Emmerdale Episode Guide for 1-30 January 1996
Individual synopsis for Episodes #2040-#2449
Created & Finished 29th March 2004
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Episodes 2040 & 2041 Tuesday 2nd January 1996 - 1 hour special PART 1 Zak is still furious with Albert for taking advantage of his sons ; Mandy tells him off for taking his anger out on Butch & Sam ; Albert poaches a chicken from Adlington's farm ; Kelly has a go at Jack for sending sheep to be slaughtered at market ; she also says that she is against veal calves being transported across the continent in appalling conditions ; Jack agrees with her, but says that Adlington is the only farmer in the area who does that; Ned tells her "why don't you go & tell him your daft theories " ; she decides to take him up on his word & drags Roy along with her ; Nick is back at Home Farm ; he has no choice ; his first meeting with Dave is rather cool ; Chris is still bitter about Frank's will ; Rachel does not like his attitude ; the family solicitor has warned Kim that Chris has been to see him asking who gets what in the event of Frank's death ; Kim reminds Nick that he has no choice but to keep quiet about his accident ; Tina goes to see Albert again ; he is fed up when she doesn't have his money ; Kelly takes photographs of Adlington loading veal calves onto a truck ; Roy is wary of getting involved ; Dave tries to make friends with Nick, but they end up fighting ; Biff breaks it up ; the Dingles don't know what to do about Dillon ; Tina comes home & tells them that she has seen Albert ; Dillon & his men prepare to frighten the Dingles ; Chris & Kathy have a confrontation with Kim at the hospital ; Kelly & Roy get trapped in the lorry carrying the veal calves as it sets off for the port ; Kim taunts Chris about Frank's will " you get nothing " ;
he says that he will the Dingles panic as Dillon & his mob arrive ; they stack wood
outside the doors & set PART 2 the fires are still blazing ; the Dingles are having no luck putting
them out ; Tina manages to escape through a window ; Zak tells her
to go & let Albert know Kelly & Roy are still trapped in the lorry with the calves ; Seth tries to give Nick some advice about Kim ;Nick asks Seth to look after Alice for the afternoon ; he wants her out of the way of Kim ; Dave is worried that Kim thinks more about the Tate money than him ; she tells him that he is just going to have to be patient ; Viv asks Ned if he knows where Kelly is ; he realises that she has probably got herself mixed up with Adlington ; Nick has picked Alice up from Elsa ; Tina rings Pollard & asks him if he has found a buyer for the
necklace yet; she arranges to meet him ; Dillon threatens Zak again
; Butch worries when he hears the sound of the pigs Linda tries to make peace with Jan ; Ned & Vic walk in the pub & tell her about Roy & Kelly ; Butch is upset as his favourite pig, Nellie has been killed ; he wants
his dad to give in to them " we're nothing to them dad " ; Adlington's truck faces protestors ; Tina calls to see Eric ; Kim finds Alice at the game farm ; she tells Seth off & says that she will look after Alice ; Eric manages to get Tina down to 3,000 pounds for the necklace ; she
wants cash Kelly & Roy are scared as the protest gets out of hand ; Eric & Tina are followed as he goes to get the cash ; Nick is distressed when he finds out that Kim is looking after Alice ; the veal truck is faced by more protestors ; the police arrive & hear Kelly's cries from inside the lorry ; Adlington opens up the back & looks shocked at what he sees. PART 3 Roy is taken away in an ambulance ; Eric takes Tina to a deserted railway bridge ; he keeps his money
in a Nick is frantically searching for Alice ; he attacks Dave ; Rachel
talks to Kathy about the feud between Chris & Frank ; Kathy tells Kim walks into the tearoom & drops Alice off ; Tina exchanges
the necklace for the money ; Charlie & Tony (Dillon's henchmen)
arrive at that moment & chase after them ; Tina manages to hide
the money before Albert is freezing as he waits for Tina ; Zoe & Emma arrive home
; she wants to go straight to the hospital ; Kim is wishing Roy Glover has got 3 cracked ribs ; Eric is despondent in the Woolpack ; Dave talks to Biff about Kim
; Dave visits Frank ; Kim is annoyed at his indiscretion ; Dave demands that she leaves Home Farm & Frank ; he has had enough of the secrecy ; Albert & Zak have a heart to heart ; Albert apologises for not
being a Zak is worried about Tina, but he feels guilty about turning his |
EPISODE 2042 Thursday 4th January 1996 PART 1 Dave calls round to
see Kim early in the morning ; he wants to talk ; she does not seem
particularly pleased to see him as he is starting to rock the boat
before she is ready
; Linda is thinking of going to see her parents ; Betty reminds her
that her parents have treated her better than Biff's - his mum threw
him out
when she got a new boyfriend ; this makes Linda think ; Kim & Dave
row ; he decides that they have no future as she seems to value money
more than their love ; she won't let him just walk out on her before
she has had her say ; the Dingles are preparing to help Albert give
himself up ; they all resent him ; Kim tells Dave that she loves him,
but that
she could not bear to be a nobody again & have no money ; he agrees
to wait a while & play it her way ; Zak goes to Dillon's house & demands
to see tina ; she is having a good time living in luxury ; Zak tries
to bargain with Dillon, but he refuses to fall for it ; Rachel is trying
to persuade Chris to forget about Kim & the inheritance ; he opens
a letter from the company solicitors ; it is demanding the payment
of all the loans that Chris has ever had from the company ; he realises
that Kim is after his shares " she wants it all " he tells
Rachel ; Zak has arranged a rendevous for Dillon & Albert ; Mandy
makes sure that Albert keeps his side of the bargain ; Vic & Viv
try to lay the law down with Kelly & Scott, but with no luck ;
Kelly refuses to stop believing in her principles ; Dillon prepares
for the
handover ; a stranger appears on Betty's doorstep wearing dark glasses
; |
| EPISODE 2043 09/01/1996 Synopsis Text PART 1 - the fight between Rick & Biff
spills out onto the street ; Linda brings Terry over to help, but Biff
sorts it out & gets rid of Rick ; he refuses to go back with his
mum & tells Linda " you don't know her like I do " ; Tina
arrives home ; she has not been charged ; Scott bunks off school to spend
time with Seth ; Linda tends to Biff's wounds ; she wants Biff to make
his peace with his mum ; she also tells him that she is moving back home
; they talk about getting a flat together, but realise that they are
going to have to work hard & save up just to afford the deposit ;
Frank & Zoe persuade Kim to go home ; Frank is desperate to talk
to Zoe alone ; Biff asks Dave to use his influence to get him a pay rise
; Dave tells him that he asked Kim if she would give everything up & run
away with him ; Biff is not surprised when Dave tells him that Kim refused;
he is surprised that Dave is still seeing her though ; he tells Dave " maybe
it's going to take me & Linda years to build up an honest life together,
but at least we'll get there. You & Kim will be finished long before
that "; Scott talks to Seth about living in Emmerdale ; he wants
to leave as soon as he can & join the army ; Frank & Zoe have
a heart to heart, but he still does not manage to tell her about Kim
; Eric calls at the Dingles & demands his money back ; Tina insists
that Dillon's men took it ; he is furious & takes his anger out on
Sam by sacking him ; Biff, Seth & Nick are having a game of cards
; they persuade Dave to join in ; Kim arrives home & tells everyone off including Dave ; he gets fed up with this treatment & tells her that he wants to sort things out ; Frank finally tells Zoe that the baby is not his " Kim's been having an affair with Dave, he's the father ". PART 2 - Zoe is shocked by Frank's news ; they are discussing it when Alan turns up to visit ; Dave tells Kim that he wants them to be together ; Rachel is getting fed up of Chris spending all his time trying to find a way to stop Kim ruining him ; she wants him to sell his shares & pay off his debts so that they can start to build a normal life ; Scott asks Vic what happened to the airgun that he was promised ; Viv doesn't approve of guns after what happened with Reg ; Jan & Ned are trying to encourage Roy to dump Kelly after the trouble she has caused ; Frank blames himself for taking Kim back after the Neil Kincaid affair ; Zoe just wants him to concentrate on getting better rather than spending his time thinking of getting revenge on Kim ; Biff & Linda ask around for odd jobs ; Zoe refuses to help Frank in his attempt to get revenge on Kim & Dave ; she wants him to let the business go & come & live with her & Emma so that she can look after him ; he refuses & says that he doesn't care if getting revenge kills him. |
| EPISODE 2044 11/01/1996 Synopsis Text PART 1 - Zoe realises that she
is going to have to help Frank in his plan to get revenge on Kim for
the sake of his health ; she tells Emma that she really doesn't care
if Kim ends up with everything " Tate money has brought nothing
but unhappiness " ; Tina retrieves Eric's money from where she hid
it while being chased by Dillon's men ; subject to more detailed plans
being submitted, the Sugdens are given permission for their barn conversion
to go ahead ; Nellie has sent a letter & presents for everyone ;
they are wrapped up in newspaper ; Rachel is sarcastic towards Chris
as he continues searching for a way to beat Kim, even though he has been
told by a solicitor that he is no longer entitled to a say in how the
business is run ; he gets annoyed when someone phones up to ask if the
Mill is for sale ; the Dingles have all received a photograph of Nellie
with a personal message from her ; Zak seems upset as he tells them all
that she says in the letter that grandad isworse so she is going to have
to stay in Ireland for a while longer ; Frank's doctor tells him that
he must takethings easy from now on ; Kim seems very interested to know
if this will guarantee Frank a long life ; the doctor can't make any
promises, but Frank seem determined to bearound for a while longer ;
Chris storms into Zoe's office & tells her that Kim is trying to
ruin him ; Zoe doesn't want to listen to him ; Zak is too upset to talk
about Nellie, but it seems that she is not coming home ; Sam & Butch
are upset ; Kim is pleased when Frank tells her that Zoe has advised him to let go of the business ; Eric is being nagged by Viv to move out of the village hall so that the playgroup can move in ; he takes his anger out on Sam who just wants to start working for him again ; he is really nasty to Sam calling him a moron & a dimwit ; Sam doesn't understand, but gets upset when Eric shouts at him to get out ; Jack is worried about the type of people that he is going to get staying in the barn ; Terry suggests to Rachel that she asks Alan for some extra hours ; she wonders whether she will regret not finishing her degree ; Sam tells Zak that he has been sacked by Eric ; Zak tells him to stand up to Eric as Butch says " we've got no mam, no pigs & no jobs & by the time me dads finished drinking, we'll have no money either so you're the only one with any prospects " & he drags him off to see Eric. PART 2 - Butch forces Eric to ask for his job back ; Eric mentions the Dingles owe him 3 thousand pounds & he cons Sam into agreeing to pay it back out of his wages ; Butch can't believe that Sam falls for that ; Tina invests the money in a building society ; Sarah asks Emma's advice about the barn conversion ; she does not want " to compromise the rural style " ; Sarah wants Emma to do the work for them ; Emma is rather annoyed ; Kim brings an estate agent round to the Mill ; she is planning to sell it from under Chris's nose ; Rachel stands up to her & orders her out ; Kim has just gone too far now & Rachel is now prepared to tell Chris everything she knows ; Zoe goes to see Frank ; she tells him that if he is determined to fight Kim she does not want him to do it on his own ; she is prepared to help him ; Linda & Biff offer to clean Kathy's windows as part of their attempt to earn extra cash ; Terry calls for Sam's help in getting a drunken Zak out of the Woolpack ; Eric makes him take the time as his afternoon break ; everyone watches as Butch & Sam struggle with Zak ; Frank wants Zoe to contact one of his old solicitors so that he can have a loyal ally ; she agrees to contact one for him ; Mandy drags Zak upstairs ; Chris is pleased to hear about Kim's affair & even more delighted to find out that the baby is Dave's " she's carrying the child of an unskilled labourer who used to live in a caravan. This is my lucky day...I'll get her for this " ; Rachel looks disappointed as Chris looks forward to telling his dad. |
| EPISODE 2045 16/01/1996 Synopsis Text PART 1 - Chris visits Kathy at
the earliest opportunity ; he wants to talk to her about Kim & Dave
; Biff & Linda ask Chris if he wants his car washing, but he makes
a sarcastic remark about it being bob a job week ; Biff feels embarrassed
; Linda tells him to swallow his pride ; Kathy knows that Chris does
not want to help her, he just wants to destroy Kim ; she refuses to join
in ; Kim is amazed when Frank tells her that he has decided to let her & Dave
run the business from now on ; he is going to take it easy ; she does
not realise that Frank has a master plan ; Tina tells Zak a few home
truths ; she is annoyed that he drunk away all their money ; she also
tells Butch to go out & get a job ; Sam is worried by Eric's reaction
when he is late ; he tries to talk to him about his mum, but Eric is
not sympathetic ; Tina wakes Mandy up ; she is hungover after polishing
off Nellie's Creme de Menthe ; Chris tells Zoe about Kim's affair ; Zoe
knows that he does not want to tell Frank for his benefit, he just wants
revenge ; shetells Chris to leave it alone, but he is determined to give
Kim an ultimatum - either she leaves Emmerdale or he will tell Frank
; Butch meets Scott ; he has been out shooting rabbits & Scott is
impressed with his gun ; he wants to have a go ; Butch makes him pay
for the pellets - 10p a go; Eric makes a mysterious booking over the
phone for twoladies to accompany him & an American guest to dinner
; Sam is impressed by the idea of an escort agency ; Zoe warns Frank
that Chris knows about Kim & Dave ; Frank does not see it as a problem ; he is still going to go ahead with his plans ; Butch agrees to sell his airgun to Scott for 30 pounds ; Chris confronts Kim about her affair ; she denies it, but he still threatens to tell Frank. PART 2 - Dave tries to appeal to Chris's better nature, but he hasn't got one ; Kim is worried ; Dave is pleased as he wants things to be out in the open ; Sam tells Butch about the escort agency ; they get quite excited ; the phone rings & Sam answers ; it is the escort agency cancelling Eric's booking saying that he is a pervert ; if he rings again, they are going to call the police ; Sam decides not to tell Eric ; Kim gives Dave the opportunity to go with her to the hospital to face Frank ; she is hoping that the shock will kill him ; Ned volunteers Biff & Linda for clearing out the Sugdens barn ; Jan watches as Kathy meets Mike the builder for a drink ; Scott steals money from Viv's purse ; Zak gets angry with Sam when he interrupts him singing Nellie's song ; he makes him sing `I Got You Babe' ; Sarah asks Mike to do some jobs on the barn ; she & Jack argue about the cost ; Kim meets Chris at the hospital ; she tries to do a deal with him, but he won't listen ; the Dingle family worry about Zak ; he won't accept that Nellie has left him & tries to go searching for her ; Chris races in to see Frank & immediately tells him about Kim having an affair ; Frank pretends not to believe Chris & tells him to go home ; Kim looks smugly on. |
| EPISODE 2046 18/01/1996 Synopsis Text PART 1 - Zak is still trying
to come to terms with Nellie's departure ; Tina tries to make him face
up to it ; Zoe does not approve of Frank being so hard on Chris ; the
lads start up a card game ; they want Frank back as their boss ; Seth
uses a dead rabbit as his stake ; Dave is fuming with Kim for not letting
him know how her confrontation with Frank went ; Zak is looking for Nellie's
benefit books, but as Tina tells him " most of the people she were
claiming for were either dead or never born in the first place " ;
she tries to encourage everyone to start bringing money in to the house & accept
that Nellie has gone ; Scott brings Butch the money for the gun ; Chris
is ranting on aboutFrank & Kim ; Rachel tries to make him appreciate
that Joseph is more important than money, but Chris is determined that
he will not let Kim win ; Rachel is disgusted with his greed ; Scott
tries out the gun ; he tells Butch that he will have to keep it secret
from his parents as his real dad was an armed robber ; the trigger seems
a bit dodgy ; Butch assures him that it is a safety device ; Butch boasts
that he is an armed robber as well ; Chris still insists that he is fighting
for Joseph's inheritance ; he looks interested when Rachel says that
his future is secure thanks to hisshares in Emmerdale Farm that he will
inherit on his 18th birthday (2013) ; Zak finds Sam in tears ; he is
upset about his mum ; Zak wipes away his tears with his cap & comforts
him ; he tells Sam that he has never fully understood women, but he thinks
that it was her age & nature (ie the menopause) "mostly they think on & get it sorted" ; Chris surprises Jack & Sarah with a visit to Emmerdale ; he asks about the barn & enquires about their marketing strategy ; he accepts the offer of a cup of tea ; Dave is furious when he sees Kim " you just treated me like a hired hand ; she is cool towards him ; Chris tells Jack & Sarah that he wants to have regular business meetings with them & attends their AGM " as my son's a significant shareholder in Emmerdale Farm...I'm entitled to act on his behalf ". PART 2 - Sarah tries to calm Jack down after Chris's visit ; he blames Annie for giving the shares to Joseph ; Seth notices that Dave is quiet ; his advice is to get another round in ; Tina asks Terry if there are any vacancies going in the Woolpack ; she makes a bad joke about Oik & Tina Turner ; Zoe has got in touch with Frank's old pals for him ; he tells Zoe that he cannot just throw Kim out as she would end up with half of everything & he would feel humiliated ; he has a meeting with Pete McCarty (an old pal) ; he is working on Frank's behalf to destroy Kim ; Kim finds Dave in the Woolpack ; she apologises ; Kelly sees Scott with his new gun ; Linda & Biff open a joint post office account ; Dave has gone back to Home Farm ; Kim is sure that Frank is totally devoted to her ; Tina asks at the post office for a job ; Vic seems interested, but Viv refuses her ; Sam tries to tell Eric about the phone call from the escort agency, but they are interrupted by Viv ; Zak burns pictures of Nellie ; Frank instructs his solicitors to set Home Farm & Tate Enterprises up as a Trust ; he then wants all assets after his death to go to those who can prove that they are his bloodline heirs ; he tells them to fight Kim ; Dave agrees to spends the night at Home Farm ; Kim refers to it as his "future home". |
| EPISODE 2047 23/01/1996 Synopsis Text PART 1 - Jan nags at Linda to
have some breakfast before she goes off to work ; Biff arrives to take
her on his motorbike & is surprised to hear that Dave is on a course
in Leeds ; Betty scrounges breakfast from Terry ; Roy calls & asks
if he can clean Alan's car ; he says that he & Kelly will do it cheaper
than Biff & Linda ; Terry refuses ; he then asks Betty if she realises
that Biff & Linda are saving up to get married ; she doesn't think
that they are old enough ; Ned finds Chris sitting in his car surveying
Emmerdale land ; he is condescending to Ned & tells him that he is
doing some research to see if his son's investment is secure, checking
up on them to see if they are " optimising yield, not letting land
lie fallow through neglect, bad planning, laziness "; Ned is not
impressed ; Dave is not in Leeds, but has spent the night at Home Farm
; as he & Kim let the dog out for some fresh air a man takes photographs
; Ned tells Jack that Chris has been looking at the farm ; he threatens
to leave if Chris has anything to do with the running of Emmerdale ;
Kim issues orders to the staff before she leaves for the hospital to
pick Frank up ; Biff makes a sarcastic remark to Dave about how he & Kim
will not be able to use Frank's bed anymore " should I just ough
when I come into the stables? " he asks him ; Sarah has invited
Rachel out to lunch at Kathy's ; she wants to talk to her about Chris
; Mike Maddocks invites Kathy outfor a drink ; Viv & Terry are practising
their dancing in the village hall ready for a competition ; Eric interrupts them ; Sam is still hoping that his mum will come home ; Butch is sympathetic ; everyone looks busy at Home Farm as Frank arrives back ; he tells them all that he is proud of them but " my body is telling me that it has had enough. I know the business, the estate & the welfare of all of you will be in safe hands with my wife. " PART 2 - Zoe is at Home Farm to see to Frank ; Tina watches as Biff & Linda kiss passionately ; Terry sneaks up on her ; they talk about love & Tina admits that she wants to be able to fall in love, but is afraid ; she even admits that Luke was right when he told her that she would never be able to love someone because she wouldn't know if they were lying to her ; she seems to have some regrets ; Frank's old friend, Pete arrives ; he shows Frank the photographs of Kim & Dave that he took that morning ; Mandy comforts Sam & decides that she & Tina should solve his problem about Eric's escort girls not turning up by posing as them ; Tina agrees ; Betty brings up the subject of marriage with Linda & Biff ; she is relieved when they say that they are not saving up for a wedding - she did not like to think that Viv Windsor knew something that she didn't ; Sam tries to tell Eric that the agency have banned him from having any more girls, but Mandy & Tina bounce in before he can explain himself ; Tina explains that Mandy is wearing her American dress " one yank & it's off " ; Frank & Pete discuss the next part of his plan ; he shows Pete how the burglar alarm works & gives him the code ; Pete is obviously going to break in for some reason ; Eric is trying to throw Mandy & Tina out when his American business colleague arrives & immediately seems very taken with the girls ; Tina tells Eric that she wants #50 pounds each now for the evening ; Biff & Linda discuss marriage & he proposes to her ; they decide not to tell anyone - especially Betty ; Regan is getting on well with Tina & Mandy ; Linda tells Biff that she wants to sleep with him, but she still wants to wait until they have a place of their own ; he is rather frustrated ; Mandy & Tina sneak off with Regan while Eric is buying another bottle of champagne ; they go to a hotel & Tina pushes Mandy in the swimming pool ; Regan jumps in after her ; Tina seems really upset over Terry & refuses to join in the fun. |
| EPISODE 2048 25/01/1996 Synopsis Text PART 1 - Biff & Linda meet
up early to earn some extra cash before work ; Linda notices that Roy & Kelly
have placed an advert in the post office window offering to clean cars & windows
at the cheapest prices in town ; she is furious ; Ned & Jan are talking
about it & Ned comments " our Roy can't even have a wash on
a morning never mind clean a car" ; they talk to Dave about Home
Farm & both think that Kim will be relying on him even more now that
Frank has retired ; Tina & Mandy count their earnings from the previous
evening ; Regan paid them in dollars ; they are discussing the date when
Zak & Butch walk in ; Zak is not impressed with how they earned the
money " playing trollop for that slimeball Pollard " ; Frank
suggests to Kim that he getsout of her way for a while ; she suggests
a cruise, but he is thinking about moving into the attic room where he
can set up a study ; he is going to get his friend Pete to help him move
; Rachel tells Chris to stop sticking his nose inat Emmerdale ; he is
determined to get involved though ; Eric is distraught that the American
has gone off without signing up to do any business, but then Sam remembers
that Tina gave him a piece of paper for Eric ; Regan did sign & Eric
is delighted ; he now only has the problem of clearing all his furniture
out of the hall to make way for the dancing competition ; Kim tells Dave
that Frank is suddenly looking like an old man ; Pete delivers a computer
to Frank; Sarah, Mike & Ned are clearing out the barn ; Jack keeps interfering ; Eric asks Tina & Mandy if they would be prepared to help him out again ; Zak doesn't like it, but Mandy suggests that perhaps he could become a gigolo ; Pete shows Frank the hidden camera he has set up around Home Farm ; he shows Frank how to view via his computer ; " when I've finished Romeo & Juliet won't be able to blow their noses without you watching them ". PART 2 - Terry is practising his dancing steps in the bar ; Seth wants to ban women from the pub after seeing Linda nearly eating Biff ; Roy & Scott are trying to shoot a rabbit when Kelly arrives ; she is furious with Roy ; Rachel asks Kathy for advice about Chris ; she is regretting not handling Frank & the baby incident better ; Eric walks in & takes away the table that Kathy is using because he says that it has been bought by Regan Dexter III ; Roy steals Linda's bucket while she is up a ladder cleaning windows ; Chris turns up at the farm again with a business proposal to rival Home Farm ; Jack & Sarah are too polite to tell him they are not interested, but Ned doesn't mince his words & tells him to get lost ; Viv & Terry prepare for the Young Farmers dancing competion ; Terry is nervous ; Pete & Frank pretend to be playing chess when Dave walks in ; he is taking Kim to the young farmers do ; Terry admits to Tina that he is as nervous about the competition as he used to be before a rugby match ; that was why he had to give up ; Britt used to tease him ; Tina tells him not to let Britt be proved right ; Chris's pride has been hurt by Ned's words ; Viv & Terry's routine goes down well ; they are declared the winners & Kim presents the prize ; Chris calls round to the Glovers ; he is very bitter & has decided to tell them about Dave & Kim ; Ned can't believe it while Jan is devastated |
| EPISODE 2049 30/01/1996 Synopsis Text PART 1 - Ned tells Jan not to
take any notice of Chris Tate, but she is convinced that he is telling
the truth about Dave & Kim's affair ; things start to add up for
her now - the tenancy, Kathy & Dave splitting up ; they decideto
confront him ; Biff & Linda are washing Alan's car ; Biff wants to
tell Betty about their decision to get married ; Dave doesn't deny the
affair when confronted by his parents ; Jan is shocked & worried
about their future ; she also cannot believe that he would betray Frank
when he has treated him so well ; Dave tries to justify the affair telling
them that he is in love with Kim & that he just could not help himself,
nothing else matters ; Roy splatters Alan's clean car with mud so that
he can get paid for recleaning it & wreck Linda & Biff's reputation
; Scott asks Butch to go rabbitting with him ; he is bunking off school
again ; Seth gives Biff some advice about marriage " it's mother
natures trap " he tells him ; Kim is fussing over Frank ; Viv is
still in a whirl after winning first prize at the Hotten Young Farmers
Ballroom dancing competition - modern section ; she wants to display
the medal in the shop window ; Betty tells Viv that she has officially
been told of Biff & Linda's engagement ; the Windsors receive a letter
from Scott's headmaster informing them of his truancy ; Jan apologises
to Kathy for how Dave has treated her ; Frank & Pete listen in as
Dave tells Kim that his parents know about the affair ; Butch & Scott
seem to be getting on well ; Biff & Linda see the mud on Alan's car ; Linda immediately suspects Roy ; Emma is in a panic & asks Biff to take some plans into Hotten for her ; she pays him & Linda snatches the money ; Frank shows Pete a deserted cottage on the Home Farm estate ; it used to belong to the gamekeeper ; he suggests that Pete could live there while he is helping out, but Pete thinks that it would make a perfect love nest. PART 2 - Frank asks Dave if he would like to come & live on the estate " I want to make sure that Kim has all the support she needs " ; Rachel is furious to find out from Jan that Chris informed them of the affair " is it the only way you can feel good about yourself by putting other people down? " ; Dave is feeling guilty because Frank has been so nice to him ; Kim is harder though & tells him to take up Frank's offer ; Frank listens in to their conversation again ; Viv asks Kelly about Scott's truancy ; she denies all knowledge, but Viv can tell that she is lying & grounds her ; Mandy & Tina tease Butch about his friendship with Scott ; Zak has acquired a hi-fi to try & encourage Tina & Mandy to stay in ; it doesn't work & they haven't got any records anyway ; Linda forces Roy to clean Alan's car ; Viv catches Kelly & Donna watching `Death Stalker' - a video nasty ; it has come from Scott's collection ; Zak is still in mourning for Nellie ; Vic & Viv round on Scott as soon as he comes home ; they challenge him about missing school & then find his gun ; Vic wrestles him for it, but the dodgy trigger goes off & Donna screams ; Scott runs away. |