Everyone thinks Barry is a sadistic wife batterer when Carrie accidentally gives herself a black eye. He's forced into finding out whether his daughter's new boyfriend is only after sex.

Barry agonises over whether to have a vasectomy, but more of a dilemma is how to deal with best mate Kirk when he makes a pass at Carrie.

Barry is caught wearing his wife's clothes - only marginally less embarrassing than being made to dress up as a fireman to fulfil one of her secret sexual fantasies.

Carrie goes into PC overdrive whilst interviewing a prospective tenant, and Barry's fed up with driving a taxi and decides to try his hand at massage.

Carrie and Barry realise their sex life has gone ominously quiet so Carrie attempts a bit of vicarious romance by setting up Kirk and acid-tongued Michelle on a date.