- Erin and Orla's joint 18th birthday, threatens to be overshadowed. Meanwhile the family try to get their heads around the outcome of the vote, the friends realize that they are not ready for what the future holds.
- The gang bows out in this special extended episode which returns to Derry one year on, as the friends are preparing for their final year of school. It's the week of the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement but the timing could not be any worse as the highlight of the year, Erin and Orla's joint 18th birthday, threatens to be overshadowed. While the family try to get their heads around the possible outcome of the vote, the friends realise they may not be ready for what the future holds.
- It is one year later after the death of Clare's father. Orla is about to turn 18 so she applies for her voting ID card and makes a funny face for the ID photograph. It is important for her to get this ID as soon there will be a referendum vote on the Northern Ireland peace process. After she does this she dances through the streets of Derry. Meanwhile Michelle has gotten a job at Dennis' Wee Shop, James is editing their video project, pining over images of Erin, and Erin is catching up on some reading. Clare and her mother moved away from Derry after her father's death but not too far, just 20 minutes away. The Quinn family has gotten a magical new appliance, a microwave oven, and are ecstatic. But Da Gerry is not ecstatic that cousin Eammon has moved in after his house's roof collapsed. Eammon is right pain in the neck for Da Gerry, breaking things such as the bathroom door. Meanwhile Orla and Erin argue over the theme of their joint birthday party. Erin wants literary greats while Orla wants monkeys, so they compromise. At school, after another one of Jenny Joyce's terrible stage plays, Sister Michael declares she is the dictator and her word is law. She then gets the bad news from Father Peter that the bishop is planning on removing her from her position at the school. Orla and Erin start to pass out invitations to their birthday party but are shocked to discover Jenny Joyce is having her birthday party on the same night. And her party is going to be a lot better. Michelle says she can get a famous Irish singer to appear at the party by snogging the singer's nephew. Meanwhile Granda Joe is trying to explain how the referendum peace process will work and everyone is still a bit confused. The gang go to Dennis' Wee Shop to get party supplies. Dennis makes reference to Michelle's older brother Niall who is in prison for a murder committed during the Troubles. Erin makes a face when Michelle wonders if her brother will get out of prison or not. Later as they decorate the parish hall for their birthday party Michelle and Erin have a huge fight about her brother possibly being released from prison. Michelle storms out and James leaves with her. Later James and Clare try to reconcile the gang but only make it worse with some hilarious telephone mix ups. The night of the party arrives and Erin and Orla are shocked to discover their mothers booked the parish hall at the same time as a First Communion party. All the family is there, including boring Uncle Colm. Da Gerry tries to get Colm to take cousin Eammon off his hands but Colm declares Eammon to be too boring. James and Michelle go to Jenny Joyce's party and it's a blast, but James does not like the company and Michelle is sad all her friends are not there. Meanwhile Clare is trying to get to Derry but runs into all sorts of problems. Erin shows up at Jenny's party and confronts James over his betrayal for not coming to her party but then Orla also appears and Erin is stunned. James tells them Michelle is sad so they got to comfort her and the gang reconciles and leaves the party. Soon after Clare appears at the party and causes a black out at Jenny's house so all the party people will move to Erin and Orla's party, including the famous singer who was booked for Jenny's party. Orla and Erin's party turns into a blast and everyone dances together. Erin asks her Granda if the peace process is worth it and he says yes, for you and the future generations. Meanwhile Sister Michael confronts the bishop and says she will not leave the school and if he tries to force her out she will fight him tooth and nail, so he relents. Soon after it is time to vote on the peace referendum. As each person votes the scene shifts back and forth to images from the Troubles. James videos Erin giving a lovely speech and they give each other significant looks but do not re-kindle their romance. In the final scenes we hear the peace vote achieved a 71% yes vote. In a tag scene that takes place in the present time Chelsea Clinton in New York receives a letter the Derry gang wrote her in 1995 asking her to hang out when she visits Derry with her parents.
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