My Own Sweetheart

Laura becomes increasingly convinced that she is living alone in a world made for couples. Even her own children suggest she should get out more. The arrival of an invitation to the annual magistrates' dinner-Dance spurs her to bite the bullet and invite Dan. He is reluctant and circumvents the dilemma in his own way - by planning to get himself sentenced to jail for outstanding fines that he has accrued. Laura is furious, but exacts her revenge.

Instead of jail, Dan is sentenced to hours of community service - doing paper work in her office. Dan's community service is a revelation to Laura. Beneath Diver's scruffy exterior lies an ordered, if not obsessively neat, being, who refuses to admit what becomes increasingly obvious.

Karen's parents, Vin and Verna, have spent the previous three years touring Australia. Karen is thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce them to her prospective fiancè, Angus, and exhorts him to behave appropriately. Angus becomes increasingly nervous as he hears from Diver just how strait-laced Karen's parents are.

Vin, has decided to free himself of the guilt of an old crime and confesses to an incredulous Sergeant Grey. Harold, too, decides his best chance of giving up the drink is to spend as much time as possible in the lock-up. Laura is left to contemplate this town where the men seem to spend more time trying to get into jail than out of it.