18/07/2014

Rob tries to calm anxious Helen as she prepares everything for dinner with his parents. Pat and Tony arrive first and enjoy a drink with Rob outside. They discuss Tony's new bull.

Rob's parents seem to be very late and Helen worries. Rob becomes bitter, spitting that this is just what his parents do. He's keen to eat without them, but angrily agrees to phone them when pushed by Helen. Pat and Tony try to eavesdrop on the conversation, speculating on what's going on between Rob and his parents. Rob reports that his parents are at home. They'd decided not to bother coming out.

Embarrassed Pat and Tony head home. Pat wonders whether they've been misjudging Rob. With a difficult family like his, there may be a more sensitive side to his character and a reason for his difficult nature.

When mystified Helen questions Rob about whether his parents were definitely coming, he gets defensive. He booked them a room at Grey Gables, for goodness sake. Helen apologises. Rob opens up about his past. He could never please his father and just had to get away. Helen comforts Rob. She and Henry are his family now. He doesn't need anyone else.