The Eyes Of Texas

Harry is making plans to sell his stake in Woodcote Park because it is losing money. He is thinking of buying “Hugo’s”, a nightclub and disco, but is warned off by a ruthless Scottish businessman, Vic Carpenter, who also wants to buy it. Eventually Harry and Helen sell Woodcote so it can be turned into timeshare apartments.

Ken is seriously considering moving to Texas with Rebecca Patterson [whom he met in the previous episode, “All In A Day’s Pork”]. Rebecca reveals that she is over in England to divorce her estranged husband, Terry. Having stolen nearly £100,000 from his family firm, Terry had fled to America and married Rebecca. However five years later he has now left her and returned to England. Although Terry has been hiding from his brother since then, Ken reasons that he will come to his father’s funeral. Ken arranges to meets him at Sneinton Windmill late at night for him to sign the divorce papers. However Rebecca turns up and, shouting “Nobody walks out on me”, shoots Terry... dead!

For a while, Ken is accused by the police of being an accessory, until Sergeant Hatchard, an old friend, puts in a good word for him. The episode (the last one in Series 4) ends with Rebecca being brought to the police station to be charged with her husband’s murder, and Ken feeling as if the world has collapsed around him.

Dean Friedman’s “Handsome Stranger” plays over the end credits:

She broke the heart
Of the handsome stranger.
Tore it apart
That lonesome ranger.

Right from the start
They knew the danger.
She broke the heart
Of the handsome stranger

He said “If you're ever
In these parts one day,
Do me a favour –
Just stay away.”

Notes and episode list © Martin Underwood, 1997

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