- It is a Tuesday morning for the Brockmans, and the children are getting ready to go back to school.
- Schoolmaster Pete Brockman and his wife Sue, a part-time P.A.,feel 'outnumbered' by their three children - Jake,a worrier,about to start secondary school,five-year-old Karen,inquisitive about everything and Ben,at seven already a compulsive liar. It's back to school and Ben is claiming it's Show and Tell. He wants to take Pete's drill to school and Pete has to give him a fiver to stop him. Having demonstrated the use of a fork as a weapon Karen is discovered to have nits in her hair and wants to keep one as a pet. Sue sends her boss Veronica a less than polite email and blames it on Ben though she comes clean to Pete,who also admits to the bribe. He then makes a secret phone call.—don @ minifie-1
- It's Tuesday and chaotic. They're all running late, there's no time to take the walking bus so everyone will have to take the car to school but Sue can't find the car keys. Jake is anxious to get out of the house on time for his first day at big school but with chaotic Ben and Karen, they're likely to be late.
Much to Pete's annoyance, Sue gets caught up replying to emails from her boss Veronica.
Karen can't find her shoes but does ask Pete about some of the new words she overheard during her parents argument the previous evening (e.g. hypocrite, pillock, ponk). She shows her mum some recent pictures she has drawn, one of which is a disturbing rendition of a cow killing people because it doesn't want to end up as food. She argues with Ben about how lethal fairies can be; turning a person's heart into a pumpkin or chopping their bones up with mini big axes. On her way out of the door, Sue notices that she is scratching her head and checks her hair - Karen has nits.
Habitual fibber Ben is trying to convince his parents that Show and Tell has been moved to Tuesdays and wants to take either his dad's laptop computer, staple gun or cordless drill with him, he has also told one of his school friends that it's "bring your granny to school day". Everyone except Pete and Ben are out in the car when Ben jumps out holding the drill. Pete threatens to leave him in the house on his own all day which suits Ben. Finally, in order to avoid a screamy tantrum, Pete offers him £5 to go and get in the car and not mention the money.
After searching the entire kitchen, Sue finds the car keys in her pocket.
Pete arrives home at the end of the day to find Sue apologising to Veronica for an email apparently sent by Ben containing some rude words. Jake is working on his English homework, a "what I did in the holidays" composition and has chosen to write about his mum's road rage and the fact that the family car had a wing mirror knocked off. Pete tries to censor some of it without much success and starts working on marking his pupils' history homework (one of whom confused Queen Elizabeth I and II).
Pete tries to ask Sue about the email Ben sent pretending to be her but Karen calls for her mum. She explains Karen has nits and Pete is disgusted and blames parents for sending their kids to school when they know their children are infected. Sue agrees and walks off looking guilty. Karen asks if she can keep a nit for a pet or failing that a giraffe, lion or puffin (all of which Sue vetos on the basis of hygiene, space or danger).
Pete tries to talk to Ben about his lying, using the email as an example. Sue takes Pete aside and explains that she sent the email and blamed Ben. Pete is annoyed and asks her how it's possible to stop Ben's behaviour if Karen doesn't set a good example. Ben asks when he'll get the promised £5 and Pete tells him off for lying (but Sue doesn't seem convinced).
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