Episode 1233 (23rd March 1988)

==Plot==
A crisis at the fish farm brings Joe and Ruth closer together, but all it promises Jock is the sack. There is a blockage in one of the inlets at the fish farm. When Jock returns he realises it was his job to check the inlets. The blockage was caused by a dead animal. Ruth pulls the dead animal out of the inlet.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie Sugden - Sheila Mercier
*Matt Skilbeck - Frederick Pyne
*Amos Brearly - Ronald Magill
*Henry Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
*Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
*Dolly Skilbeck - Jean Rogers
*Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
*Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
*Phil Pearce - Peter Alexander
*Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
*Kathy Merrick - Malandra Burrows
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Mrs. Bates - Diana Davies
*Nick Bates - Cy Chadwick
*Ruth Pennington - Julia Chambers
*Archie Brooks - Tony Pitts
*Jock MacDonald - Drew Dawson
*Sam Skilbeck - Benjamin Whitehead
===Guest cast===
*Sgt. MacArthur - Martin Dale
Category:1988 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes