News of the Bowers' divorce hits the papers and Laura's (LeilaCampbell) disgrace becomes public, which has graveconsequences for her friendship with Tom and the future of thesurgery. With Bob (Mark Bazeley) back and injured in hospital,the attraction between Pat (Claire Rushbrook) and Marek(Alexandre Willaume) is thrown into sharp relief, but the riskof acting on their feelings is huge. Stan (Chris Coghill)returns home on leave, but the happy reunion with Steph (ClareCalbraith) is soured by his worrying attitude to invasion. Atthe reading of the will, Frances (Samantha Bond) discoversthat Peter was keeping an enormous secret from her, but thesurprise return of one particular villager offers her someunexpected comfort.
