Two fisherman wake the Doc and Louisa at
the crack of dawn -they found a man collapsed on the beach. Martin
examines the mystery man. His name is Robert Campbell. When Robert
realises the Doc is Dr Ellingham, he starts to probe Martin about his
family. Martin doesn’t engage. After examining the man he gives him some
rehydration salts and asks Morwenna note his details for the results,
but Robert disappears before she has the chance.
It’s Mike’s first day looking after
James. Louisa is frosty with him. When she gets to school she can’t help
but feel uneasy and sneaks back home to check up on Mike - they are
fine. Al moves into Morwenna’s.
Robert is in the village and stops dead
in his tracks when he sees Ruth. Later when she is having a coffee with
Caroline (who is trying to persuade her to do another radio show),
Robert is spying on her. When Ruth returns to her car she finds a red
rose on the windscreen. she is unsure who it can be from and is a little
unnerved. Robert follows Ruth up to her farm. Ruth isn’t sure why, but
she is feeling uneasy.
Martin examines Becky Wead, she has an
upset stomach and blames it on a meal she ate at the Large restaurant.
Becky has written all about it in an article for the school newspaper
and goes to press without Louisa proofreading the article. Becky hands
out copies of the school newspaper to the whole village. Bert and Al are
furious. They go to see Louisa wanting something to be done, but Louisa
really doesn’t need this stress. As they head home Bert sees someone he
used to know trying to get into the chemist. Jennifer Cardew is the new
locum pharmacist and is staying at the Crab and Lobster. But Bert
manages to persuade her with the offer of cheap lodgings to come and
live with him.
The next day Ruth leaves the farm early
for the radio phone in. She pops in to see Martin, it’s her birthday and
arranges to have lunch with him later that day. Robert is in the local
shops and hears that Ruth will be on the radio. Knowing that she is at
the radio station, he phones into the show from her house. Robert asks
Ruth if he should tell the woman he loves that he loves her. Ruth tells
him yes.
Martin tells Becky Wead that her stomach pains are from an ulcer not food poisoning. The article she wrote was a complete lie.
Ruth arrives home from the radio
interview to find a birthday cake on her kitchen table. She presumes it
was Martin. But it wasn’t. Ruth admits to Martin that she thinks she has
a secret admirer who is putting her a bit on edge. Martin is shocked
that she could have an admirer at her age. Martin confesses to Ruth that
his hemophobia is back. Ruth tells him it is because he never dealt
with it properly in the first place.
Martin gets the results in from Robert’s
blood test, he has diabetes and needs to be contacted immediately.
Morwenna doesn’t have his details. She calls Penhale who is checking a
car blocking an entrance to a field . It’s Robert’s car and Penhale
finds a copy of Ruth’s book inside, with obsessive notes written all
over it. Martin realises something is wrong and races to the farm.
At the farm Ruth hears something
upstairs, the bath is running. She goes to investigate and Robert
reveals himself. Robert is a former patient of Ruth’s and is in love
with her. Ruth calmly tries to deal with the situation. Martin arrives
which spooks Robert and causes him to barricade the door so no one can
get in. Martin breaks through, explaining to Robert he has diabetes and
needs treatment. Penhale arrives which stresses Robert out even more.
Ruth tells Martin that perhaps he needs to give Robert some sedative
drugs, rather than diabetic drugs first. There is a tussle and Martin
is cut by a knife but Ruth manages to jab Robert with the sedative.
