Breeders

The children won’t sleep – Paul (Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) thought these nights were over. Paul spends the night fighting his own anger and his children’s inability to go the f**k to sleep.

Luke’s parents evening and the surprise arrival of Ally’s estranged father (Michael McKean) cause Paul and Ally to examine their hopes and dreams for Luke and Ava and discover how far they are willing to go for the sake of their children.

Ally attempts to acclimatise to Michael’s continued presence while Paul begins to question if his accident-prone son’s frequent injuries might actually be his fault.

Michael thrives in his new role as dad and granddad, but Paul and Ally can’t adapt to his presence as easily as the children can.

Paul and Ally are thrilled that Sprout the family gerbil has finally died, but explaining loss to Luke and Ava is more difficult than they thought as grief manifests itself.

In the wake of Michael’s death, the family stay with Darren (Patrick Baladi) at his country house, but Paul’s attempt to give Ally space by taking on kid duties.

It’s half term and Luke is responsible for taking Lenny the class bear on an adventure.

Paul attempts to focus on his upcoming wedding but is constantly thwarted by his family; Ally is distracted by work, Luke is misbehaving at school and Leah doesn’t understand why they are even bothering to get married.

Family life is thrown off kilter as Ally spends her weekdays in Berlin and weekends in London.

Luke’s condition worsens and he is admitted to a specialist pediatric unit. As Paul, Ally and their parents desperately wait for news, stress and fear cause cracks to form within the family.