Faye Durran, author of a self-help book, returns from America to ask ex-husband Adam Coltrane and their daughter Ellie to her wedding but Ellie is shocked that her mother, who walked out on them, does not regard Adam's chronic fatigue syndrome as a recognized illness. Emma intervenes to prove her wrong. Valerie's outburst revealing that she has cancer causes Daniel to rebuke Al, who had written her off as a hypochondriac.
—don @ minifie-1