Overview: Eleanor's social life has lost its spark but Sarah is unable to find out why.
Overview: Eleanor plays Lady Bountiful when Vera's young relatives come to visit.
Overview: When Clare returns from Australia she refuses to talk about her experience out there. It is left to Eleanor to venture at the real reason for her silence.
Overview: Clare's confidence is low after her split with Edward and so Sarah suggests she take an assertiveness course to rebuild her shattered morale.
Overview: Clare tries to blot out the memory of her broken affair with Edward by taking up with someone totally unsuitable.
Overview: Having sorted out the problem of Clare seeing a married man, Sarah now finds herself in an alarmingly similar situation. Of course Eleanor jumps to the wrong conclusion.