Boy Meets Girl

Leo Macdonald is having a bad day. He's lost his joband then ends up playing gooseberry on a night out with his brother James. Things start to look up though when he falls into conversation with his neighbour at the bar. Leo is immediately attracted to this beguiling older woman, Judy, and asks her out on a date.

Leo and Judy are looking forward to a low key Sunday lunch at The Nelson. Their plans are thwarted though when Leo's family turn up at the pub and hijack their date.

Leo and Judy go to see a new exhibition at the art gallery. They were expecting watercolours but end up viewing some provocative and surprising photographs instead - which prompt Leo to quiz Judy about what exactly was involved when she transitioned.

Judy and Leo plan to spend their first night together as Tony and Pam are going away and Leo has conspired to get James out of the house too. Romance soon drops off the agenda though as Leo loses his nerve when confronted with hard evidence of Judy's former life.

Tony is ill but Pam is unsympathetic and leaves him in James' care. Having coerced Leo into agreeing that she can use his family's house for Judy's surprise party, Peggy arrives at the Macdonalds `to see what she's working with'.

It's Judy's fortieth birthday and the day of the not very surprise party. Leo wants to buy her a really lovely present but is strapped for cash. Party preparations are afoot at the Macdonald household and Pam's not happy.