19/12/2023

Emma’s struggling after her late night and covers when Susan invites her round for coffee. Then George comes in, teasing Emma mercilessly about her behaviour last night. He convinces Emma she woke Jim up by shouting a limerick through his letter box, then mooned him when he opened his front door. Emma is mortified, confessing all to Susan, who can’t believe she did it. Jim was dumbstruck when Emma apologised this morning. But Jim has since telephoned Susan and explained he didn’t know what Emma was talking about. They quickly realise George has tricked Emma. Later, Emma pays George back by pretending Jim took her apology seriously. And he wants compensation in the form of doing a couple of dirty jobs for him – which Emma has agreed George will do on her behalf! George is indignant, before sussing that Emma’s been just as clever as him and they’ve both caught each other out.

When Chris drops Martha off at The Nest Alice asks if he will babysit tonight. Chris agrees, guessing it’s a date with Alice’s new boyfriend. Later, Alice gets a text from Chris during dinner, then tells Harry she came to the same restaurant once with Chris. She feels awkward about it, but thinks Chris has accepted the new situation pretty well. Later however, Harry, identifying himself as Mr Chilcott, rings Chris to say a friend recommended his skills as a farrier and asks if Chris can shoe a horse for him. In blithe ignorance Chris agrees to squeeze Harry in tomorrow and Harry says he looks forward to meeting him.