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Bonus (you knew this was coming, right?):

It’s Robert’s 15th birthday (Christopher’s final one in the role) and Jack gets him Coldplay’s Parachute CD. Meanwhile, Jack receives a letter from the estate agent of a potential buyer, Mr. Renenfield, for the farm. Thinking on it, Jack considers it may be for the best they move forward with selling the farm and the boys continue in school, passing their exams and make something of their lives, forget about farming (‘it’s a mugs game’). Robert has a birthday party with Emily baking a cake and Zak bringing beer.

Robert: Is he gonna buy it?

Jack: I don’t know. We don’t even know if he’ll make an offer. But somebody will buy it, sooner or later.

Andy: And then what’ll happen?

Jack: I’ll get a job. We’ll find somewhere else to live. We’ll survive. And maybe it’ll be for the best. Look, I know I wanted to hand the farm over to you two but… it wouldn’t be much of a life flogging your guts out here.

Then:

Later - the most cherished of all birthdays with his beautiful husband that he loves 💙:

How the husbands could have spent the whole day (not just a couple of hours) 😈