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The Archers: 05/07/2023

05/07/2023

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There are difficult questions for Helen, and Jazzer makes a friend.

Helen’s hurrying to get late Henry to football. She’s hoping to have a talk with him on the way. She asks Lee about his day at work. Lee reports there were a couple of people being a bit weird about why he was off, but on the whole people have been lovely. In the car Helen tries to answer Henry’s questions about Rob wanting to see Jack. What if he tries to take him? Helen does her best to reassure him. Henry admits Jack knows Rob’s back in the country, and that he’s told Jack it will be alright – they’ll protect him. Moved Helen apologises to Henry, and says she’ll talk to Jack. Later she reports to Lee that things seemed to go ok with her chat with Jack, though it’s hard to know how much information to give. Lee comforts her; there’s no handbook. He suggests they watch a distracting gentle film, and Helen thanks him for his thoughtfulness.

Jim thinks his gift of saucepans for Jazzer and Tracy is boring. Susan agrees. She’s still sore at Jim for changing horses over the EV charging station; she’d thought they were in it together. Jim fills in Susan about Jazzer’s crisis over his national identity. Later she hopes it isn’t an excuse for Jazzer to waver, she’d never forgive him. Jazzer reassures her of his love for Tracy, and Susan apologises for her jumpiness. Later Tracy and Jazzer can’t sleep. After promising one another they’ll always fight for their relationship, Jazzer soothes Tracy with a lullaby.

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