"Happy New Year" is a large-cast episode, and it's always fun to see Eddy and Patsy during the most important times of the year. This New Year's Eve finds Eddy and Patsy getting ready for a major underground dance event. In the meantime, Saffy is preparing food for the family and friends who will be arriving to celebrate. Mrs. M. is already there, but she'll soon be dopey due to all the medication she's taken. Bubble is also at the house, and she's trying to grasp the concept of how a new year begins. She also knows there's a matter of business that brought her to Eddy's, but she can't remember what it is. Justin and Oliver arrive, and Marshall calls Eddy on the phone. Marshall is seen celebrating in his California hot tub with his new girlfriend, Cherysh (Rebecca Front.) Eddy and Cherysh even talk on the phone for a few moments, and Marshall informs Eddy on Serge's whereabouts. As things settle a bit, Bubble exclaims why she's there. She announces Patsy has a sister, and Patsy's sister will be arriving at the house shortly. Eddy is not pleased to learn this! Patsy's sister, Jackie (Kate O'Mara, who returned to play the role in "Cold Turkey"), soon arrives, and the two catch up on the last twenty years. We learn in a flashback that the two haven't always gotten along, but it seems Patsy still idolizes her sister. Jackie is immediately insulting to Saffy, which leads Saffy to run out of the room and find peace in the kitchen with Bubble and a doped-up Mrs. M. Soon Sarah arrives, and she joins the kitchen crowd. Jackie doesn't seem to be the same jet set girl she used to be, but she does manage to fascinate Justin and Oliver. Jackie claims she's too tired to go to the underground dance event, but Patsy keeps trying to find ways to persuade her to go. Besides being tired, Jackie has to constantly use the toilet, and she also vomits a couple of times. Also, Jackie's vision is not so good when she isn't wearing her thick lensed glasses. This leads her to mistakenly eat potpourri instead of the nibbles. She tells Patsy she no longer lives the jet set way of life, and no longer uses drugs. She also tells Patsy of her scheme to open a refuge for stray cats and dogs. Eddy gets disgusted when Jackie keeps delaying their New Year's Eve celebration. Patsy finds she can't cope with her sister's changed personality, and decides to get rid of her. She finally gets Jackie out the door, but the midnight hour is already upon them. This episode briefly features Scott Walker's 1967 U.K. hit, "Jackie."
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