18/10/2018

Elizabeth is on Jill’s mind. She admits to Lynda she’s worried Elizabeth isn’t taking care of herself, and feels she’s hiding something. However the short break with Carol was just what Jill needed to distract her.

Robert’s sceptical about Lynda’s plan to visit the Cider Club unannounced. Jazzer objects to Lynda’s presence and her desire to experience a night out with the lads. He’s worried she might want to change their somewhat informal ambience. But he warms to her when Lynda reveals that she sympathises with Jazzer. They have common ground; she herself used to smoke. As she and Robert ply them with more cider and flattery until Eddie and Jazzer agree to sign up for Lynda’s production.

Josh has forgotten to lock up Jill’s hens and hasn’t checked on them. David finds some of the hens dead and confronts Josh. Only two hens survive and David is furious with Josh for once again shirking his responsibilities at Brookfield. Returning from her enjoyable trip, Jill’s shocked to learn about her hens, but later concedes unexpectedly that it was probably time to let them go. David’s reluctant to believe this from Jill, and insists to guilty Josh that his Gran’s still in shock. Josh needs to have a hard think about how he can help Jill get over this.