Poppy is anxious to impress her new school-friend,middle-class Zoe,and panics when Zoe asks to visit,fearing that Ray's drunken state will embarrass her. Efforts to get him to go out fail as he decides he wants to be a good father and passes out on the couch. Meanwhile Dougie and Jason set up as dog-walkers,rescuing a neglected dog from its cruel owner,but a house full of the animals wrecks Poppy's plans for her evening whilst Ray thinks he is hallucinating when he sees them,causing Zoe to term him an 'Alcy'. And so Poppy puts family loyalty in front of her desire to impress her friend.
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