There was a new arrival in tonight's episode of All Creatures Great and Small (Thursday 26th September), who was warmly welcomed by some, but less so by one particular local. Jenny's friend Doris, from the Women's Land Army, was in Darrowby to lend a hand at the Danby's farm, but had also been mucking in at the Alderson's, which is where Helen was first introduced to the Leeds native – and where she first started to feel like she was drifting apart from her sister. Despite offering her services, Jenny told Helen that she should go home and be with James following his unexpected return.
With Doris on the scene, they had more than enough hands to get the day's work done. "I can manage without you," said Jenny, meaning well. But Helen was left feeling like a spare part as she watched her sister and her new friend walk off together, arms wrapped around one another, just like they used to do.
And that sense of losing her sister only intensified when Jenny reluctantly told Helen that she was planning on moving to Leeds, with Doris planning to put in a good word for her at a department store. After raising the issue of air raids, which had hit the city hard, Helen then pushed back against the idea of her working in a shop. "Chop Jenny in half and it says farmer," she said to her father.
Despite Richard insisting that she had "made her mind up", Helen still wasn't convinced. "Or Doris has," she added, visibly irritated by her sister's new pal, which later led to another spiky conve.