Ursula takes control at Blossom Hill Cottage, Johnny has ploughing under control and Rob takes charge at the shop.

Radio Times: Helen may be offered a helping hand, and Johnny is a chip off the old block.

Characters: Bert, Helen, Johnny, Rob, Tom, Ursula

• Tom teases Johnny about the number of Valentine cards he has received. It reminds him of John, though like all Archer men, he didn’t always choose wisely. Johnny asks if Tom is referring to Sharon, but Tom wriggles neatly out of that one. Meanwhile Tom will help Johnny with the cultivating.
• When Rob finds Helen putting flowers in Ursula’s room, he is, as usual, quick to find fault, particularly as the flowers came from the huge bouquet he bought her, along with a number of other presents. And why isn’t Helen wearing the dress he gave her? Because it is far too big, protests Helen. Cue for more ridicule from Rob. Looking at Helen, people would think she was not pregnant. Helen is surprised that Rob is not staying to welcome his mother, but of course Rob has important manly things to do.
• As Johnny acquits himself well preparing a seedbed, Bert arrives. Johnny and Tony are to stage a ploughing competition with Bert as judge. Bert is happy to offer advice and to tell Johnny about Freda. But he has to admit that Johnny is an apt pupil.
• Henry draws Mummy, Daddy and the baby, and offers to do a similar drawing for Ursula, who is quite won over by his charm. Helen does her best to make her mother-in-law welcome, though Ursula is somewhat dismissive when Helen points out that Pat could have helped with half-term childcare. Helen probes a little into fraternal Titchener relationships, and discovers that sibling rivalry featured strongly in Rob’s early life. Helen is surprised to see Rob home; he claims to have forgotten his charger.
• At the shop, Tom takes issue with Rob’s decision to put some non-organic chicken in the chiller cabinet. Rob sneers, as usual – what did Tom do with some beef a few weeks ago? Tom points out the importance of knowing the farm from which meat is sourced, but is put firmly in his place by the loathsome one. Tom is just making a drama out of a crisis.