Helen (played by Louiza Pakitas) joined Emma Grundy (Emerald O’Hanrahan) in a spot of idle gossip as the two mothers dropped off their sons to take part in a karate class on The Archers, which was being run by Helen’s love interest Lee (Ryan Early).
As the two women spoke about numerous topics, including Helen’s brother Tom Archer's (William Troughton) news he will be marrying his girlfriend of a few months Natasha (Mali Harries), their attention soon turned to Helen’s relationship with Lee.
With the two set to embark on a date in upcoming episodes, Emma seemed excited about the future for the couple, with Helen more tentative as she has tried to make a go of things with Lee in the past, but has been haunted by her abusive relationship with ex husband Rob (Timothy Watson).
However, Lee made it known to Helen when Emma left the two together after the class he was really looking forward to their date tomorrow night on the BBC Radio 4 soap.
I certainly don’t need reminding
Helen Archer
With Helen still airing on the side of caution, she told Lee: “If you’d prefer to postpone,” with the karate teacher stating: “No, no, no I don’t want to postpone. We’re definitely on.”
Helen added: “I don’t have to come to you if you don’t feel like cooking,” but Lee told her: “Look, Helen, I’d like you to come over to my flat and I want to cook for you, is that fair enough?”
Agreeing to Lee’s proposal, the pair agreed on a time before taking the car park where Helen updated Emma on her date with Lee.
Trying to boost her confidence, Emma told Helen: “You seem so positive and happy. It’s brilliant you’re not letting what happened with Rob get in the way.”
Though mentioning Helen’s abusive ex didn’t go down well with her, as things between her and Rob ended with the distraught mother taking a knife and stabbing her husband
