Episode 92 (4th September 1973)

Charlie isolates himself from everyone except Jack, despite everyone trying to help him. Meanwhile, Matt tries to find a solution to his sheepdog problem.
==Plot==
Charlie has been looking after the injured sheep; he wakes up to find Jack feeding a baby rabbit. Jack discovers he has a sheepdog named Bruce. Dr. Scott calls though Charlie isn't friendly to her. Joe and Matt discuss obtaining a gun to frighten the dog preying on the sheep. Amos cycles to Emmerdale to ask Henry where to deliver the alcohol that he ordered but he's not in. Alison is still trying to make her mind up about buying the shop. Joe tells Carol that Jim Latimer's trial is coming up soon. Carol says she's sent her application form off for her teacher training college. Andrew walks into Charlie's cottage and is shocked at the state of the place. He tries to talk to Charlie but he locks himself in the other room. Henry does his books at Alison's, he thinks about moving into Alison's if she buys the shop. Carol asks Amos for a job. When he finds out that she can cook sausage rolls, he's keen to take her on even though she doesn't want to work evenings. Charlie refuses to be helped by Dr. Scott, she wants to put him in a home. Jack's also angry with Amos when he suggests Charlie should be put in a home too. Matt borrows a gun from Barney. Henry asks if he has thought about his future. Matt tells him he won't wed again and he doesn't want to be on the board either. Jack receives a call saying that Charlie is blind drunk and asking for Jack.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Jack - Andrew Burt
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Alison - Carolyn Moody
*Dr. Scott - Joanna Tope
===Guest cast===
*Carol - Ann Holloway
*Charlie - Jack Woolgar
*Andrew - Malcolm Terris
==Locations==
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*Hotten Road
*Rose Cottage - Living room and backroom
*Crossthwaites' Cottage - Living room
*Emmerdale Farm - Farmhouse kitchen/living room and yard
==Notes==
*TV Times synopsis: Episode 92: Alison Gibbons must come to a decision about Amy's shop; Matt Skilbeck has to go out with a gun; Jack Sugden gets an urgent summons.
*This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
**Emmerdale Farm: Volume Four DVD released by Network on 6th August 2012.
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