White Gold

1985. Eight months have passed since Vincent Swan - Essex's premier and most amoral double glazing salesman - teamed up with gangster Ronnie and forced his boss Walshy to sell Cachet Windows to them for a pound coin. After a brief honeymoon period, it turns out having a massively dangerous and violent criminal for a boss isn't that much fun. This isn't helped by the fact that Vincent owes Ronnie £50,000. Still, Vincent's got the massive house and middle-class lifestyle he'd always wanted to give his wife Sam. Business is booming until a new rival appears, stealing most of Cachet's business.

Vincent is forced to employ Ronnie's inexperienced, dim-witted son, Ronnie Junior. At Sam's annual staff BBQ Vincent emerges the bigger man, allowing Sam and her boss to take the trophy in the mixed-doubles table tennis tournament. At Cachet, RJ makes a mess of promotional flyers whilst Fitzpatrick's negotiation skills leave Vincent out of pocket, in supplying a local model to Jo and Walshy for free. RJ has one last strategic move up his sleeve, and soon Vincent finds himself in a stand-off between Ronnie, Sam, an angry Irishman and three-time snooker world champion, Steve Davis.

Vincent takes Ronnie out for a boozy lunch to plead his case that he deserves a bonus. In his drunken state, Ronnie jumps a red light and is stopped by a policeman. However, he is let go when he discovers the police officer is his fellow brother, a Freemason. Surprised to learn of the Freemasons - a secret and exclusively male club - Vincent decides to take advantage of the potential business opportunity.

With Jo now co-running Cachet Windows with Vincent, the team immediately notice her hardline approach to business. After Fitzpatrick and Lavender sell and deliver a full set of windows to Mick Murphy, a traveling man in a caravan who doesn't pay up, she insists on cutting their commission unless they can recover the windows or the money. Jo strikes a deal with Vincent: give her one month to prove her value and do things her way or leave if she fails. The tension between Jo and Vincent reaches a climax when they sleep together, and Jo finally has Vincent where she wants him.

Under the guise of a summer holiday, Vincent and his family are off to Malta so he can deliver Ronnie's dirty pile of cash to a business associate, Mr. Setra. After successfully delivering the money, Vincent agrees to lunch the following day. Vincent is seduced by Mr. Setra's luxurious yacht and his business partner, Mr. Rudd, one of Europe's wealthiest time share property developers. The pair offer Vincent a handsome job opportunity in the Spanish Mediterranean coast, but Vincent has one problem: his current employer.

Ronnie is missing, Ronnie Jr is in turmoil - and Vincent isn't sure exactly how his new boss Mr Setra has 'taken care' of the problem. Also, the police are sniffing around. In the meantime, Cachet is lacking a leader - and perhaps Ronnie's disappearance offers up an entrepreneurial opportunity for Vincent. Vincent can't seem to make up his mind about who he wants to take to Spain with him - his relationship with Sam is on the skids, so maybe he should be running away with Jo? Meanwhile, Sam finds herself weighing up who she really has a future with - her husband in Spain or Lavender in Essex?