Episode 52
TX Sunday 28th March 2010
Paul and Niamh disagree on how to handle Rachel.
Dean wants to play in the snooker game for money and ignores Damien’s warning that they might not win.
After Rachel promises Niamh to behave, Niamh urges Paul to go easy on Rachel.
Jo has to assert her authority over Esther after she makes the community centre a promotional tool for Slim Star.
Sean admits to being overwhelmed by his responsibilities to Rachel.
Felix suggests to Sarah that she doesn’t have much in common with Keith, but she defends him. Dermot lets slip that Felix was looking at affordable housing.
Dean and Damien lose to Duncan and Leo, so Dean raises the stakes and takes on Duncan in a singles match.
Keith tries to break into Felix’s room.
Dermot and Jo admit defeat at trying to do each other’s jobs.
Paul, Niamh, Sean and Rachel reunite over a family dinner.
Dean beats Duncan at snooker, winning a week’s wages.
Sarah and Keith become even more suspicious of the noise coming from Felix’s room.
Episode 53
TX Tuesday 30th March 2010
A delighted Yvonne reveals that Connie is coming home.
Zumo pushes Dermot for a mixed martial arts tournament. Dermot informs him it’s not his call and he has to run it by Barry.
Paul asks Niamh to go on a family camping trip but she resists.
Keith agrees to receive another parcel for Felix, using it as an opportunity to find out what’s in it.
Bela questions Connie’s surprise return. Yvonne and Connie are reunited but their meeting is strained.
Connie is aghast when she realises that Yvonne has not told her family that the wedding is off. She accuses Yvonne of being dishonest. Connie admits that she came back to see if she still has a future with Yvonne.
Suzanne advises Sarah to ask Felix what he’s doing in his room.
Zumo is outraged when he finds out about Dermot’s dishonesty with booking the community centre. Zumo insists he’s part of the community and entitled to book the centre.
Barry chastises Dermot about mishandling Zumo. Zumo feels discriminated against.
Bela and Suzanne present Connie and Yvonne with a wedding planner diary. Yvonne and Connie play along with the ruse saying they are getting married on September the ninth.
Niamh reassures Sean that Paul has changed.
Keith plays detective by opening Felix’s mail. Later Felix confronts them asking if they opened his parcel. Sarah admits they opened it and Felix reveals his knitting habit and that he makes customised scarves.
Paul is faced with inviting Sean on the mobile home trip.
The community centre is vandalised by two youths.
Connie threatens to leave Yvonne if she keeps lying.
Episode 54
TX Wednesday 31st March 2010 **** VIVIENNE ARRIVES
Barry confronts a smug Zumo about the vandalism. While Zumo is threatening Barry, Vivienne ( Zumo’s long lost mother) watches Zumo from across the street.
Yvonne reveals her fears about losing her family to Connie.
Keith pokes fun at Felix’s exposed secret. Sarah is embarrassed by his behaviour and later gives out to him about it.
Vivienne lies to Barry and pretends she is Zumo’s probation officer.
Connie is won over by Yvonne’s true love for her when Yvonne tries to tell Bela and Suzanne that the wedding is off.
Connie asks Rachel to be her bridesmaid and Sean warns her against accepting the offer.
Zumo meets Vivienne and he refuses to talk to her saying she walked out on them and abandoned her children.
Bela suggests that Connie’s Dad, Ronan, should move to Ireland.
Sean attacks Yvonne for asking Rachel to be bridesmaid saying it will mess with her head.
Zumo is secretive with his family about meeting Vivienne. Eileen suggests that he was better off without his mother.
Connie Skypes Ronan and he plays down his illness to her.
Paul hesitantly backs Seans attack on Yvonne. Niamh tells Rachel she’ll be happy whatever choice she makes.
Sarah apologies to Felix for opening his post and they have a drink together. Keith tells Felix he wants time with his girlfriend and Sarah accuses Keith of demeaning Felix. Keith storms off and stays in Ray’s.
Barry admits to Vivienne that most people would prefer if the Bishops were locked up.
Yvonne admits to Connie that she sees herself as a surrogate mother for a childless couple and has no attachment to the baby she’s carrying.
Niamh supports Rachel when she agrees to be Yvonne’s bridesmaid.
Episode 55
TX Thursday 1st April 2010
Zumo reveals to a stunned Eileen that Vivienne is back.
Niamh persuades Paul to invite Sean along on their holiday.
Ray advises Keith that Sarah will be a tough nut to crack and not to leave her alone too long with Felix.
Vivienne discovers her sons’ harsh reputation in Carrigstown.
Rachel accepts Yvonnes offer to be bridesmaid.
Sarah agrees to meet Keith for a drink and finds out that Felix can’t secure affordable housing.
Yvonne hides a plan from Connie.
Vivienne calls to the Bishop’s house and Zumo defies Eileen’s wishes and lets her in. She tries to persuade Zumo that she doesn’t want anything from him.
Eileen makes venomous threats against Vivienne.
Yvonne reveals to Bela that she is looking to buy an apartment for Connie’s dad Ronan.
Niamh is devastated when she has to cancel the family trip to work on Esther’s website.
Barry mistakenly questions Vivienne about why Zumo’s mother walked out on them.
Paul manages to change the dates to accommodate Niamh and the holiday is back on.
Sarah thinks she has been stood up by Keith. She goes home to find Keith waiting for her.
Yvonne discovers the true state of Ronan’s health.
Barry discovers that Vivienne is Zumo’s mother.