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Episode 2147 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Tue 19th March 2002) [The first regular Wednesday episode, marking the show airing 3 days a week.] NOTE: this episode review is based on the officially released synopsis, and a review by Yorkshire Televison It's the morning after the night before for Sophie. Albert puts pay to Zak's romantic plans, While Kelly's new romance with Tom takes off. Kelly & Tom Kiss PART 1 Biff finds Roy staring out towards the field opposite the Glovers
; he is looking at a scarecrow ; it starts to moan & when they look
closer, it turns out to be Butch who has been hoisted up into the shape
of a scarecrow; Butch cannot remember anything about last night ; he
looks terrible ; he takes what he thinks is a handkerchief out of his
pocket, but it turns out to be a pair of knickers ; Sophie is nursing
a hangover as well ; Chris asks her about the party & she is rather
vague ; she is obviously starting to remember what happened, but would
prefer not to ; Frank tells Chris that Kim has left ; Viv is still furious
about catching Terry snogging a mystery blond ; she talks to Betty about
it, but Betty thinks that she is referring to Kelly & Tom ; Kathy
has cleaned up after the party & she is opening up the tearoom ;
Jack & Sarah cannot believe how happy Kathy seems ; Albert is still
trying to find out where Marlon has parked Tina's car ; Butch lets slip
to Albert that Zak already knew Lisa ; Marlon pays up anyway ; Butch
still cannot remember anything about his night or who it was ; Zak warns
Albert not to tell Lisa anything about the bet ; Kelly comes into he
tearoom looking for Tom ; Betty warns her to keep away from Tom as she
could ruin his career ; the vicar visits the Glovers to comfort them & talk
about the funeral arrangements ; Jan does not seem to be taking it in
; Ned breaks down ; Chris finds Butch acting suspiciously at HomeFarm
; he admits that he is looking for Sophie ; she is PART 2 - Lisa asks Albert about his prison record ; she |
Episode 2148 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Wed 20th March 2002) [Sean Rossi makes a re-appearance.] NOTE: this episode review is based on the officially released synopsis, and a review by Yorkshire Televison Kim is forced to deal with heartbreak alone. The Sugden's say a final goodbye to Emmerdale Farm. While Donna causes more problems for The Windsor's [by pleading with her mother to come home]. PART 1 - Robert & Andy are eager to start the move from the Sugden
farm ; Albert sneaks out of the house with Marlon's car keys ; Kelly
tells Vic that she cannot help in the shop today as she is having some
extra lessons with Tom ; Donna immediately starts to smirk & tells
Vic that Kelly is in love with Mr Bainbridge & that is the only reason
she is pretending to work hard ; Kelly is furious & throws her breakfast
cereal all over Donna ; Mandy & Kathy talk about their mutual love
of Dave ; Mandy offers Kathy any help she may need ; Kathy is surprised
when Sean reappears ; Albert steals the car ; Vic starts to wonder if
there is anything between Kelly & Tom ; Jan is upset to see Kathy
with Sean ; she is in one of her more sane moments & tells Kathy
that she is planning to bring Dave's body to the house until the funeral
; Marlon finds that the car has gone ; he realises that his dad has stolen
it ; Ned is mad with Jan for turning against Kathy ; Zoe visits Frank
; he shows no remorse for her & just wants to repair his reputation
in the village ; Sarah is surprised that Ned has turned up for work ;
he says that he feels useless at home ; a bulldozer turns up at the farm
reminding the Sugdens that they haveto leave soon ; Tom is shocked to
hear that Vic & Kelly have been discussing him ; the Sugdens finally
leave the farm ; Jack is sad to see the place being knocked down ; he
takes the Emmerdale Farm sign with him & has one last look at the
place.
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Episode 2149 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Thu 21st March 2002) [Episode features a visit by Kathy's mother Carolne Bates.] NOTE: this episode review is based on the officially released synopsis, and a review by Yorkshire Televison Zak attempts to win back the love of his life [with a present he bought from Eric. Eric of course over-charged him and to add insult to injury Lisa was un-impressed]. Kathy faces the hardest day of her life [Dave's funeral and the Glovers are at each others throats in their time of grief], While Kim stands proud in the face of her enemies [by turning up at the funeral and despite Frank's and Biff's hopes that Dave's plans to run away with Kim, would never come out and hurt his family, Kim decides to tells all after Kathy rows with her for comng to the funeral]. Dave Glover's Funeral PART 1 - Jack is putting up the Emmerdale Farm sign outside the caravan
; he reminds Robert & Andy that they have got to go to Dave's funeral
that afternoon ; Andy has bad memories of his gran's funeral & does
not want to go ; Sarah lets him off ; Alice talks to Kathy about Dave
; she knows that he has died ; Mandy doesn't know whether she should
wear sunglasses to the funeral ; Zak knows that Albert has tried to ruin
his relationship with Lisa ; Mandy gives him some money to buy her a
present ; Terry & Viv talk about Donna ; Viv had to take her back
last night ; Terry is concerned that she spent alot of time talking to
Vic ; Betty has been preparing the funeral tea ; Zak calls in the tearoom
to ask Eric's advice about buying Lisa a present ; he tells him that
he has got a tenner ; Caroline arrives to help Kathy & Alice ; she
is not pleased to see Sean ; Zak has bought Lisa a pot pig & some
pig wrapping paper ; he has also composed a poem (about pigs of course)
; Mandy doesn't know what to say ; Jan is calm until a wreath arrives
from Kim ; she starts pulling the flowers out & blames Ned ; they
shout at each other, until Roy shouts back & reminds them that he
has lost a brother as well ; Chris refuses to go to Dave's funeral ;
he doesn't want to be seen as a hypocrite ; Frank warns Biff not to say
anything to Kathy about Dave planning to run away with Kim ; Biff doesn't
want Dave's memory ruining ; Kathy sits in the graveyard & thinks
back to her wedding day (EP 2137). |
Episode 2150 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Fri 22nd March 2002) [Nasty schoolgirl Lyn's first episode.] Tom begins to regret recent events. Frank forgives an act of angry violence. While Roy learns some distressing home truths. The Following Review written by Lane Kent [The village is reeling from Kim's statement at Dave's funeral. Mandy offers to beat Kim up for Kathy. Biff begins to blame himself, thinking he should have said something about Kim's plans for Dave before the wedding and may be none of the tragedy would have happened. Linda has little sympathy. Eric tries to capitalise on the funeral party by opening the bar. However Mandy thwarts him by saying all the drinks are on the house. Of course Seth is first in line for free drinks. Tom wants to start taking his romance with the intense Kelly slowly, after she gets into a fight at school with another girl - who knows Kelly likes Tom but doesn't know about the affair. Sophie reveals to Zoe that little James shakes whenever Kim and Frank start rowing. Sophie (having been fired by Frank for taking James - on Kim's instructions - to Dave's funeral the previous day) is now distraught at leaving the little boy. Zoe later pleads with her Dad to give Sophie her job back and also threatens her father to put his love of James first before his hatred of Kim. If not, he won't just lose Jame, but also Zoe. Roy Glover starts attacking Kim's car and blames Kim for Dave's death. Chris wants to sack him, but Frank interjects. Caroline wants to take her granddaughter Alice back to Scarborough to live with her and she also wants to know Sean's intentions. Sean is just being a friend and Kathy will not be parted from Alice. Later Roy and Kim have a heart to heart in which all their pent up grief and feelings for Dave come out.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following is © Yorkshire Television ROY ARGUES WITH KIM PART 1 - continuous episode ; Frank tells Kim that she is not wanted
at the funeral ; everyone looks distraught, especially Roy ; Tom has
brought Kelly home from school ; she wants to spend some more time with
him, but Donna turns up ; Tom drops his school books with embarrassment
; the Dingles are having to make their own food because Mandy is at the
funeral ; Zak is still moping about over Lisa ; he is still angry with
Albert for losing him a woman "as can play the fiddle & weld" ;
Betty & Alice have worked hard on the funeral tea ; everyone arrives
back in sombre mood ; Sarah & Caroline tell Betty about Kim's revelation
; Caroline thinks that she may have been telling the truth about Dave
; Biff feels terrible ; Chris taunts Kim about how she has just gone
too far this time ; Frank reminds her that she has even lost her son
; Kelly is painting her toenails ; Vic overhears Kelly tell Donna that
she is going to have to decide which parent she wants to be with ; Mandy
offers to sort Kim out for Kathy "what she's been missing..a right
good pasting" ; Kathy refuses her offer ; the vicar tries to comfort
Kathy, but she keeps telling herself that Dave would not have left her
; Viv tells Terry hat she has rowed with Vic ; Marlon & Butch vie
for Sophie's attention ; she is miserable because Frank has sacked her
; Zoe is embarassed by her family's part in the funeral fiasco ; the
Glovers are disgusted by Kim's behaviour, but Seth defends her & tries
unsuccessfully to make them feel sorry for lonely Kim ; Linda is furious
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Episode 2151 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Mon 25th March 2002) Frank lays down the law to Kim by telling her that she can stay until James' 1st birthday, as long as they don't row in front of James and give him a stable home, otherwise she's finished in Emmerdale. Kim thanks Zoe for saving her from being thrown out of Home Farm. Linda is not pleased to hear this as she has just been moaning about Kim to Zoe. Linda storms out of work, although later Zoe finds her and they have a chat about their individual grievances with Kim - but Zoe stresses that they must think of what is best for James and that is being with his mother. Roy fails to turn up for work and seems completely dis-interested in anything.. Kathy decides not to buy Annie's cottage from the Sugdens and that she and Alice will stay in the flat at the Tea Rooms. Marlon and Butch bang into Sophie at the Tea Rooms, after flirting, Butch gets embarrassed and flees with Marlon to the Woolpack. Kelly attempts to save her love affair, by blackmailing Tom by saying she will go and tell the authorities about their affair. This is in response to Tom's anger at her blowing kisses at him from the bus. Viv and Vic have a family meal together. However while she thought it was to initiate peace talks and they were ready to move on, Vic and Donna saw it as the first sign of Viv coming home. After dinner ends in a row, Viv ends up agreeing to letting Donna move in at The Woolpack with her tomorrow night. However neither Alan or Terry are pleased at this turn of events. Alice and Kathy sort through Dave's belongings. While romance is in the air for Rachel and Steve - now that both of them are single - as they spend the evening together and after Joseph goes to bed, both give into their feelings for one another. |
Episode 2152 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Tue 26th March 2002) Zak unveils a token of his affection a hand-made hammack (which promptly falls apart), however Lisa sees the love that went into it. The Sugdens settle into Annie's cottage. Andy causes problems for the Sugden's as he has been fighting at school. Tom makes it clear he has finished with Kelly. A while later, Betty takes pity on a distraught looking Kelly and takes her back to her house. Kelly confides in Betty her broken heart, however they are interupted by Tom (Betty not realising it is Tom who is the cause of Kelly's heartbreak). Meanwhile Donna moves into the Woolpack with her Mum, Terry and Alan, however it doesn't look like it is going to work out. While Chris has a tempting proposal for Kim to buy her stables and her share of the Golf Club, so she has extra cash to escape Frank. In return Chris has an independent business of his own and Kim and James out of the way. Seth gives food for thought to Kim regarding how to get back at Frank. Kim tries to make peace with Linda by saying she wants James to be a Glover, however Linda isn't interested and turns her away. Later however, Linda talks to Roy and Ned about James and thinks they should be doing more for David's "son." |
Episode 2153 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Wed 27th March 2002) Linda ruins Biff's romantic plans for a day in bed and turns down his special breakfast. She is in no mood to celebrate as it is three weeks since David's death. Later they make up in the Woolpack however. Andy claims to have an Asthma attack to get a day off school. Jack wonders if they can cope with the extra hassles of another (somewhat troubled) boy? Chris reminds Linda that he has the door key to her and Biff's house. Kathy asks to buy Eric's share back in the Wine Bar. He says yes but she has to pay £5,000 extra costs - which she cannot afford to do. Zak is determined to stop Lisa from going home to her pigs and asks Butch to tinker with her van. However Butch gets it wrong and mucks up Zak's van instead and Lisa eventually goes home. Kelly's heartbreak seems to be over, as she ignores Tom. However it soon becomes apparent she is aching inside. After an emotional scene Tom says he loves her and agrees to them starting again. Alan's patience with having Donna staying at the Woolpack, is running out. Ned makes arrangements to meet with Kim. At their secret meeting she insists that James is David's son and she wants him to grow up knowing that he is a Glover even if James' last name is Tate. Sophie overhears Kim whispering to James how they are going to run far away together. Sophie promises not to say anything. While a visit to Steve's brings a nasty shock for Chris as he catches Rachel coming down the stairs (when Steve said she was out back). Chris announces he is suing her for adultery. Meanwhile Chris is desperate to get his hands on money to pay off Kim. |
Episode 2154 Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Thu 28th March 2002) Kelly is sick of keeping her love secret. Roy is struggling to come to terms with his brother's death. It is a week until the Inquest into Dave's death and this fact plays on many of the characters' minds throughout the episode. Steve suggests to Rachel that she sue Chris for mental cruelty, before he has chance to sue her for adultery. Kim tries to heal some old wounds by making her peace with Kathy saying that she feels David would want them to be friends, however Kathy isn't interested in anything Kim has got to say. Zak plucks up the courage to go and see Lisa and it appears she is pleased to see him - even if it is to help her clean out her pigs. Later Zak asks Lisa to move in with the Dingles but Lisa wants to keep their relationship as it is for the time-being. Later in the Woolpack, Lisa asks the Dingles if they have heard from Tina, to which Mandy replies that she had a letter from Tina saying that she needed more space. Zak says he can't understand what's she's on about as there is lots of space in the Dales. The family are of the opinion she'll be back. Mandy hopes so as she misses not having a female around the house. Zak is unhappy about Lisa not wanting to move in, Mandy is sick of his moping and says she will not cook for the men until Zak sorts himself out. Chris tries to get Kim to drop her price in their business arrangement, however Kim says she won't be blackmailed and she'll find another buyer if Chris doesn't come up with the asking price. Kim later goes to see Steve and asks him if he will be a "phantom buyer" of her Livery and her share of the Golf Course in order to force Chris to pay up. Kathy demands Eric produces the books for the Wine Bar. Vic decides to end his self-imposed exile from the Woolpack by going for a drink with Tom (who has made Kelly very happy - the reasons for which Vic does not know). Terry offers to buy the pair drinks but Vic quietly informs Terry that he is only there to fight for his wife and he'll do anything to win her back. A family dinner at the Glovers ends in chaos when Jan storms out after Ned declares that he has met with Kim and believes her when she says that David was James' father. While later Kathy warns Jan about forthcoming events at the Inquest and they should be prepared to hear anything after all only Frank and Kim really know what happened the night of Dave's death. |