in series 3, episode 6 ("The Stuff of Dreams"), when discussing concerns over his legacy to the world, Gordon explains to Laura that the three sons he and Helen live with are her children from a previous marriage. One of them is named Jonathan, and he appears to be of secondary school age (11-16); it is indicated that his chemistry teacher may be the manufacturer or supplier of some of the numerous tablets that Helen uses for medication. Another son is named Tom. The third son is not named, and in the final episode, Gordon says they have only four children: it is possible that the other stepson has grown up and left home. Helen and Gordon go on to have twin boys, Matthew and Mark, together; due to a parking dispute en route to the hospital, the children are delivered by student nurses on a hospital bed in the middle of Whitbury High Street, the bed being part of a fundraising float for the students' 'rag week'. It may also be argued that Helen had a third husband; a chance encounter in Series 6, Episode 4 ("A Walk On The Wild Side"), she is reunited with Harry Johnson, a visiting spiritual guru who she first met as a teenager or young adult. She fondly remembers how a 'hippy vicar' conducted what she believed to be a mock wedding, only for Harry to reveal that the minister had since become the Bishop of Maidstone; overcome by horror, Helen seriously considers living with Harry for a trial period of 'three or four years' until a blow on the head renders him unconscious. The outcome is never overtly stated but Helen apparently remains with Gordon, and does seem to love him. Helen's erratic and often illegal behavior make life difficult for Gordon on several occasions. During series three, a department store (correctly) accuses Helen of stealing a wedding dress, some shoes, a handbag, a pair of gloves, and a barbecue set; at this point, it is made clear that her criminal record includes nine previous charges of shoplifting. In "The Chop", Gordon resigns from the leisure centre (although he is reinstated a few weeks later), in order to protect her when she admits to taking £300 from the centre's petty cash to buy a dog. In series six, Helen nearly poisons everybody in Whitbury by spiking fruit-flavoured cordial from the local shop