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16/07/2019

It's an emotional day for Jim, and Ben goes to extreme lengths.

It鈥檚 the day of Ben鈥檚 driving test and he鈥檚 nervous about being asked to do a hill start. Ben and Ruairi bump into Leonard. Ben wishes someone could park up on the hill so he won鈥檛 be able to stop there in his test. Later, Ruairi and Leonard park up on the hill to help Ben out.
Ben doesn鈥檛 look impressed when he comes out of his driving test. Leonard and Ruairi were parked on the wrong hill! It was the first thing he had to do in his test. Leonard鈥檚 apologetic, he鈥檒l make it up to him. But Ben smiles, he did pass in the end, no thanks to them. Leonard agrees to take them out for a celebratory burger.
Fiona and Alistair arrive in Stratford with Jim to visit Shakespeare鈥檚 birthplace. As they walk through Stratford, Jim tells them about their mother. He never told her about the abuse. Later, they take Jim into a music shop to collect the belated birthday present they鈥檝e bought him: a keyboard. Fiona thinks they鈥檝e made real progress: getting Jim out the house and persuading him to accept the keyboard. She asks Alistair to try to persuade Jim to seek professional counselling. He needs more help than they can give.

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