Going Forward

Catch up with Nurse Kim Wilde and the Wilde family. Kim’s burnt her uniform, Dave can’t understand his wage slip, and Max is missing school again to look after daughter Poppy. With Dave pondering a return to Iraq and no money left in the jar, it’s left to Kim’s sister, Jackie, aided by a damp patch and an unfinished extension, to suggest a simple plan to sort things out. Helping out with advice is fellow chauffeur Terry with a view on everything and his own free life tutoring course on offer.

Time's passed by, the bungalow has been sold and the money split but with mother's health taking a turn for the worse Kim and Jackie have had to put their escape plans on hold. Worse follows as the true cost of mum's stroke emerges and the dreaded question of care costs are raised. With Jacks in tow as she does her rounds Kim opens her sister's eyes to a less than rosy life of drip stands and incontinence pads as she rushed to keep up with her appointments.

Son Ryan's return home to save cash looks premature as the Wilde families fortunes pick up following more grim news from the hospital. Money worries lifted, Kim and Dave's new freedom is somewhat undermined by developments at work which see Dave in a rage and engaged in a unique dirty protest and Kim taking on the Buccaneer empire. A face from the past, and talk of a Spin Class, do little to calm things down, as Mr Whyte brings provides an unwelcome farewell gift to send Kim on her way to an uncertain future.