Episode 12 (21st November 1972)

Plot
Matt tells Tom Merrick he is not pulling his weight around the farm. Marian questions Jack about Ruth Merrick. They argue about whether she should have married Tom. Jack says he does not believe in marriage, but he tells Marian that he loves her. She tells him to go and leave her alone - she despises him. Matt and Jack go to Bradford and buy a landrover for the farm. Marian tells her father that there will never be anything between her and Jack Sugden. Ruth takes her children to the village, she meets Jack and apologises for Tom's behaviour. Ruth asks Jack to sack Tom. Jack tells Marian he loves her and wants to marry, she refuses. Matt and Tom row over him smoking on the farm. Jack visits Ruth at home and offers to buy Jackie's childish pictures for 100 pounds. Tom Merrick tries to blackmail Jack - he threatens to tell Henry Wilks that Jack has been sleeping at Inglebrook while he is in hospital. Jack sacks him. Ruth tells Jack that she is moving to Leeds and leaves it up to him if he decides to come or not.

Main cast

 * Annie - Sheila Mercier
 * Joe - Frazer Hines
 * Jack - Andrew Burt
 * Sam - Toke Townley
 * Peggy - Jo Kendall
 * Matt - Frederick Pyne
 * Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
 * Marian - Gail Harrison
 * Amos - Ronald Magill
 * Ruth - Lynn Dalby
 * Tom - David Hill

Guest cast
None.

Commercial Releases

 * Emmerdale Farm - Volume One DVD released by Network on 24th September 2007.