Kirsty makes a new friend from among the pickers and David has to accept that he is not Brian’s first choice.

Radio Times: Ruth has a decision to make and Roy makes a bad first impression

Characters: David, Jill, Kirsty, Lexi, Ruth

• Lexie meets Kirsty to arrange some English lessons, though Kirsty is unwilling to accept payment. Lexie tells Kirsty about her teenage daughters and mother in Bulgaria, and her hopes of improving her English to secure a good job in the hospitality field. because of the noise around them, Kirsty suggests going back to her place.
• Ruth and Jill discuss Caroline’s death, and then Ruth tells her mother-in-law about Brian’s request for her to act as Attorney. Ruth is undecided about the offer. David joins them, and Jill makes her feelings about Brian and his expensive culinary tastes very clear. David is unable to understand why Brian didn’t ask him rather than Ruth to represent Ruairidh until he recalls the conversation about old age.
• Back at Kirsty’s, Lexie tells her that Freddie has told people he is working because his mother struggles to make ends meet. Kirsty soon puts the record straight, Roy then appears, in a foul mood because Phoebe has left her stuff in the hall. Kirsty tries to calm him down by introducing Lexie, but Roy is too upset about Caroline and fed up about a bad day at work, so Lexie takes herself back to the caravan. Kirsty tells Roy what she thinks of his rudeness and his opinion of migrant workers.
• Jill’s enthusiasm for the pop-up café is undiminished and she is off to pick up food items with Kirsty. David thinks she should not be doing this at her age; Ruth retorts that he is just in a bad mood because Brian thought him too old to represent Ruairidh. Ruth tells him she has not yet made a decision. She will get to Brian with her terms and conditions.