Ashley attempts the impossible by trying to comfort Edna over the rumours about her grandmother’s shady past. Edna is not best pleased when Ashley suggests that the rumours may not be slanderous. Edna later confronts Pearl and makes her feel awful for enjoying the news about her grandmother. With Pearl in tears, Jarvis feels it’s his duty to go and talk to Edna. Jarvis is frustrated by Edna’s holier than thou attitude and shows her the newspaper article. He leaves her, warning her not to turn her back on the memory of a grandmother who loved her. Jack and Diane have a row about Val’s continued presence at Jack’s and Jack accuses Diane of overreacting to something that happened years ago. Diane has a chat with Louise and tells her she is annoyed by Jack’s suggestion that she still has feeli