AWFUL ROW

George is out an about with an unnamed friend. He tells him that he and Lynne had an awful row this morning. He continues by telling him that he hates arguing with Lynne but he supposes that if he didn't he'd miss the best part. His friend wants to know what that is and George tells him that it is the making up.

For once George is out an about. He has another friend who isn't Sammy but does have a moustache. They are on their way somewhere but George has to stop off at the flower shop first to get some flowers, presumably to help with his making up with Lynne. The friend may be a little bit annoyed that this row has interrupted their planned afternoon and he will be stuck with George holding some flowers for the rest of their time together.

We have no idea what the argument was about but it was awful. If this episode follows on directly from the previous episode then it may be a row about how Lynne blurts out sentences from nowhere. George would like to know what she means but Lynne is very embarrassed by it all. She clams up and then George starts saying that she never tells him anything. Then Lynne says that if he wasn't spending all his time at the office then he would know a little more about her. George then stormed out.

George likes the making up. When George and Lynne make up they hug near a demolition site. They are so in love that they do not notice a building being demolished right behind them. They are behind the tape so they will not be hurt but they may get a little covered in dust. This building that is being demolished holds significant meaning to George and Lynne as it is the first place they met. Unfortunately now it is gone.

NEW GARDENER

Lynne is in the shower. She thinks to herself that she's heard that Melissa has employed a new gardener. Due to this, Melissa has hardly spent any time in the garden, but neither has her gardener because he is constantly in the house with Melissa.

Lynne does a lot of her thinking in the shower. She enjoys the solitude and the warm water stimulates her brain. On this occasion she is thinking about Melissa's new gardener. Has Melissa employed this gardener because she now simply does not have the time to work on her garden or because the old gardener has had to leave for some reason? He may have got a better job, moved to a different area or perhaps died. He may have quit because Melissa never left him alone.

Melissa and the gardener look like they are just outside a bedroom. This implies that they are having sexual relations. Melissa is wearing a revealing top which implies that she is trying to seduce the gardener. The gardener looks to be pulling away from Melissa and making a face that says “What are you doing woman?” He's got rhodedendrons to cut back. His hair looks slightly ruffled. This may be due to working outside but it could be that this latest tryst has just been completed. He has quickly put his dungarees back on and wants to make a quick exit.

Lynne, although thinking about Melissa and gardener initially, decides to shout the last part of her thought. It is not uncommon for Lynne to do this but at least on this occasion no one is around to hear her. Is this a form of tourette's that she has where she has to blurt out the last part of any thought? It may be the reason why she says so many bad jokes aloud because if she thought them people would be constantly hearing her punchlines. Immediately after this, George shouts up the stairs “Who are you talking to dear?” and Lynne feels very embarrassed.

POOR, CONFUSED AND MUDDLED

Lynne is in a library and she tells the librarian that she was very disappointed with the last book she borrowed as she thought it had a poor start, a confused middle and a muddled ending. The librarian says that is just like the story of his life and has a little cry.

Lynne's penchant for reading coupled with her family's strange financial situation has led her to go to the library for her literary fix rather than to a book shop. The books are free and really only available for those who do not work relegating the library to a haven for the old and the poor. These are not the sort of people that Lynne usually associates with.

Lynne is furious about the book she has read and she takes it out on the librarian. We assume he is the librarian because of his age and attire. That said, he could just be an old man who is browsing at the library. Lynne must know who he is; she wouldn't sound off to a member of public, surely. The librarian may have recommended the book to Lynne when she was last in, therefore the direction of her ire is justified.

The librarian has had an unhappy life. His poor start was due to learning difficulties in school which were not picked up thus causing him to do quite badly in exams. His confused middle was down to not coming to terms with his homosexuality, mainly because it was still a taboo in his days and his highly conservative parents would have all but disowned him. His muddled ending is the dementia that has slowly crept into his life. He isn't even the librarian, he just thinks he is. He also repeatedly puts on and takes off clothes just like here where he puts his coat on over his waistcoat for no real reason. The worst thing about it is that he knows it and can't control himself, which is making him cry even more.

BOOKINGS

George is at a hotel reception. He asks the receptionist if she can't find his booking. She apologises and says that they are very busy today as a football team has just checked in. George says that he bets the receptionist found their bookings. The receptionist replies that she did and then tells George the team's disciplinary statistics for the season so far.

George is on a business trip. It is likely he has a secretary at work who books his hotels for him so he shouldn't get caught out like the disaster of the last hotel. However now it looks like it's happening all over again as this receptionist is having trouble finding his reservation. In his impatience, George has wandered round to behind the front desk to check the screen which is a hotel reception faux pas. It's a wonder the receptionist doesn't politely but firmly tell him to step back.

George does return to his rightful place so a stare from the receptionist has sufficed but he needs to curb his anger. Now not only has he trespassed behind the desk but now he is quickly losing his temper with the receptionist. To imply that a football team would get preferential treatment is a slur on the name of this establishment. They treat every guest as equal and pride themselves on it.

They do however have a strict policy on which sports teams they allow to stay. It is in their mission statement that they will accept anyone and everyone on the condition that their disciplinary statistics should not surpass the league average by more than 15%. This can be the only explanation as to why the receptionist knows this information. That is of course unless she is an avid football supporter, but if that was the case she would not have referred to them as just 'a football team', but said the name of the team directly. George has now crept back behind the desk and is looking in awe at all the other information that is on the computer screen. He has just seen that Omar Sharif is staying in room 212.

GOALKEEPER

George and Lynne are at a football match. Lynne asks a fellow supporter which player asked her out to which the woman replies it was the goalkeeper. The woman asks Lynne if she should say yes. Lynne replies that it all depends on whether she wants to end up as just another notch on his goalpost.

George and Lynne are back at the football match. The stewards cannot be expecting any crowd trouble as rival supporters are sitting right next to each other in the same stand. George and Lynne favour this stand when going to the football, as does the man sitting next to George. Last time he was sitting behind them but this time he is sitting in the same row. This shows that season ticket holders do not have their own seat. The man next to George is still favouring wearing a cap, and has also had his ear pierced between the warm weather of the last game and this, which is in mid-winter.

The supporters at this game must be waiting for the results of a last minute pitch inspection. When we see the view from behind Lynne, we can clearly see that the pitch is completely covered with snow. You can't even see the lines. It is a wonder why the referee hasn't already called the game off and saved the fans a cold trip to the stadium. The only explanation must be that the pitch was fit to play but during the last ten minutes of the first half and the half time break there has been an almighty snow storm and the officials are now wondering whether the second half can be played.

What a cad this goalkeeper is. Everytime he sleeps with a woman he puts a notch on his goalpost. This must be the goalpost at the home end of the ground so the faithful can remark on whether he has been successful between the last home game and this. I'm not sure what the groundsman will think of all this, and what is he using to make these notches? Carrying a pen knife on to the field of play is surely against FA rules. And has he done this at every club he has been signed to? He must be an exceptional goalkeeper for managers and chairmen alike to allow such wanton destruction of club equipment.

NAMES, FACTS AND FIGURES

Lynne is talking to an unnamed friend who tells her that her husband has trouble remembering names, facts and figures. Lynne tells her that George doesn't seem to have that problem. Meanwhile George is thinking about the name, age and body measurements of a woman walking by him.

Lynne and her friend are standing in front of a hedge. They could be in Lynne's garden but you would think that if Lynne had invited this woman round that she would have also offered her a chair. Looking forward to where George is standing, there is a hedge nearby so they could be just to George's right, talking.

Lynne's friend is genuinely concerned about her husband. She says that he has trouble remembering names, facts and figures which is pretty much everything. If something isn't a name, a fact or a figure then what else is there? This woman's husband must now only deal in hearsay and rumour. What appears to the woman as the onset of Alzheimer's is actually a critical case. This man hasn't long left before he can only remember a selection of letters and sounds.

George is standing outside a travel insurance shop which seems to be the best place to leer at passing women. George sees Sally Smith and knows her age and her body measurements. How is he getting this information? There is no internet and even if there was, unless Sally Smith was a model it is unlikely she would put that sort of information on there. George has got this information from one of three ways. One is that he has been following Ms Smith around and from a series of visits to women's stores he has calculated her measurements from the clothes she has bought. The second is that he has a gifted eye for calculating women's body measurements just from looking at them. The third is that he has got the information from Ms Smith herself by masquerading as a professional photographer and hoodwinking her into revealing the statistics on the promise of a photo shoot. Whatever the explanation, George has far too much time on his hands, and is also quite a sinister man.

VERY INDECISIVE

Lynne and 'Mantha are out shopping. Lynne tells 'Mantha that when she was young she thinks she was very indecisive. 'Mantha asks Lynne if that is still true now she is older to which Lynne replies that she's not so sure.

The shop Lynne and 'Mantha are in is quite empty. That would make this a weekday unless the shop is either very unfashionable or extremely exclusive. Lynne and 'Mantha do seem sometimes to be trying too hard with their outfits so maybe they have no fashion sensibility. That said, they do go to a lot of dinner and garden parties so you would think that they do keep up with trends.

This shop is called Murma. It is an interesting name because it sounds like murmer but is spelt differently thus showing it is hip. The term murmer implies that it gains its reputation from word of mouth. This word of mouth isn't working too well at the moment judging by the amount of shoppers.

After picking up a variety of dresses. Lynne and 'Mantha have opted to just take a couple of bras each. They may be going to the register but they could be going to try them on before purchasing. It is most likely that Murma is a very high end store and although the dresses were nice, they were way out of Lynne and 'Mantha's price range. They do however desperately want to be seen carrying a Murma bag so they went for underwear which is the cheapest item in the shop. Luckily the people on the high street aren't to know what's in their bags so it could look like that they have bought very expensive dresses in the most talked about shop this side of Kingston.