The Archers

Writer: Naylah Ahmed Director: Pip Swallow Editor: Jeremy Howe

Ben Archer…. Ben Norris David Archer…. Timothy Bentinck Helen Archer…. Louiza Patikas Henry Archer…. Blayke Darby Jolene Archer…. Buffy Davies Kenton Archer…. Richard Attlee Natasha Archer…. Mali Harries Pat Archer…. Patricia Gallimore Tom Archer…. William Troughton Leonard Berry…. Paul Copley Rex Fairbrother…. Nick Barber Chelsea Horrobin…. Madeleine Leslay Joy Horville…. Jackie Lye Rochelle Horville…. Rosie Stancliffe Zainab Malik…. Priyasasha Kumari Jazzer McCreary…. Ryan Kelly Freddie Pargetter…. Toby Laurence Lily Pargetter…. Katie Redford Saskia…. Alison Belbin

Ben gives David a hand on the yard, appreciating the screen break. David jokes that Ben’s NHS work is to give him a break from the family farm. Ben observes his Dad can’t resist another dig over his views on inheritance tax. Joy asks if anyone from Brookfield’s available to help to check out the routes up Lakey Hill ready for the VE Day beacon lighting. Unsuspecting Leonard appears in the nick of time. He’s happy to help. He and Joy agree to meet tomorrow. David and Ben agree something needs to be done about dog walkers not picking up after their pets, risking neospora affecting livestock. David tells Ben he’s having some signs made to put up around Brookfield. Ben remarks on the hard hitting nature of the image but David maintains it needs to be impactful to get the message across. Helen’s car’s in dock and she gets a taxi ride with Rex to collect it. She spots he seems a bit down. Rex admits that he doesn’t know what to do about a woman who’s blowing hot and cold with him. Over coffee Helen advocates action over standing still – there’s nothing brave in that. Rex confides he always puts his everything into a relationship. What if he keeps choosing the wrong person? He refers back to Pip. Helen reckons he’s just still waiting for the right one. Can’t he tell this woman how he feels? Sometimes it’s better to just know. The right person will recognise the good person he is. What’s the worst that can happen?

There’s a thaw between Joy and Rochelle as they make the baked cauliflower postponed from last night. Joy suggests tentatively that she has some money set aside to help Rochelle get her own place. Wrongfooted Rochelle’s unsure. Joy presses on. It would be somewhere to bring the kids and have friends – like the one she met in the café the other day. Rochelle won’t be drawn. Instead she accuses her mum of wanting to reinvent her from head to toe. Rochelle feels judged. Joy insists she’s just trying to improve Rochelle’s lot – she’s not always thinking the worst of her. She knows Rochelle likes Ambridge, and just wants to help her stay around. Rochelle insists that’s not going to happen any time soon. She knows Joy and Mick want their space, and besides she’ll soon be back with her own family. Helen’s taken delivery of Tom and Natasha’s new sofas. Henry agrees to polish the hall floor. However he overdoes it and Natasha and Tom slip and slide. They see the funny side but it’s not the welcome Helen wanted to give them. Natasha accepts Helen’s gift of a vase, before declaring the sofas are in the wrong place. Helen apologises but Natasha backtracks – she’s grateful Helen was around when they arrived. Later Natasha wonders to Tom if she was a bit rude. This was after all Helen’s domain, so it must be a bit strange for her. She wonders if it’s too late to get out of the living arrangements. Tom confirms it is. Onwards and upwards.

Joy calls in to see Helen at the Beechwood house and helps with finishing off the packing and cleaning. Joy declares she’ll miss Helen even though she and the boys will be around a while longer. Helen assures her they’ll still visit one another. She presents Joy with an attractive gift, which Joy loves. She invites Helen to dinner; Rochelle’s cooking. Helen mentions her sighting of Rochelle with a friend at the cafe yesterday, but her description doesn’t ring a bell with Joy. Under mounting pressure from Saskia, Rochelle tries again with Freddie to request some training in an area of work that would increase her access permissions. It’s another no from Freddie, but as consolation he offers for her to join him on the Academy tour on Thursday. Rochelle tells Saskia later that this is real progress; she’s getting closer and Freddie’s definitely clocked she really wants to shadow more of what goes on. Saskia’s pleased but wants Rochelle to talk her through the layout of the building tonight. You never know how soon the opportunity to act will arise – they need to be ready. She appreciates Rochelle’s tricky position staying at her mum’s, but she needs to stay focussed on what they’re doing and why. Rochelle assures Saskia she’s in. She informs crestfallen Joy she can’t make dinner after all – but they have the ingredients so they can do it themselves. Joy doesn’t fancy it. Helen’s understanding; they can go to the Bull. When Joy insists on making her something, Helen requests Joy’s excellent fishfinger sandwiches.

Freddie’s keen to meet with Lily, but not so much when she wants to talk about how to keep spirits up on the cricket team. He wants to get out of his head, but can’t shake the concern of the camera being planted at work. Vince is too distracted to think about it and besides, he doesn’t seem to be taking it very seriously. Freddie’s stuck his neck out and asked the staff if they know anything but they’ve all played innocent – and he doesn’t want to appear as if he’s accusing them and risk the Academy visit next week. Every time he feels like he makes progress at work, something like this puts him back to square one. Lily reassures him. Vince clearly respects him. Freddie resolves to keep everything peeled. If something’s going on, he needs to know. Rochelle meets up with Saskia, who’s keen to ascertain that Rochelle hasn’t raised any suspicions with her mum as to why she’s staying with her. She makes it clear that once they’re done, Rochelle might need to burn her bridges. Rochelle assures her neither her mum nor the village have a hold on her. She’s committed to the cause. She really wants to get home – back to Saskia and the others. Saskia presses her for access to the abattoir – that’s Rochelle’s part of the task. Rochelle says it might take time. Helen spots them and says hello, which worries Rochelle. Saskia reckons Helen will forget all about it. Right now Rochelle needs to focus on getting them into the abattoir.

Zainab and Chelsea are admiring the new-born kids. Zainab’s happy to follow instruction and not get too close, while Chelsea would love to be more hands on. Helen tells her she’s welcome to pop in any time and maybe help when the kids are older. Satisfied with this, Chelsea heads off to the morris dancing event. Zainab shares her plan to recreate her parents’ wedding photos, and asks Chelsea if she’d get Azra to model for her business as an excuse to get her dressed in her wedding outfit. Chelsea agrees to do some research. In return she wants Zainab to come to the morris dancing experience with her. Helen breaks the news to Pat that she’s moving in with Tom and Natasha for a while. She doesn’t want to get so comfortable at the farm that she never looks seriously for her own place. Kenton and Jolene are pleased with the turnout for the morris dancing. Jolene’s provided a flower decked hat for Jazzer to wear in his role as leader. He’s horrified – bells on his ankles are bad enough. He insists no self-respecting Scot would do this. Jolene reminds him he’s English. Later the day’s going well though Jazzer reckons he’s getting a few funny looks. Kenton assures him no-one’s said a word about his cultural roots, so Jazzer races off to change into a kilt. He comes back just in time to relieve exhausted Kenton, who observes the kilt’s certainly got everyone’s attention. Happy Jazzer returns to his work, and the music starts up once again.

Kenton’s struggling to make the morris dancing steps stick despite Jazzer’s coaching. Jolene’s impatient. Kenton insists it’s just the final fine points he’s wrestling with. Jolene gives him one more hour. They have a pub to run and the bar’s busy. When he adds sticks to the routine she’s horrified; someone will get injured. Reluctantly Kenton agrees to keep it just to the dancing. Later Kenton concedes defeat – he’s never going to get it in time. Jazzer will just have to take over as instructor. Jazzer starts to refuse until Kenton offers to throw drinks in to the deal as well as food – only Jazzer can’t tell Jolene. Emma and Pat reveal to Tom that the storm tank plans Emma showed Martyn Gibson were fictitious, cleverly doctored by Brad. Emma adds that she inferred Feargal Sharkey was on their team and the news would go national. Amused Tom’s happy to help with today’s publicity stunt, two excavators and a banner positioned outside the offices of Borsetshire Water. They look impressive. Tom suggests they can get the diggers going for some live movement. He asks what the next stage in the protest will be. Pat doesn’t know; she just hopes this threat is enough to persuade Borsetshire Water to buck up their ideas. They’re disappointed the Echo aren’t coming, but Tom arrives with the news that one of the board members has threatened resignation unless the Ambridge treatment works are improved. The protest’s worked! What’s more the goats are starting to deliver – there’ll be kids just in time for Easter weekend.

Brad and Chelsea are finding interesting material in their library research. Brad’s unearthed a wartime news film, and Chelsea’s come across the mysterious Reg but there’s still not enough clear information to decipher his full name, or his story. Elizabeth’s impressed – the lack of clarity makes it even more intriguing. Rochelle catches up with Elizabeth at the Bull. She asks after Vince and his mum, and Elizabeth reports Iris is doing well after her operation. Elizabeth wonders how Rochelle’s liking her job. Rochelle’s positive, especially about Freddie. Rex joins them and talk turns to the VE Day event. Rochelle doesn’t believe in marking the occasion – there’s still always war somewhere in the world and it’s a terrible thing. The others take her point. Rochelle and Rex drink to victory at the cricket. Rex wonders how Rochelle squares working at the abattoir with her veganism. Rochelle maintains it’s just a job – after all Rex never queries where he’s taking his taxi passengers, does he? Good argument, concedes Rex. He suggests they could put their recent difficulties behind them, maybe just do something together and see where it goes. Rochelle agrees, but then gets a phone call and has to leave. It’s Saskia, who congratulates her on planting the camera in the lairage. But the camera’s stopped working, and they need footage from further inside the operation. Saskia arranges to give Rochelle another camera on Monday – a direct clash with the meeting Rochelle’s just arranged with Rex. Rochelle breaks the news to him, saying she’ll get back to him about another date.

Natasha suggests Chelsea wears Kathy’s old Easter bunny costume to help business at the Tearoom. Chelsea declines. She reckons their current plans for Easter treats and a treasure hunt will be enough, but Natasha’s keen for something bigger. Chelsea suggests the goats could be an attraction. Natasha thinks this could work, if the kids arrive in time. Pat confirms kidding is imminent, and explains how you can tell. Natasha asks if there’s anything that would speed the process, but Pat advocates letting nature take its course. Martyn reckons Brian’s bridge game is improving. He’s distracted with sadness at Pam’s infidelity; bridge was their thing. Brian sympathises. Has Martyn thought about dating? Martyn insists he’s not ready. He’s still in a state about the hosepipe incident. He tells Brian he thinks it was Pat and Emma who did it. Brian squashes this; he’s already spoken to Pat and believes it wasn’t her. He reckons Martyn’s spending too much time brooding. Emma arrives with a suggestion to resolve things peacefully. She lays out plans for a storm tank she claims Pat’s intending to build. If Martyn could persuade Borsetshire Water to build it instead, all the protesting, and the bad publicity, would stop. Martyn jibs at this, feeling threatened and accusing Emma of targeting honest people. Emma assures him all they want is the right not to get swamped in sewage. Brian thinks this is a fair point. He observes to Martyn that Pat and Emma are winning the PR battle, and you mess with those two at your peril.

Kenton drops off some wartime photos to Elizabeth for the Lower Loxley VE Day commemoration display. They find Chelsea admiring the pictures already assembled. Elizabeth’s intrigued by a picture in which Nigel’s granddad is with a chap identified only as ‘Reg D.’ She’s disappointed Lily won’t have time to do the research she was planning. When Chelsea offers to do it instead, Elizabeth’s delighted. Kenton’s still looking for someone to lead his Easter Morris dancing experience. He asks Jazzer, who’s appalled at having to consider helping with such an English tradition. Kenton wins him round with a promise of a meal for five in return. Later both Chelsea and Jazzer descend on Brad, competing for his help with research. Closing down their bickering, he agrees to help them both. Elizabeth wonders how Rochelle’s getting on at work. Freddie reports she’s doing well and Elizabeth notes Joy will be pleased. Freddie comments on their tricky relationship, but Elizabeth won’t be drawn on this and counsels Freddie to focus on work matters. On this topic Freddie’s had news from the police that animal rights activists are operating in the area. Vince has dismissed it as an irritating fact of life and suggested if Freddie’s worried he can do a security review. Later Freddie reports he’s found a tiny camera in the lairage. Vince is currently dealing with his mum who’s broken her hip. He’s understandably distracted, and has suggested it could just be a staff member planning a prank. But Freddie’s determined to get to the bottom of this serious breach of protocol.

Pat and Emma agree that a hosepipe through Martyn Gibson’s letterbox isn’t an effective way to protest, but that further action is definitely needed. Neil points out the water company is aware of the problem in Ambridge and may need to prioritise. Emma’s aghast that her dad might not be on their side, but Neil is rescued by the arrival of Joy, keen to talk VE Day event plans. Emma and Pat continue their positive action talk. Pat tells Emma about someone effectively building a moat around their property. Tom overhears and advocates caution; interfering with a watercourse could be illegal. Mick brings the news that a well known water campaigner is at Grey Gables right now. Emma cant’ believe it’s Feargal Sharkey. She rushes away to catch the celebrity before he moves on. Neil reports the history of the commemorative lighting of village beacons to Joy and Mick. Establishing their best location will be Brookfield’s Lakey Hill, they resolve to seek out David. Feargal has some words of encouragement for Emma’s cause. He counsels persuasion rather than law breaking. Perhaps Emma can find someone on the inside who’s open to a bit of flattery and guilt tripping? This gives Emma food for thought. She thanks Feargal for his help, and as he leaves to do a spot of fishing, he confirms he’s happy for his name to be used as long as any plans Emma makes are legit. Emma is inspired.

Freddie comes across Rochelle seemingly disorientated at work. He offers to escort her to the canteen, which she’s struggled to find. Over lunch Freddie shares the story of how he came to be working at the abattoir. Rochelle wonders if perhaps she might train in boning. Freddie acknowledges her enthusiasm, and she admits she wants to get decent money coming in so she can move out of her mum’s. Freddie advises giving further training a month or so – she’s still very new. Later Rochelle impresses with her improvement at cricket nets. It’s clear to Freddie she’s keen to do well, both at cricket and her work. She won’t be in packing for long. Jazzer announces he's on Sunday dinner duty. He intends to serve nachos. Jolene reckons Bert won’t be impressed with that. Jolene delivers the bad news that the Edgeley Morris side have cancelled a big booking at the Bull. They all have a bug. A half empty pub on Easter Sunday isn’t a good look; Kenton and Jolene acknowledge they’ll need to drum up some trade. They explore and dismiss a range of options before Kenton has a brainwave. He disappears and returns with ankle bells and sticks – they can offer a Morris dancing experience. Jolene’s sceptical. If it goes wrong, they’ll get a mauling on social media. Kenton hints that she has the expertise to be in charge of the event, which she hotly denies. She’ll be too busy anyway. They’ll need to get someone who knows what they’re talking about.

Elizabeth’s delighted to see Joy back serving in the Shop. Joy admits she needed time away because of everything going on with Rochelle. Elizabeth sympathises, then suggests a distraction. Later, Joy thanks Elizabeth for inviting her to the planning meeting at the Village Hall for the VE Day celebrations. Elizabeth’s happy because Joy came up with most of the ideas, including a beacon on Lakey Hill. At The Bull, Freddie talks positively to David and Ben about his Academy Trust initiative. He’s hoping to get them to contract Casey Meats and local suppliers to provide school dinners, although he’s still waiting for their response. David then launches into a tirade about how tough things are for farmers, especially the proposed Inheritance Tax changes. A lively debate ensues, with Brian taking David’s side and Freddie tacitly agreeing. Ben and Jolene take the opposite point of view, arguing against farmers being treated differently on taxation. David’s upset Ben doesn’t agree with him, with Freddie suggesting Ben’s arguing against his own self-interest, but Jolene’s counter-argument is equally robust. Later, Brian suggests Ben might change his tune one day, before Ben calls David and they agree to disagree – there are no easy answers. Back at Lower Loxley awkward Freddie tells Elizabeth he thinks Vince might have a thing for Rochelle. Elizabeth laughs this off, before confiding a little of what Joy’s told her about Rochelle’s troubled upbringing. Vince wants to give Rochelle a chance and Freddie concedes she might just be desperate to prove herself. In which case he agrees that Rochelle deserves a chance.

Mick is shocked when Joy turns up without warning at her Beechwood house. She pours out the story of her marriage: how she met Peter when she was very young, only realising later that his abusive behaviour wasn’t normal. Things improved for a while when Rochelle came along, before Peter turned abusive again, had numerous affairs and finally left. That’s when Joy broke down, barely acting as a parent to Rochelle at all. So, what Rochelle said about Joy neglecting her is all true. It was only after a neighbour intervened that Joy started therapy, but Rochelle had long since left home by the time Joy recovered. Joy admits she didn’t really understand the damage she’d done until Rochelle spoke out a couple of weeks ago. She’ll understand if Mick wants to bail out of their relationship, but he tells her he’s not going anywhere.

At the Shop Ed and Eddie are looking for cowboy hats for the safety video they’re making for George. Rochelle’s surprised when they tell her they’ve seen Joy. Later, at Grange Farm, Ed and Eddie show Clarrie the finished video, but it’s terrible. What are they going to tell George?

Rochelle is cool with Joy when she returns from her shift. Despite Joy’s ‘mea culpa’ Rochelle can’t forgive her. Trying to think positively Mick mentions Rochelle’s new job at Casey Meats. But Joy is stunned – Rochelle’s a vegan. Rochelle retorts angrily that she’s got a job, isn’t that enough? When Mick asks how they’re getting on Joy tells him they’ve made a start and that’s the main thing.

Clarrie can’t settle and tells Ed she’s going to the veg garden to plant some carrots and potatoes. Later, Ed finds Clarrie clearing junk Eddie’s left in one of the pig-sties. Ed persuades her to take a break, then finds her doing some knitting. But distracted Clarrie keeps dropping stitches and tells Ed that Helen was right to get rid of her, she’s good for nothing. After calming down Clarrie apologises to Ed for being out of sorts, but she feels lost with all this time on her hands. She needs to work and the Dairy was perfect for her, but now that’s all gone.

At Bridge Farm Helen’s still adjusting to Clarrie not being around. She tells Pat she hopes there were no hard feelings on Clarrie’s part. Brian approaches Pat, presuming she knows something about the hose-pipe attack on Martyn’s house. Helen takes umbrage at this, while Pat can’t believe anyone connected with the protest would do such a thing. Brian won’t let it go however and Helen accuses him of threatening Pat, before saying she can understand why somebody might take such action. Brian storms off, but when he goes to the Tearoom later he apologises to Pat, who doesn’t want to fall out with him. Pat explains how upset they all are after what happened with the sewage spill, but does feel sorry for Martyn. While Brian accepts Pat’s word that none of the protesters attacked Martyn’s house someone clearly did - and Martyn’s determined to catch whoever it was, although Pat doesn’t fancy his chances.

Martyn’s attempting to refine Brian’s bridge playing skills at their next tutorial, but they’re interrupted when Martyn discovers a hosepipe pushed through his letterbox with water pouring in. Whilst Brian helps mop up, Martyn assumes it’s a protest against him being on the board of Borsetshire Water. Martyn’s so upset by the damage to his expensive flooring he starts crying. Both men are embarrassed by this show of emotion, before Martyn admits that Pam has left him for their gardener. The hosepipe through the door simply tipped him over the edge. Martyn wants to call the police, but Brian proposes making enquiries first among people he knows who are loosely connected to the protest group.

It’s Clarrie’s last day at the Dairy and she’s telling Susan how much she’s going to miss it. Susan reminds her it hasn’t always been sunshine and birdsong, but Clarrie would still rather a bad day at work than no job at all. Helen suggests Clarrie take it easy, but Clarrie insists she won’t slack off, then goes to churn ice-cream for the last time. Helen confides in Pat how awful it feels letting Clarrie go, especially seeing her so upset. They present Clarrie with leaving gifts: a knitting subscription box, Lower Loxley wine, handmade chocolates and a card signed by all their regular customers and suppliers. There are tearful hugs before Clarrie insists on getting back to the yoghurt. At the end of day, after an emotional moment with Susan, Clarrie reckons there are worse things than being made redundant, before declaring it’s time to go.

Eddie bumps into Elizabeth outside the Shop and admits Clarrie was secretly relieved not to get the abattoir job. Eddie then confesses his nervousness at visiting George, in case he’s changed. Elizabeth sympathises and gives Eddie some cash to buy something for George from the vending machine, as he won’t be allowed to take biscuits in. At the prison it’s an emotional reunion, before Eddie tells George the latest gossip from the market. Nervous Eddie notices a couple of prisoners staring at him. George explains it’s because he’s told them what a legend Eddie is, with all his scams. George assumes money is a worry at home and wants to help, telling Eddie his big idea for securing the family’s future : biodegradable coffins. His cellmate’s dad was buried in cardboard coffin. Despite Eddie’s scepticism George reckons it’s a surefire winner: cheaper and more eco-friendly than traditional wood.

At the abattoir Freddie finds Rochelle outside on a break, and asks her how it’ going. They exchange small talk, Rochelle saying she’s looking forward to her induction tour. Later, as they go round the cutting room, Rochelle is very inquisitive about the process and what happens to the animals before they are killed. She’s especially interested in the jobs of cutting and trimming. But as soon as they leave the room Rochelle rushes off to the toilets, where she vomits, before steeling herself to keep going. Later, back at Lower Loxley, Freddie discusses with Elizabeth how keen Rochelle is. When Elizabeth checks whether that's a good thing, Freddie supposes it is.

Out walking with Miranda, Brian makes an excuse to get away for a bridge tutorial with Martyn, something Brian’s keen Miranda doesn’t find out about. However, when Brian arrives at Martyn’s house, Miranda calls and he has to cover with a story about Martha running him ragged. Martyn finds his subterfuge amusing, though Brian’s sure Miranda suspects something. In the tutorial itself, tetchy Brian struggles with the basics of bidding, much to Martyn’s frustration. Brian admits he’s not the easiest of people to teach, and Martyn suggests another session on Tuesday.

Over at Grange Farm, it’s Keira’s birthday party. Despite Eddie’s best efforts, Clarrie can’t stop fussing around, wanting to keep busy. She’s dreading the prospect of her last day at the Dairy and how the family will cope without her income. Ed comes in and tells them about a lucrative tree surgery job that’s come up, but the customer wants it done tomorrow – the day they’re visiting George in prison for his birthday. Ed assumes they’ll have to turn it down, but then George rings to wish Keira a happy birthday. He’s looking forward to Ed and Emma visiting, though Will can’t make it. George susses something’s up, and Ed admits they’ll lose work tomorrow because of the visit. George has a suggestion. As money is tight with Clarrie losing her job, why doesn’t Eddie visit him instead, so Ed and Emma can still do the job? Eddie is quickly persuaded and promises to give George a birthday hug from Ed.

Clarrie catches up with Fallon crossing the Green, and they have an awkward exchange about her application to work in the Bull kitchen as well as at Casey Meats. She was too late for Casey Meats, despite Rochelle being given an interview. Fallon admits they had lots of applications from better qualified people for The Bull’s kitchen. Clarrie accepts the rejection stoically, but it’s clear there’s regret on Fallon’s part as Clarrie goes. Later, Clarrie turns up at Woodbine Cottage and offers to work unpaid whenever The Bull kitchen gets really busy. Fallon tells her she can’t work for nothing, before Clarrie makes a fulsome apology about George’s actions and the impact on Fallon. Clarrie offers herself as someone to talk to, if ever Fallon feels the need. Fallon invites Clarrie in. Fallon’s loving being head chef so far, then discovers that Clarrie wanted to be a dancer when she was growing up. Fallon’s sure she’ll find a job soon.

At Casey Meats, Freddie reflects on finally getting Jolene off the cricket team before Rochelle arrives for her interview. Vince is already impressed by how Rochelle handled the situation at the shop the other day. Later, Freddie tells Vince that Rochelle did well and they’re calling her back. In the car park later, Rochelle surprises Vince with a couple of questions about animal welfare she didn’t ask at the interview. Vince tells her unofficially that she’s got the job before offering Rochelle a lift back to Ambridge, adding that she can ask him anything she wants.

Rochelle is at indoor nets, impressing Vince and Freddie with her cricketing skills, when Jolene appears, calling their bluff on sacking her for not turning up to two practices in a row. Tracy’s come along too and Jolene notes they’re happier about Tracy’s presence than hers, then accuses Freddie of being a tyrant, imposing ridiculous rules rather than telling her he wanted to drop her. Meanwhile Vince and Rochelle swap compliments. Vince thinks she’d be an asset to the team then invites her to drinks after nets. At the end of the session Rochelle offers to take some of the kit home on the bus before Rex is pressured into giving her a lift. The journey back is awkward before Rex apologises for putting his foot in it with Rochelle and Joy, leading to Rochelle’s sudden disappearance. But Rex tells her she ghosted him and it felt horrible. They agree to draw a line under it and just be friends. Back at The Bull Rochelle agrees to join the team, having already persuaded Vince to give her a job interview at Casey Meats tomorrow. Rochelle then catches up with Mick on his way home, pushing him to talk about Joy and how much he’s missing her. Rochelle tells him that it’s normal Horville behaviour to run for cover – but they always come back in the end. Despite Mick’s misgivings about what Joy sees in him Rochelle assures him that he’s worth coming home for. Mick admits that he loves Joy more than she’ll ever know.