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The Announcement

Episode 2.1 (9)
September 18, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

The foxy ladies of Fountain Gate — high maintenance Kath and her hornbag daughter, Kim — are back in the new eight-part series.

Kath Day-Knight should be the happiest woman in Fountain Lakes. A forty-something lady who likes to keep herself trim, she married her great hunk o'spunk, Kel, a month ago. However, their eagerly anticipated connubials had gone tragically wrong — leaving Kath in plaster in hospital — and she is far from her flagrant self.

Meanwhile, her daughter, Kim, is still shut out of the marital unit she shared with her estranged husband, Brett, after her ice maiden act backfired. She blamed the failure of their marriage on not having had enough time to sow her rolled oats. Still, Kim does have her second-best friend, accident prone Sharon Strzelecki, to help her feel better — by comparison.

This series, newlyweds Kath and Kel are set to discover the truth about marriage — is it all it's cracked up to be? Will Brett decide he cannot live without Kim's foul temper and mood swings after all? Can Kim achieve her dream of being effluent? Is a relationship finally on the horizon for sports-mad Sharon?

In the first episode, Kim Craig nee Day's marriage is still up the proverbial, and newlywed Kath Day-Knight's libido has gone AWOL. They both look inside their chasms and think outside the box with some very positive results.

Guest Cast: Marg Downey as Marion, Shivantha Wijesinha as Imran

Inside Out

Episode 2.2 (10)
September 25, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

Although Kel is getting right up Kath's goat — literally — they find they still have some marital niggles to iron out.

Meanwhile, Brett has finally popped the 'R' word (renovating), and Kim's head is filled with nothing but silly putty.

Guest Cast: none

The Moon

Episode 2.3 (11)
October 02, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

Kimmy is bored. Brett is working 48 hours straight, Sharon has a new best friend, and Kath is in the roof looking for her vanity. Will Kimmy succumb and go to the stupid school reunion? If so, what will she wear?

Guest Cast: Nicholas Bell as Airline Representative, Sibylla Budd as Lisa-Marie, Helen Thomson as Liz, Fiona Todd as School Reunion Guest

Obsession

Episode 2.4 (12)
October 09, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

Kath and Kel's new eating plan is leaving them totally shagged, but not in the way they would like. Unlucky-in-love Sharon decides to take positive steps to improve her vavavoom. Meanwhile, Kim is helping Brett on his career projectory.

Guest Cast: Tony Martin as Mark, Peta Brady as Kelly, Vince Colosimo as Jared, Kate Atkinson as Shop Assistant, Lynda Gibson as Health Spa Client, Martina Kilmurry as Moira, Lisa Zavalis as Shona

My Boyfriend

Episode 2.5 (13)
October 16, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

It's on! Sharon has a boyfriend and pash rash 24/7.

Meanwhile, Kim and Brett's marital issues come to a head while shopping at IKEA. And Kath has the inkstinks for floral designs.

Guest Cast: Tony Martin as Mark, Leah Vandenberg as Shop Assistant, Greg Carroll as Shop Assistant, John Molloy as Ikea Customer, Clementine David as Official

Another Announcement

Episode 2.6 (14)
October 16, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

Kath and Kel are rattling around in that big house, which is feeling rather empty after the departure of Kim.

Kath starts looking at Kel in a new light, and thinks he has genes to die for.

Kim becomes gropable when Brett won't talk about his privates and refuses to go to birth classes with her. Sharon is keen to go, but finds it all a bit too emotional. She also has a calling, auditioning for the Commonwealth Games Volunteers.

Guest Cast: Judith Lucy as Bettina, Glenn Butcher as Commonwealth Games Committee Member, Steve Adams as Father

The Shower

Episode 2.7 (15)
October 23, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

Kim doesn't give a fat rats that her best friend, Tina, isn't coming to the baby shower — as long as she drops off a present.

Meanwhile, Kath's head is screwed on backwards when Kel's mate, Sandy Freckle, arrives.

Guest Cast: Frank Woodley as Wrestling Fan, Rock Hampton [William McInnes] as Sandy Freckle, Belinda McClory as Mona

The Hideous Truth

Episode 2.8 (16)
October 30, 2003
Written by Jane Turner & Gina Riley
Directed by Ted Emery

Kim is in labour, in hospital, but where is dad-to-be, Brett? He is at Computacity Maribynong for its grand opening… will he miss hers?

Meanwhile, everyone's past catches up with them. We find out why Kel had fallen out with best mate, Sandy Freckle. What was Kim's dad really like? What happened when Brett first set eyes on Kim? And just who was Sharon's first love?

Kath and Kim get a rude shock when a whiff of Brut 33 announces the arrival of somebody long forgotten...

Guest Cast: Mick Molloy as Gary Poole, Mark Trevorrow as Tailor, Tobin Saunders as Jan, Julie Forsyth as Sheila, Rock Hampton [William McInnes] as Sandy Freckle, Alan Brough as Male Nurse, Halle Denman as Debbie, Melissa Eccleston as 70s Nurse, Kaarin Fairfax as Nurse, Holly Hastie as Baby Kim, Naome Ivushkov as Epponnee Rae, Yasiru Kanathigoda as Baby Khan, Bev Killick as Ward Sister, Shivantha Wijesinha as Imran