Series Six (1997)
| Ep. # | Series # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | "The Stalker" | 18 May 1997 |
| Sandy suspects that she was followed while walking home at night and Lionel rushes outside to find the stalker. The girls fear for Lionel's safety, but he insists he was fine. Alistair gets wind of the situation and calls in a thug named "Nails", who suddenly makes Jean fear for the safety of the stalker. Late one night when Judy and Sandy are walking home, Jean and Lionel go out to stop Nails from getting carried away. They catch the stalker, who is revealed as merely a teenage boy with a crush on Sandy. | |||
| 42 | 2 | "The Psychotherapist" | 25 May 1997 |
| Jean's behavior of taking on unnecessary work from the secretarial agency worries Judy and Sandy. We also see that Jean is secretly seeing a psychotherapist. Eventually she reveals this to Lionel and says that she's concerned about retiring from work. Lionel becomes upset and argues that she's treating work as more important than him. Jean sees his point, finally committing to retire. | |||
| 43 | 3 | "The Dinner Party" | 1 June 1997 |
| Penny and Stephen meet Jean and Lionel in London for dinner. To avoid the topic of Jean's retirement, they keep Stephen the center of the discussion the entire evening. This is fairly easy as Stephen is eager to talk at length on many trivial subjects. Penny figures this out the next day and confronts Jean, who apologizes for their dishonesty. Yet when Jean reveals the truth — that she saw a psychotherapist, that Sandy recently dumped a pervert, and that Judy is seeing a married man — Penny doesn't believe her! | |||
| 44 | 4 | "What's Wrong With Mrs Bale?" | 8 June 1997 |
| Jean and Lionel go to Hampshire and see Rocky and Madge, but find that Mrs Bale is acting "distinctly peculiar". They unsuccessfully try to find what's troubling her while staying discreet, but this fails. Lionel intends to ask her after dinner, but he becomes ill and takes an early night. The next day Jean calls in the local doctor, who they find has the bedside manner of a "mortuary attendant". As Lionel complains about him it becomes apparent that the doctor sparked Mrs Bale's mood by commenting on her age. | |||
| 45 | 5 | "Alistair's Engagement" | 15 June 1997 |
| Alistair announces to Jean, Lionel, Judy, and Sandy that he's engaged to marry, which shocks everyone — especially Judy. They all plan to meet the engaged couple at a restaurant, but Judy's boyfriend, Paul, lies to her about a work assignment and doesn't show. Coincidentally, Alistair arrives alone claiming that he was dumped. Lionel quietly deduces that this was actually another of Alistair's attempts to win back Judy, and it was all fiction. | |||
| 46 | 6 | "The House Next Door" | 22 June 1997 |
| Lionel, Jean, Judy and Sandy hear sounds from the unoccupied townhouse next door. Fearing a criminal, they call the police. They then learn that it was just the former neighbor cleaning up. When the policeman arrives, Jean asks Sandy to explain the mistake. The policeman (Harry) asks Sandy for a date and she agrees. Penny and Stephen consider moving into the house next door to Jean and Lionel, who are horrified by the idea and try to dissuade Penny. Alistair cooks up a plan to outbid them and later sell the house privately, but Jean and Lionel nix the idea because it's deceptive. Stephen, who actually doesn't want to move, covertly phones in a higher bid under a false name. Alistair buys the house anyway because Stephen's fake bid became the highest. | |||
| 47 | 7 | "A Surprise for Jean" | 29 June 1997 |
| Jean suggests that she's bored and Lionel, thanks to assistance from Alistair, Judy, and Sandy, arranges a surprise holiday to a villa in Barbados although it doesn't quite go to plan. Lionel also finds the letter he sent to Jean from Korea, the one that got lost in the post, on display in the Imperial War Museum. The episode ends with an extended portion of the theme song playing as Jean at long last reads the letter. |
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