly decorated flat with Vince but disaster soon strikes as, due to Penny not locking the d

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01GuiltOctober 7, 1984—Penny 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
2. S02E02Another ManOctober 14, 1984—Penny thinks Vince is taking her for granted and decides to teach him a lesson.
3. S02E03The Evidence/Or His Bottle WentOctober 21, 1984—Penny is summoned to a meeting at a restaurant with Graham, her controlling, patronizing estranged husband. He tells her that he wants her t
4. S02E04Caught on a Shoulder StrapOctober 28, 1984—Penny and Vince attend her boss's daughter Sammy's wedding where Vince accidentally gets his cuff link caught up with the bride's dress - le
5. S02E05Farewell HolidayNovember 4, 1984—Vince tricks Penny into going away on a week's holiday at his family's new Portuguese villa.
6. S02E06Pregnant?November 11, 1984—Penny is alarmed when she appears to have pregnancy symptoms and, whilst Vince's parents are delighted to think they may have a grandchild,
7. S02E07Goodbye AgainNovember 18, 1984—After getting her divorce Penny meets Vince for lunch and he proposes to her, though given his past record she is wary. Furthermore she has
8. S02E08SpecialDecember 25, 1984—Penny recalls how she first met Vince when he was selling ice creams from a van, their subsequent courtship, and the events leading up to he

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01ParisNovember 13, 1986—Two years have passed. Penny, now in a good job in Paris, meets Vince, who has taken over his father's scrap business, at the top of the Eif
2. S03E02Back in LondonNovember 20, 1986—Penny returns to London and is irate to learn that Vince has been married – though not especially happily – for a while but omitted to tell
3. S03E03Meeting by ChanceNovember 27, 1986—Having heard that Penny is back from Paris, Vince's wife, the elegant but highly unpleasant Georgina, comes to her office, posing as a clien
4. S03E04JuanitaDecember 4, 1986—Penny tells Vince she is being sent back to work in Paris - probably due to a complaint from Gina, who is now filing for divorce. In their P
5. S03E05The WitnessDecember 11, 1986—Some months have elapsed and Gina is attempting to obtain details of Vince's new wine importing business, run in conjunction with Les's Port
6. S03E06Employment ProspectsDecember 18, 1986—Things go badly in the divorce court for Vince, with Gina's solicitor vilifying him and a feminist judge giving her control of most of Vince
7. S03E07The WeddingDecember 25, 1986—Penny and Vince are planning to get married again but are being held to ransom by Gina. Not only has she 'arranged' for Penny to go back to

Season 3 ranked & reviewed