Jack returns from taking Victoria to the child psychiatrist more worried than he was before he left. Victoria has been diagnosed as having become electively mute in response to a traumatic experience. Not only is he worried about what may have happened to Victoria, he is convinced the psychiatrist suspects him of child abuse. Diane suggests that what they need to do is find out whether anything out of the ordinary happened to Victoria on the day she stopped speaking. When asked Robert says he can’t remember anything unusual happening. At Robert’s birthday meal, Jack loses his temper and throws Alfie at the wall when Victoria continues to talk through the dummy. After making their excuses, Robert and Katie head off to the pub and agree that they can’t go on like this and will have to tell J