This intimate portrait of family life continues with 14-year-old Tom flexing his adolescent muscles and locking horns with the other man in the house: his dad. When Tom starts wearing an earring, Simon confronts him.

Simon and Jane both argue that he should have asked them first. With the row about the earring simmering at home, Tom then gets into trouble at school, prompting a letter to dad Simon. Simon sits down with his son, explaining that answering back at school is making things worse. Will Tom see his dad’s point of view? Or will he continue to rebel against authority?