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3	->'''Dorien''': Tracey, just because a man winks at me, it doesn't necessarily mean I've slept with him. ({{Beat}}) Recently.
4	-->-- '''Dorien Green''' defending herself for her sexually active ways.
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6	* Date First Aired: 06/11/1992
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8	The café that Sharon has inherited is going well, and Sharon is in the money and rather full of herself. Tracey doesn't like being dependent on her however, and desires a job. Meanwhile in prison, Chris is being obnoxiously vocal about the thriving business and getting right up the noses of his fellow inmates.
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12	!!Tropes in this episode:
13	* AccidentalMisnaming: Wayne calls Dorien "Deirdre".
14	* TheAce: Gloria manages to completely turn around Sharon's café and make it a success.
15	* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Chris' new business goes straight to his head.
16	-->'''Chris''': Yeah hehe, ah it's funny 'ow things a worked out innit?
17	-->'''Darryl''': How d'y'mean?
18	-->'''Chris''': Well, me 'avin' a business now and you 'avin' sod all.
19	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Sharon rubs Tracey's head after giving her money.
20	* BigWhat: Sharon gives one in response to hearing the price that Marcus charges for his accounting work.
21	* BittersweetEnding: Tracey and Sharon make up, but without Gloria's help in the café, it is sure to become unsuccessful again.
22	* CallBack: Dorien gives Sharon the idea to let Tracey do the café's books after she did the same for the prisoner's wives group back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E5Confidence Confidence]]".
23	* CoolOldLady: Gloria seems to be one at first when she helps Sharon make a profit at the café seemingly only out of the goodness of her heart.
24	* CrazyJealousGuy: Sharon makes up a fake assistant named Craig to make Chris jealous.
25	* DeadpanSnarker:
26	** Chris remarks it's a shame Tracey couldn't keep Darryl's firm running, to which Darryl retorts Tracey isn't good with a shotgun.
27	** Dorien worries she hasn't made her mark on the world, but Sharon reassures her:
28	--->'''Sharon''': But you 'ave Dor. Your name's written in loads o' men's toilets.
29	** Dorien asks Sharon what Wayne does, to which Sharon responds he's the Belgian Ambassador.
30	* DirtyOldWoman: Gloria tells Dorien that if she was her, she would've strumped Wayne until her dentures rattled.
31	* TheDitherer: Dorien admits being fickle is one of her problems.
32	* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Sharon mentions she used to wet the bed.
33	* FictionalDocument: The local paper that Sharon appears in, the ''Chigwell Gazette''.
34	* {{Gasshole}}: Sharon mentions that after sex with Chris he used to roll over and fart.
35	* GiverOfLameNames: Sharon considered naming her cafe "Stuff Till Ya Chuck", to the horror of Tracey.
36	* HandsomeLech: Wayne goes through women like tissues, which is why Dorien is so into him.
37	* HilariousOuttakes: Creator/LesleyJoseph (Dorien) briefly forgets which character is Sharon and sheepishly retreats off the set to try again.
38	* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: It is briefly discussed whether Dorien is having a midlife crisis. However, Tracey comments that that would only be the case if Dorien lived to 150.
39	* InventedInvalid: Gloria lies her sister is an invalid, but in reality is in prison.
40	* KarmaHoudini: Gloria is fired from the café for stealing, but manages to avoid jail time because she'll grass up Sharon as well.
41	* LazyBum: Dorien can't be bothered helping Sharon at the café after Gloria is fired.
42	* MaliciousMisnaming: After Wayne calls Dorien "Deirdre", Sharon picks up the habit to annoy her.
43	* NoodleIncident:
44	** At the start of the episode, Tracey reminisces about a lovely holiday she and Darryl took to Portugal.
45	** Dorien was once outraged by a flasher who dressed better than her.
46	** Sharon has ended up in the local paper's court reports several times.
47	** Sharon lied about getting lice to get free shampoo.
48	* OneShotCharacter: Gloria and Wayne.
49	* OneSteveLimit: Gloria is the name of Sharon's new assistant, and was previously the name of a plumber in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E1GettingAGrip Getting a Grip]]".
50	* OneWordTitle: The title of the episode is "Breadwinner".
51	* OverlyLongName: Sharon notes that she didn't name her café after her and Chris' surname because she didn't have enough room to put the whole name on.
52	* TheReveal: The only reason Gloria put so much effort in at the café was because she was robbing Sharon blind of stock and money from the till.
53	* SerialSpouse: Gloria has had three husbands.
54	* ShoutOut:
55	** Sharon calls Chris "[[Film/ZorbaTheGreek Zorba the Cheat]]".
56	** Sharon mentions her café is so empty that Creator/SalmanRushdie could eat there without getting caught.
57	* StatusQuoIsGod: Gloria helps turn Sharon's Café into a success but is then fired leaving things to go back to the way they were.
58	* TakeOurWordForIt: The picture of the bloke inside the card that Sharon got is not seen, just Tracey's disgusted reaction.
59	* TakeThat:
60	** After Darryl mentions that he's never seen a couple argue like Sharon and Chris, he then asks Tracey if they're part of the UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily.
61	** Sharon laughs at the size of Creator/DawnFrench's jacksie.
62	* ThrowTheDogABone: Dorien compliments Sharon for her café's success without any snark or sass.
63	* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Wayne's plans for the evening with Dorien are so erotic that even she briefly becomes overly flustered. She still wants to go through with it though.
64	* VSign: Darryl gives Chris one with a pair of cigars.

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