The foxy ladies of Fountain Gate, high maintenance Kath and her hornbag daughter Kim, are back - big time! Kath Day-Knight (Jane Turner) should be the happiest woman in Fountain Lakes. A forty-something lady who likes to keep herself trim, she married her great hunk o'spunk, Kel (Glenn Robbins). However, their eagerly anticipated connubials had gone tragically wrong - leaving Kath in plaster in hospital.
Meanwhile, her daughter, Kim (Gina Riley), is still shut out of the marital unit she shared with her estranged husband, Brett (Peter Rowsthorn), after her ice maiden act backfired.
In this series, newlyweds Kath and Kel are set to discover the truth about marriage - is it all it's cracked up to be? Can Kim achieve her dream of being effluent? Is a relationship finally on the horizon for sports-mad Sharon (Magda Szubanski)?