Pat and Tony worry about the future of Bridge Farm. Rob thinks Helen should look to a different future. At least the baby hedgehogs are doing well.
Radio Times: There are challenging times facing Bridge Farm, and Rob speaks his mind.
Characters: David, Helen, Jill, Pat, Rob, Tony- Jill is delighted with her orphaned hedgehogs, though David is noticeably less enthusiastic. Ben and Josh have made them a run, and Jill loves watching them. She is concerned to hear that David is doing some evening shifts for Adam. Is Adam trying to impress Charlie?
- As Bridge Farm tries to come to terms with a possible loss of organic status, Tony rants and fulminates, trying endlessly to reach Tom by phone. Pat makes some effort to calm him down, but makes little progress.
- Helen calls to ask if she can store the shop’s stock of pork products in a freezer until the problem is sorted out. Tony thinks she should just dump them. It is, after all, all Tom’s fault.
- Rob offers oleaginous advice to Helen. She needs to see the current problem as an opportunity. He realises it must be embarrassing for her parents to be caught out like this, but after the E-Coli disaster and the threat of TB, maybe Helen should rethink her position. It could be really liberating. Helen tries at first to present Pat and Tony’s point of view, but when Rob compares the situation to his relationship with Jess, which seemed such a problem until he met Helen, and tells Helen that he is thinking about their future, she simply melts.
- Tony finds Pat trying and failing to understand Tom’s paperwork. Tony suggests asking Maurice to help with that. It is Tom’s problem not theirs. Meanwhile they need some lunch.
Scriptwriter: Simon Frith
Summarised by: Jo Saunders