S04E09: Bruno makes a fatal mistake

Bruno insists that Lucy wear her necklace at all times, to show that they’ve moved on from the bad times and that she can trust him. Lucy is touched and begins to believe that they’ve turned a corner. Later, she confides in Amber over lunch and tells her that it’s all over between her and Giles. Amber meanwhile is preoccupied with Conrad’s imminent move to Spain and she’s full of plans to topple Hazel…anything to stop him going. During the lunch, Lucy drops her necklace and in the scattered pieces, sees the tracking device. Surely Bruno wouldn’t stoop so low…would he? Lucy is enraged – it’s the final straw. She’s off and she’s taking Angelica with her, but how will she manage to leave her prison of a home?

At the club, Amber tells the members of Hazel’s consortium that Hazel is an alcoholic and unfit for her position as Chair of Earls Park. She also practices another form of persuasion on Vince, one of the consortium members, making it clear that she’s prepared to do anything to get what she wants. Meanwhile, Tim arrives to speak to Noah and offers his help to organise the wedding; after all, the church needs as much publicity as possible. Noah can’t believe that he’s set this chain of events in motion. It seems that marriage to Bethany is now a certainty that will prove nigh-on impossible to get out of.

Bruno has organised a shooting party and wants Lucy to play the part of the doting wife and threatens to tell their lawyer that she’s been hitting Angelica if she doesn’t. Soon, their estate is awash with 4X4s, tweed and double barrelled shot guns as all the players and their partners descend. Hazel’s new squeeze Jools causes a stir as she struts down the driveway with legs up to her armpits – she’s an international tennis pro – no wonder Hazel’s looking pleased with herself!

During the shoot, Lucy reveals all to Amber about Bruno’s violent, controlling personality. Leaving Angelica in Amber’s care, she pleads illness so that Bruno will allow her to go back to the house, diverting his suspicions by telling him that she feels like she did when she was pregnant with Angelica. Meanwhile, Shannon tries her hand at shooting, only to be winded by the recoil of her gun. She toughs it out – it’s just a bit sore – thank heavens for her implants or she could have been really hurt! Seb takes the opportunity to have a quiet word in Jackie’s ear about the possibility of a repeat performance. After all, he’s getting on so much better with his dad now that he’s also playing with his favourite toy.

As Lucy makes her daring escape, she finds another tracking device in her watch. After smashing it, she goes straight to Giles’s house and the safety of his arms. Bruno is furious when he discovers that Lucy has fled with his precious daughter, but now that Lucy has destroyed the last of his tracking devices, he has no idea where to even start looking for her. Later, he interrupts Conrad and Amber at dinner. Amber denies all knowledge of Lucy’s whereabouts, but is so worried by Bruno’s display of temper that she decides to warn Lucy. But when Amber goes to the hospital where Giles works to get his address, she’s deeply disturbed to discover that all is not as it seems.

Shannon is still feeling unwell when she meets Bethany for lunch but manages to soldier on. Harley’s also got a lunch date – it’s Katie! She tells Harley that ever since the rape, she’s felt drawn to him and, if he’s keeping their meetings a secret from Shannon, he’s already being unfaithful. When Harley’s phone rings, he thinks its Shannon calling and ignores it, kissing Katie instead. But what he doesn’t know is that it’s Bethany calling – Shannon’s collapsed. When Harley finally gets the message, he races to the hospital to be told that the impact from the gun recoiling into Shannon’s implant has ruptured a blood vessel. She’s been very lucky, but she’ll be fine now that they’ve removed the implant. Harley is guilty and relieved, but when he sees Shannon, he can’t believe that all she cares about is being a 34A again.

As Lucy revels in her new loving relationship, she discovers a photograph of a woman who looks remarkably like herself. Quickly, she realises that all is not right – why has Giles appeared with a wedding dress, and why does he keep calling her Magda? Lucy’s day is about to get a lot worse when Giles announces that they’re to be married. And what’s more, he’s locked all of the doors and cut the phone line. Giles is marrying her to a homemade wedding video – with him as the vicar and the guests. Lucy is drowsy from the drugs that Giles has given her and doesn’t quite understand why he keeps talking about them all taking a long journey together.

Amber finally comes clean to Conrad about Giles and her concerns for his mental health. Conrad races over to see Bruno and together, they go to Giles’s hospital and force the officious receptionist to give them his address. Bruno’s a man on a mission now…but why did he put a shotgun into the boot of his car before he and Conrad left the house?

Amber’s confident of toppling Hazel from her position as Chair of Earls Park, but it seems that this time she’s met her match. Hazel has decided that she wants out anyway, and, much to Amber’s chagrin, she’s lined up her own replacement. Meanwhile, Noah gives up trying to pretend to himself and goes to a gay sauna. Desperate for a man, he gets more than he bargained for when he sees Tim through the steam.

Giles has had the car that his fiancée, Magda died in repaired and he wants to use it to take Lucy and Angelica on a final journey with him to heaven. He switches on the engine and waits for the blissful end just as Conrad and Bruno pull up outside the house. Bruno goes straight round to the back of the house while Conrad discovers that the hospital have given them the wrong address. But when Conrad races off to tell Bruno, Bruno mistakes him for Giles and shoots him. As Bruno starts to panic, the fumes begin to fill the car…is this the end for Lucy and Angelica?