Tom tries to get his sister to think straight. Has he done enough?

Radio Times: Tom makes an impassioned plea and David comes to the rescue.

Characters: Anna, David, Helen, Johnny, Tom, Tony

• With the hearing tomorrow, Anna wants to know how Helen intends to plead. Helen is still focussed on pleading guilty to the lesser charge of wounding in order to minimise her sentence but Anna impresses upon her that if she acted in self defence, she should plead not guilty.
• As if he hasn’t enough troubles, David reports that Tom’s pigs are in a state: not loose but all mixed together, so he and Johnny have to break off cabbage planting to sort them. David helps, then has some ideas to share – for Open Farm Sunday, to help with their silaging and to help Johnny with the cabbages today.
• Anna reports to Tony that she still doesn’t know how Helen will plead. Anna wonders whether life with Rob has closed down areas of her mind so she can no longer think for herself; quite possibly her decision will be the one she thinks Rob wants her to make, to punish her.
• Why is mum not visiting? Without telling any lies, Tom and Tony assure Helen that Pat wants to see her but it was just not possible today. Against her will, they insist on talking about her plea; it is vital. She must stop over-thinking this. It’s not a matter of risk, it’s about what actually happened, which she alone knows. Anna cannot tell her how to plead but Tom can, her brother, who loves her and knows her. It must have been Rob’s fault; he must have threatened her or Henry. She would never hurt someone else without a reason. She must not lose Henry and the baby to Rob. She must plead not guilty – because she is not guilty; somehow Rob must have made her do what she did. Tom is sure of that.