Susan is angry and thinks of quitting her job while Brian finds more trouble comes his way from the contaminated land.

Radio Times: Susan feels unappreciated

Characters: Adam, Brian, Christopher, Helen, Jennifer, Philip, Susan

• Susan finds Chris attending to Aziz. Chris leaves his work to find his mother wishes to show him the local paper with a headline announcing Brian was stripped of his award because of ‘his toxic brand’. Chris is dismayed and notes that Alice can’t yet know of this. She was ‘under the weather’ and stayed over at a friend’s after the work do last night. Susan observes she hopes it wasn’t a hangover and Chris weakly answers it was more of a migraine and he had to call in to tell work that Alice wouldn’t be in. Susan reasonably asks if they won’t be annoyed since they know what happened at the work party the night before. Chris cheerily replies they seemed all right with it. (Oh, dear) Since Alice is out of the picture and Chris must continue working, Susan is appointed the one to go and tell the Aldridges about the front page bad news.
• Adam looks for Brian but Jennifer tells him Brian is having his car serviced in Borchester. Adam’s news is bad: one of the soft fruit buyers has cancelled the entire order because of the contaminated land. Jennifer wails that the polytunnels are nowhere near the clean-up operations. Adam tried to tell them even the soil isn’t the same. They are worried that customers will be put off by the name. Susan arrives with the papers. Jennifer is very distressed even though Susan has brought all spare copies from the shop. She announces that every household in the village gets one delivered. Jennifer stops Adam from calling Brian but Adam says if any other buyers pull out, he will have to be informed.
• Philip greets Brian buying a scotch in a pub in Borchester. Brian received the bad news that his car needs a new bearing and they can’t do it until tomorrow. Phil offers to drive Brian home. Brian is grateful for Philip’s support in the last meeting, as well. Brian discloses another defeat; the former worker he was seeking now has full blown dementia and resides in a nursing home.
• Helen sells Adam more kefir; apparently, Ian is a big fan. Helen congratulates Adam on Lexi’s surrogacy offer but Adam notes they are still waiting for the results of tests before they make it public. Lexi is visiting her daughters for a few weeks before things start happening. Susan comes in looking for Pat but she is resting. Susan wants to remind Pat to milk the goats earlier but Helen stops her. Pat is retired and she decides when to milk. Susan argues many angles but Helen tells her it is not good for the farm for Pat to be pestered. Susan is angry and leaves in a huff.
• During the ride home, Brian brings up Kirsty and Phil defends her. He notes their age gap is 10-12 years and he worries it is too much. Brian answers he would have his hands full with Kirsty. Phil sadly answers that it may not matter; he asked Kirsty for another lunch and she refused. Jennifer greets Brian at the door and hurries him inside. She didn’t go to visit Peggy. She shows Brian the local paper and Jennifer has called their solicitor but was informed there is no case. Brian hopes the BL board hasn’t seen it.
• Susan tells Chris she is still worried about Neil’s health. Chris notes that Alice is cooking tonight and Susan snidely asks if her ‘migraine’ is better. Chris says she was a bit subdued and Susan points out alcohol is not good for migraines. Helen calls and tries to mollify Susan a bit after their clash earlier. Susan announces she will be doing things Helen’s way from now on and they ring off. Susan complains bitterly to Chris about how she is not appreciated. Tracy said Susan should tell Helen where to shove her kefir. Chris cautions Susan shouldn’t be hasty and should NOT take advice from Tracy. No, answers Susan, Tracy is right; Susan should quit Bridge Farm and find a good managerial position where she will be appreciated. Chris points out there are not many jobs in Ambridge.