Susan is annoyed by the lack of activity in the Harper household and wants to go on a cultural excursion. Ben on the other hand wants to do nothing but the crossword - "You love the Tate, I love the sofa" he says. Susan eventually persuades Ben to do some DIY - converting Nick's old room into a nursery for Janey's baby.
Ben discovers his own obituary has been printed in the paper by mistake. Michael takes it upon himself to pen a funeral oration and asks Nick and Susan what his best qualities were - Nick: "His feet", Susan: "Me". Mr Gleeson, the next door neighbour, has also seen the obituary. Smitten with Susan he wastes no time in offering his companionship - she soon has him cleaning the windows and cutting the grass.
Meanwhile Nick is distressed to find his room being turned into a nursery. Feeling that he is being unceremoniously pushed out of the family nest he resolves to disrupt their plans.
After Ben has put the finishing touches to the new wallpaper, Nick sneaks in and tears it all down.
At the surgery Roger has moved into the 'deceased' Ben's room and already redecorated. Ben is furious and throws Roger out, his temper then leading him to the newspaper offices where he threatens violence in order to get a retraction printed.
Back at home, Susan puts the wallpaper back up in the new nursery and catches Nick red-handed about to rip it down again. Nick begs and pleads to be allowed home again and Susan is suckered. On Ben's return Susan has a surprise for him. Nick is asleep in the nursery's cot - "our little angel has moved back".
