Pop is in denial, and Ma issues him some tough love while playing Cupid between Primrose and Rev Candy. Pop's old friend Fruity Pears arrives to the village with his fairground in tow, but it's not all candyfloss and laughs.

The Larkins do all they can to get Pop out of prison and in a bid to keep his spirits up Mariette tells him he is going to be grandfather, but swears him to secrecy. Ma is surprised by an about-turn from a conflicted Norma Norman.