* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nessa, though at times it's hard to see when the gold shines through. Especially with how she treats Gwen.
* MoralEventHorizon: Stacey trying to get pregnant without Gavin knowing. She stops taking her birth control for over a ''year'', and doesn't think to ask him whether he's ready to be a father.
* RetroactiveRecognition: James Corden guest-starred in ''Series/DoctorWho'' twice.
** Mathew Horne in ''TheCatherineTateShow''.
* {{Wangst}}: Stacey's endless longing for home in series two.
** Stacey's prone to this, her wangsting over not being able to have a baby ''right there and then''.