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1	Wicky’s latest job involves cleaning a pub, where the relations between the staff are rather complicated.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* AgeGapRomance: Between Lisa and Jacko, who was at least twenty years younger than her. She insists that their relationship was purely transactional — she got some arm candy, he had the prospect of eventually inheriting the pub from her.
5	* BarBrawl: Wicky has to clean up the aftermath of one of these, in which the bar manager was killed.
6	* EarAche: Poor Jacko lost both of his ears in the fight that claimed his life.
7	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Upon seeing a photo of Jacko, the resolutely heterosexual Wicky has to admit that he finds him attractive.
8	* EveryManHasHisPrice: Lisa offers Wicky £200 if he’ll clean naked. He gets as far as taking his shirt off before she tells him to stop.
9	* FanDisservice: Wicky gets topless.
10	* FluffyTheTerrible: The gruff, well-built and surly barman is nicknamed “Cuddle”.
11	* GrandRomanticGesture: Discussed, as Lisa advises Wicky on how to impress Jules, his new girlfriend.
12	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Lisa the landlady starts the day with bourbon. Initially, Wicky declines her offer of a pint while he works. But on hearing that the deceased was her (much younger) lover, and on finding both of his ears on the floor, Wicky accepts the offer of a pint.
13	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Cuddle reveals to Wicky that he and Lisa used to be married, but he stood aside when Jacko came along as he realised how happy he made her.
14	* TheReveal: Two.
15	** Cuddle and Lisa were married before Jacko came along.
16	** Wicky’s “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight” video ends with a picture of him and Ruth, which might explain why Jules’s attitude towards him has cooled.
17	* ShoutOut: A couple.
18	** Lisa accuses Wicky of “living in a Creator/RichardCurtis movie” after he claims not to know any corrupt police officers.
19	** Wicky says he recorded a video of himself lip-syncing to “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight” by Cutting Crew for his new girlfriend. At the end of the episode, we see it.
20	* TheShowMustGoOn: Even though the place is a blood-strewn crime scene, Lisa and Cuddle insist on opening the pub, as it’s a match day.

Context Recap / TheCleanerUKS2E1TheTransaction