Valentine #5 August 1972

Mandy, new in town and eager to fit in, finds herself drawn to the weekend crowd—especially Trent, who apologizes after nearly running her over. With her parents away and a chance to belong, she invites the group to her house for a party, bonding with Trent as the night heats up. But when her parents return home early, the moment takes an unexpected turn.

Maggie watches from the sidelines as her friends tease Bruno, the shy foreigner visiting their seaside town. Though she offers him kindness and a place to stay, she keeps her distance, fearing her own friends’ ridicule. When Bruno gets into trouble in the water, the tide turns — not just for him, but for the way the group sees her, too.

Alice finds herself drawn to Jamie, the brother with a plan to buy a business, but when he falls for Gloria—his partner in that venture—her focus shifts to Rob, who’s already spent his savings on a trip to a football match in Germany. As the brothers’ dreams unravel and their savings vanish, the two end up back where they started, rebuilding the motorway they once left behind.

Tricia and Lucy fret over the unsettling presence of Ronald Snyder at Tricia’s workplace, while Samantha Fry draws unwanted attention from him—until a moment of distraction leads to a sudden crash. Lucy grapples with the shock of her cat surviving a near-fatal encounter with Tricia’s father’s car, and just as things seem to settle, Al Morris arrives with a mysterious update meant for one of them.