Roger and Val Have Just Got In

Val comes home to find Roger in an agitated state after an incident at work, and they have a series of arguments.

Val arrives home with the freshly laundered dining room curtains and hears that Roger has had yet another clash with Phil, his non-plant-loving boss. Meanwhile, Roger and Val must summon up the energy to put the dining room curtains back up.

Roger's dad is slipping away, and his cousin Cathy is arriving with her loner husband Bob to bid him farewell. Val has invited them to stay in their neglected spare room, but no one has ever stayed there before.

Roger has followed grief counselling advice and written out an idealised self-image, but he has mistakenly emailed it to his management team at work.

Val returns to the house to see how Roger's tribunal at work has gone. She reveals she is going to a dinner which Ian, a former colleague who fell in love with her and moved to New Zealand, is attending.

Roger and Val return from a wedding to find two important notes that will change their lives.