01/08/2024

Published: Aug. 1, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Chelsea and Emma help Fallon get ready for the Hen-Do at Brookfield Events Barn. Pip arrives and flags that Jill\u2019s coming too, as she\u2019s miserable while Leonard\u2019s away and Pip wants to keep her entertained with cake decorating. However, later on Jill\u2019s found interfering with Fallon\u2019s ingredients in the kitchen, explaining it\u2019s because she\u2019s representing the bride-to-be\u2019s absent grannies. Pip reluctantly heads off to sort it out.\nChelsea mentions to Emma that George was a bit off at Brad\u2019s birthday drinks, but when Emma probes further Chelsea doesn\u2019t know why. Emma wishes children came with an instruction manual. When Emma heads off, Fallon asks advice from Pip about Emma\u2019s forthcoming 40th birthday. Pip thinks it\u2019s a great idea that Fallon\u2019s going to make a cake in the shape of a chainsaw.\nThe Hen-Do goes well, but Emma\u2019s quiet when Stella shows her some photos she took of Chelsea, Ben and George. Emma later points out to Fallon that everyone\u2019s smiling and having a laugh in the pictures, but George isn\u2019t smiling in any of them. Fallon reckons he\u2019s just being a teenager, but later Chelsea agrees with Emma that George looks like he\u2019s got the weight of the world on his shoulders. Chelsea wonders about George\u2019s mental health, after her experience with Ben\u2019s struggles, and suggests that Emma talks to Ruth and David. They wonder if George has post-traumatic stress, linked to his part in the Am rescue. They all agree that whatever the reason, Emma should just show George that\u2019s she\u2019s there for him in a non-judgemental way.