An invitation to the annual magistrate's dinner dance confirms Laura's suspicion that she is single in a world designed for couples. At least it encourages her to invite Diver. Laura's ego is battered when Dan surrenders himself with a pile of unpaid fines, choosing a jail sentence over a date with her. Dan is checkmated when instead of imprisonment, Laura sentences him to the cruelest of community services - filing in her office. Disturbingly, beneath Diver's rough exterior lurks a highly organised individual. Karen questions how well she knows her parents when they return as born again hippies, more willing to chat to Angus about surfing than grandchildren. Karen is further horrified when her father turns himself in for a past crime, leaving Laura baffled as to why the town's men are trying so hard to get into jail rather than staying out of it.
