Growing Up Season 2, Episode 22: Home Is Where The Heart Is

1

The Good Old Days

It's 1968 and David is part of the second batch to be enlisted into NS, to the distress of Mrs Tay. Meanwhile, Vicky is in a dilemma - should she go to the Teachers Training College or join Whiteley's Department Store to pursue her interest in fashion.

2

Splish Splash

Tammy wins a school swimming contest but a sore loser insists that she won the race unfairly. Meanwhile, Gary wants to buy a scooter and tries to find a way to earn instant cash.

3

Escapades

Mr Robinson has to leave Singapore after the British Forces (British Army) pull out. So Tay is called upon to be the Acting Restaurant Manager. Meanwhile, Ah Guan takes David and Fatty on their last 'freedom fling' before army life begins.

4

Soldier Blues

David begins a new chapter of his life in the army and his mother is worried for him. Meanwhile, Tay is promoted to Restaurant Manager and calls for a celebration. Vicky dresses her mother to the nines for the occasion.

5

For A Few Dollars More

Gary appears on national TV in the RTS Talentime 1968, to the excitement of the Tay family. Meanwhile, Vicky gives Mrs Tay a make-over for Mr Tay's hotel staff party.

6

Turn Turn Turn

The path of love is never easy as Govin finds out when his friendship with a widowed schoolteacher starts tongues wagging. Meanwhile, the Tays are in for a rude shock when they realise they may have to move into a cramped HDB flat.

7

Hit The Road Jack

All about sexual harassment in the '60s. Vicky finds herself in a tough spot when one of her colleagues, John, tries to be funny with her, and it turns into a case of 'his word vs her word'.

8

Jailhouse Rock

After a night out with the boys, Gary wakes up from a drunken stupor only to find himself alone in the driver's seat and potentially responsible for knocking down a teenage girl. If only he could remember what had happened on the sly.

9

Fly Away Peter, Fly Away Paul

Which young man has never dreamt of becoming a pilot at some point in his life? David entertains such fantasies, but meets with parental objections. Mr and Mrs Tay are further aggravated by Vicky, who is smitten with a singer and goes out with him on the sly.

10

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

It's swoon time as Gary falls in love with an old school enemy of Vicky's: Sherry. But poor Gary has trouble understanding women, and his parents worry that this might just be another of their son's fleeting interests.

11

Crossroads

A friend's death triggers Mr Tay's pre-occupation with his own mortality, unsettling the whole family.

12

Brother of Mine

Mr Tay meets his mother again after several years. They find speaking to each other difficult and trust Mrs Tay to play mediator.

13

Grandma Knows Best

While staying in Butterworth with Grandma, Vicky is smitten with a dashing young man--who unfortunately turns out to be a sleazebag. Disappointed, she returns home and runs into another young suitor, Steven.

14

Past And Present

Gary's past catches up with him when he runs into an old gangster acquaintance who invites him to take part in a robbery. Gary declines but still gets into trouble when the robbery goes awry; the gangsters suspect he has snitched on them.

15

He Said, She Said, They Said

Tammy quarrels with Mrs Chong's son and things get ugly before they get resolved.

16

Room For One More

Mr Tay and Gary argue over whose contractor friend should build the extra room for Granny.

17

Forget Me Not

Tammy discovers that breaking up is hard to do when best friend Haslinda's father gets an overseas posting and she must follow. Meanwhile, panic mounts when Mrs Chong's seven-year old son disappears, and stories fly about kids being kidnapped.

18

The Matchmakers

Vicky makes it to the cover of "Fanfare" but not everything's rosy--she breaks up with Francis and her mother wants to be her matchmaker.

19

Money Matters

When Gary decides to set up his own carpentry business, his mother tries to raise the capital by participating in a tontine group, much to her husband's ire.

20

The Good Son

Gary becomes jealous of Teck Ann when Mr Tay treats him like his own son.

21

Till Death Do Us Part

To hitch or not to hitch? Vicky and Teck Ann consider getting married, but before any plans can get underway, Vicky's grandma Mdm Lau falls ill and passes away.

22

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Major developments on the homefront: after inheriting Mdm Lau's money, the Tays consider moving out of their present house.