25/06/2025
Brian throws down the gauntlet, and Emma has the rug pulled from under her.
Emma鈥檚 on the phone to George, who tells her about the Community Offender Manager he鈥檚 meeting today, then says he鈥檚 got a surprise for her when she visits later. Outside the prison Emma has a barbed conversation with a young woman, who accuses Emma of pinching her parking space and acting like an arrogant 'Boomer'. This becomes a wider critique of Emma鈥檚 parenting and life skills, leaving Emma fuming. Ed phones Emma, who tells him about the run-in with the woman, determined it won鈥檛 spoil her visit. When Emma tells George her news he鈥檚 distracted when the woman arrives and he then introduces her as Amber to Emma. Emma assumes Amber is the Community Offender Manager, but Amber corrects her. She鈥檚 George鈥檚 girlfriend.
At Home Farm Brian gives Stella the cold shoulder, dismissing her attempts to explain why she didn鈥檛 warn him about Justin鈥檚 plan to convert half the Estate land to rewilding. Stella says she tried to persuade Justin otherwise, but Brian鈥檚 convinced Stella took her role on the Board for her own advantage. She鈥檚 clearly in Justin鈥檚 pocket. Trying a different tack Stella suggests Home Farm pursue other contracts to replace the Estate one and Brian reluctantly agrees. Then Justin arrives, asserting that his plan will be approved at a special Board meeting he鈥檚 calling. Stella sides with Brian: food production should be their priority. But Justin鈥檚 on the side of the planet, insisting the change will go ahead. After he鈥檚 gone Brian and Stella agree to put aside their differences to defeat their common enemy. This is war.
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