Having been turned away by Matilda, who ran home in embarrassment after her close encounter, Cassie and Ric return to find that Sally's house has been completely trashed by Reuben and his mates.It adds insult to injury to know that, at the very same moment, Sally is enjoying dinner at Leah’s and talking about how much faith she has in Cassie and Ric to make sure that nothing gets out of hand. As news gets round, Matilda begins to feel that everyone's blaming her for what happened – a fair point, given the fact that she insisted on inviting complete strangers into somebody else’s home.What’s happened is enough for even good-natured Sal to lose her temper. And despite everyone's best efforts to bring her round, Matilda's inconsolable. "I don't really know who 'me' is anymore," she tells a concerned Ric when he comes over to apologise. She's feeling lost and alone without Beth and Kit, and it seems that there’s only one person who understands how she's feeling. So, while Sally and Ric are left waiting for her to join them at dinner, Matilda packs her bags and hits the road with Reuben…Mixed signals After arranging for Leah to cook up something special, Jack visits Martha at the Surf Club and invites her over for what he promises as nothing more than an afternoon in front of the TV.(It doesn't sound too ambitious, so you'd hope it couldn't go in the same direction as, say, the doomed picnic.) Cassie can't help but point out to Martha that she's just scored herself a date – and despite what she may say, Martha's thinking of it that way too.

But don't get too excited. Just as you’re starting to think that this seems to be going uncharacteristically well for the pair, they hit yet another stumbling block; Jack finds the divorce papers behind the bar.

When Martha returns, he can't help but try to fish for information. And, true to form, they both misread the signs. When Martha mentions the papers, Jack unconvincingly responds that "it's the right thing to do."

Trying to keep her cool, she hands him a pen and they both go over the papers. "It's really sad when things like this come to an end. I suppose it doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do?" Martha says, hoping for a reprieve.

But with neither willing to 'fess up, they both sign on the dotted line and spend the evening apart – each feeling as miserable as the other.

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