"Textual Relations" is the first episode in the fourth series of the ITV comedy My Parents Are Aliens. It was first broadcast on September 2 in 2002.
Synopsis[]
Josh, Lucy and Wendy all discover love through texting on mobile phones - or so they think, but when Brian gets his hands on a phone of his own things go very wrong, with memorable results.
Plot[]
It's Brian and Sophie's phone-a-versary, made up by Josh, and Sophie gives Brian a mobile. When Sophie is waiting for her gift, Brian has forgot, so he wraps her up a piece of bacon. Lucy tells Sophie that when you buy a present for someone, the present they buy should cost the same. Sophie then tells Brian she expects a decent gift or she'll file for divorce.
At school, Josh asks Pete or Frankie if either have done their maths homework, but neither have and Josh has no one to copy from. Josh instantly falls for a teacher, Miss Parker, who is standing in for Mr Whiteside whilst he's ill.
At home, Josh asks Lucy if she'll help him with his maths homework but Wendy and Lucy are going to junior astronomy club. Brian is suprised that Josh isn't going bowling because of homework and Lucy realises it probably won't happen again. Wendy and Josh encourage Lucy to help Josh.
Cast[]
- Tony Gardener as Brian Johnson
- Carla Medonça as Sophie Johnson
- Danielle McCormack as Mel Barker
- Alex Kew as Josh Barker
- Charlotte Francis as Lucy Barker
- Isabelle Melling as Wendy Richardson
- Patrick Niknejad as Pete Walker
- Jordan Maxwell as Frankie Perkins