Alf advises Maggie to visit Gordon. She refuses as she'd have to close the shop. Rita fools around with Ken at the PTA to the annoyance of Wilfred Perkins. Maggie decides to take Alf's advice. Perkins warns Rita that gossip is not good for the school morale. She tells him to keep his nose out of her business; there's nothing between Ken and her. Jerry tells Billy that Hilda will need planning permission for the porch on the front of No.13. Rita leaves the school and joins her date - Len, not Ken.