"They have three children, Penny, who has been frequenting a disco called" Downmarket", Hannah, whose teachers say is depressed, and Sam, whom Colin fears Kate is encouraging to be gay.Colin teams with a womanising hack writer named Mike McCord to work on "Coastwatchers", who hates the idea, but wants his name on the film as co-writer because it's an instant status boost in the industry, even though he is primarily just typing dictation.