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Episode 2189
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Thursday 16 May 2002)
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Frank lays down the law. Chris delivers Rachel a financial bombshell, While Linda helps Emma make a vital decision. A big Thank you to Home Farm Stud for these updates, (originally posted
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Episode 2190
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Friday 17 May 2002)
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A big Thank you to Home Farm Stud for these updates, (originally posted to the official Emmerdale message boards at: http://www.emmerdale.co.uk/ ) Seth waits to hear what Kim left him in her will. The Dingle's school bus service hits disaster, While Becky & Tony are divided over Emma's future. Episode #2190 Original Airdate ITV April 1997 (Granada Plus - Friday 17 May 2002) Seth waits to hear what Kim left him in her will. The Dingle's school bus service hits disaster, While Becky & Tony are divided over Emma's future. Vic and Donna went to a lot of effort to make Viv breakfast. Later in the shop, Viv complained of having a bad back, which Vic put down to sleeping in Kelly’s bed. He then offered her half of the double bed and seemed pleased when she agreed that that would be a good idea. The Dingle’s school bus company got off to a terrible start with the children unwilling to get on the bus, but when they eventually did they directed Butch in the wrong direction to the school causing them to get lost. When Marlon finally realised where they were, much to their dismay the bus had run out of diesel and so they were stranded in the middle of nowhere with the children. Realising that they wouldn’t get the bus contract now, Butch suggested that he call Zak at the Woolpack and ask him to tow them to the school. While Zak gloated at Albert’s misfortune Lisa went to rescue the bus. Sarah came into the shop to ask Viv if she had any idea why the boys and Donna were so late for school prompting Viv to accuse Andy of leading Donna astray again adding that she was surprised Social Services hadn’t removed him from their care after the quarry incident. When Lisa finally towed the bus back to the village, an outraged Vic demanded to know what the Dingle’s were playing at making the children late for school. They offered him a pint to make up for it, which he angrily refused. A man arrived to put a “For Sale” sign up outside Rachel’s house prompting a furious Rachel to head off to Home Farm with Joseph to ask Chris what he thought he was doing throwing his own son out onto the streets. Chris told her again that Joseph could stay with him at Home Farm and left. Rachel told Steve what Chris had done suggesting that she and Joseph should move in with him. Steve said his place was too small for her and Joseph but that he would contact her solicitor and find her some alternative accommodation, which took Rachel by surprise. Eric took Dee to an auction and returned to the tearooms disappointed that he had been in the toilet when a potentially profitable lot had come up but was pleasantly surprised when Dee revealed that she had bought it while he’d been away. Terry was in a reflective mood about his life with Zak whilst they shared a pint. Linda was keen to know if Emma had come to the right decision to keep the baby but Biff reminded her that it was none of their business. Linda retorted that it was their business because had it not been for her the baby would have died on the doorstep of the vets. The nurse found Emma at the baby unit staring at her baby and told her not to torture herself over “April” (as Emma is now calling the baby) after Emma reiterated that giving the baby away to a loving couple would be best all round. However, when Becky came to collect her from the hospital she told her mum that she had changed her mind. Becky was supportive and asked Emma if she was sure she was doing the right thing reminding her that it would be hard work and that the baby wasn’t a doll but Emma was sure adding that she was old enough to know that giving away your baby was wrong. It wasn’t quite as simple as just bringing her home though as the nurse told a determined Emma and Becky in her office. She said that now it was up to the Social Services as to whether they could take the baby home as she had been put up for adoption, although she didn’t see any problems if she could arrange a meeting for them as soon as possible. Meanwhile Tony had been running and bumped into Ned and the two shared a cup of coffee, Tony telling Ned that adopting the baby was for the best. When Emma and Becky returned home Tony told Becky that they could put it all behind them. When she told him Emma had changed her mind, Tony was furious saying the baby would be adopted regardless as it was for the best, Becky said that wasn’t so and they couldn’t live their lives by the army rulebook. She couldn’t make Emma give up the baby and if he didn’t want to rest of Emma’s life to be scarred by the adoption being forced upon her he would go along with his daughter’s wishes. |
Episode 2191
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Monday 20 May 2002)
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A big Thank you to Home Farm Stud for these updates, (originally posted to the official Emmerdale message boards at: http://www.emmerdale.co.uk/ ) Rachel is worried by Steve's obsession with Home Farm. Marlon's driving terrifies Betty, while Chris is humiliated in the Wine Bar. Monday 20th May’s episode… |
Episode 2192
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Tuesday 21 May 2002)
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A big Thank you to Home Farm Stud for these updates, (originally posted to the official Emmerdale message boards at: http://www.emmerdale.co.uk/ ) Episode #2192 Tuesday 21st May’s episode… (Original Airdate ITV Wednesday 16 April 1997) Paddy continues his quest for Mandy's heart. Zoe learns just how brutal prison life is. While the Cairns discover Emma has gone missing. Sarah was still worried about Andy hitting Alice. She told Jack that she wished she understood him more but Jack reassured her that as long as they kept treating him like a member of the family he would settle down. Out of sight, Andy punched Robert for not sticking up for him over Alice. At teatime, Robert was the one who was upset when Jack and Sarah told Andy he could pick the wallpaper for their new room at the new farm. Chris was still worrying about his financial difficulties. Steve overheard his heated discussion with someone at the bank on the phone prompting the two to have another go at each other. Steve told him that he had respect for Frank but that Chris was no businessman because if he had he would have seen Kim’s swindle coming and he wouldn’t be in this mess. Later in the Woolpack, Steve told Rachel there was a lot of potential at Home Farm for him and gloated to a disapproving Rachel that he could make a killing. Zoë received a phone call from the prison informing her that Frank had been in admitted to the prison hospital after being attacked but when she went to visit him she was not prepared for how badly hurt he had been. Zoë urged Frank to tell the guards who had done it but he said he if did that next time they would kill him. He conceded that he would have to live by the “laws of the jungle” but admitted to Zoë that he couldn’t take much more. When Zoë returned to Home Farm she told Chris what had happened but when Steve asked if there was anything he could do, she snapped at him telling him he could find the person who really killed Kim. Later, Zoë was confiding in Sophie that she thought Frank had given up. Sophie asked her to Paddy’s birthday do in the Woolpack to keep her mind off things. Chris seemed more worried about his own problems and after complaining that Steve was showing him no respect, asked Zoë to lend him enough money to keep the bank off his back. She refused and chastised him for being selfish telling him that he should go and visit Frank because he needed their support more than ever. When Chris did so, he asked Frank to lend him money but Frank said no. He told Chris there was no way he would lend him a penny after he tried to shaft him over the livery deal and that he should not come back and visit. Paddy told Zoë and Linda that it was his birthday but that he didn’t want a fuss bus Betty got to hear about it and a party was promptly organised in the Woolpack. Alan made peace with Terry explaining why he had acted in the way he had over Viv. Viv and Vic decided to go to the party together. Mandy was having trouble filling out the application for the bar manager’s job and asked Paddy for help. He gave her an envelope and she said she would read it later. At the party, Paddy told everyone he was delighted he had been made so welcome in Emmerdale. Butch was gazing after Sophie again and asked if he could buy her a drink. Initially she declined but eventually accepted. Indeed, she got so drunk she decided she was unable to go back to Zoë’s cottage and her request for her to stay the night at his house was met with a wide smile from Butch. Charlie was flirting with Steve while Rachel looked on. However, she left angrily insulting Charlie as she went. Charlie told Steve that Rachel was a frump and Steve replied she never used to be like that, while playing with Charlie’s hair. Linda told Biff she wanted another baby after Biff again told her she was getting too involved with the Cairns. When Zoë asked Paddy how old he was he admitted that it wasn’t really his birthday and he’d just said it to cheer everybody up. Just as Paddy was going to ask Mandy out on a date, she stormed up to him angry about what he had written for her application. He said it was just a joke and he had a real one for her but she was unwilling to listen as she poured a pint over his cake, an action Alan was extremely angry about. Tony continued to try and persuade Emma to reconsider her decision telling her she was throwing her life away but Emma was adamant that she would be keeping Geri. (Charlie had picked a new name because she considered April a naff name). Becky told Tony to stop bullying Emma, insisting that he had better get used to the idea or move out. Tony retorted that this wasn’t a bad idea. Linda took Emma to the hospital and told her that no matter how hard things got to just remember Geri was worth all of it. She told Emma she wished she’d made the right decision. Emma confided to Becky that she was worried that Tony wouldn’t come round and begged her mum not to let anyone take Geri away from her. Later when Charlie, Emma and Will were with Geri, Emma said she hated her father calling him selfish but Will said that Emma was being the selfish one and her decision was ripping the family apart. Later in the chalet, Will said he wished the baby was dead. When Tony and Becky went to pick up Emma he said he was sorry and admitted he had to accept that this was the way it had to be, only for them then to be informed by the nurse that Emma and the baby had disappeared. |
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Episode 2193
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Wednesday 22 May 2002)
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Andy resorts to violence.
Rachel faces determined and unwelcome visitors. While Biff continues to hide his terrible secret. A big Thank you to Home Farm Stud for these updates, (originally posted to the official Emmerdale message boards at: http://www.emmerdale.co.uk/ ) Episode #2193 Wednesday 22nd May’s episode… (Original Airdate ITV Thursday 17 April 1997) At Annie’s Cottage, Andy punched Donna causing her lip to split after she told him the only reason he was living at the Sugdens was because they got paid to keep him. She ran off telling Andy she would get her mum but before Viv arrived, Andy dragged Robert out of the house. Viv had a go at Sarah telling her that Andy was out of control and if anything like this happened again she would get in touch with Social Services personally. Later, Jack was appalled to overhear Andy tell Robert that if he grassed him up to Jack and Sarah over Donna he would tell them he did it. However, when challenged, he lied saying that he’d been talking about the pane of a greenhouse he’d accidentally broken with a football. Jack sent him to his room until he was prepared to tell the truth. Sarah confided in Rachel at Mill Cottage that she wasn’t sure they could cope with Andy or that he would ever settle down. Tony was furious with the nurse that his daughter had just been allowed to walk off with her baby whilst a distressed Emma turned up at the Glover’s house. When Jan ascertained Tony and Becky didn’t know her whereabouts, she told Emma she would have to call them but Emma was adamant she didn’t want them to know but agreed eventually. Jan called Tony and Becky who’d arrived back at the chalet to find an unsympathetic Charlie a bit worse for wear after her night drinking. They went to the Glovers and reassured Emma that she could keep the baby but it wasn’t just up to them. She would have to be assessed to see if she was fit enough to look after Geri but whatever, they had to return her to the hospital for now. Emma reluctantly agreed that this would be for the best. Sophie was trying to leave the Dingle’s house quietly after, presumably a night with Butch, but bumped into Mandy on her way out causing the whole house to wake and assemble on the stairs. She tried to maintain that she had slept on the sofa but they did not believe her. Exasperated and upset, she left but the teasing of Butch, by the Dingles, continued. In the morning, Zoë was still angry with Sophie for leaving her in the lurch with James. Sophie was embarrassed and angry when later, as she was having dinner with Zoë, Butch turned up to invite her for a drink and wouldn’t accept she had to work. She told him she wanted to keep her job and added that she wouldn’t be available in the evening for another six months before shoving him out of the door. Linda continued to stress that she wanted a baby but a subdued Biff later admitted to Betty that he hadn’t told her about the fact that he may have Huntingdon’s Disease because he didn’t know how to. Indeed, later when he tried to, Linda was so busy talking about having a baby that he couldn’t get a word in edgeways. Mandy had her interview with Alan for the bar manager’s job and maintained that she was perfect for the job because she knew the customers. Alan, however, said this wasn’t necessarily a good thing and that she would have to know how to stock-take, balance the books and VAT but she proved she was more than capable in the first areas as she knew exactly what was in her fridge down to the last sausage and she checks her purse in the evening and in the morning. Although she had to tell him she didn’t have a clue about VAT but he admitted he didn’t either. She was convinced she had the job but Alan said he would let her know with the other candidates. Dee was concerned that she had overlooked an English custom that said that guests don’t reply to the wedding invitations. Eric reassured her that this was sometimes the case but he was uneasy about the subject. The Dingles decided to expand their bus company into pensioner’s day trips with Albert suggesting a trip to Amsterdam. Paddy asked Mandy out on a date and after a little persuasion she agreed. Chris and Steve continued their feud. Roy complained to Steve and Chris that he couldn’t do all the work at the holiday village on his own. But when Chris told him to go away, Steve told him not to worry and that he was addressing the problem, later offering Biff his old job back. When Rachel asked Steve to sign some papers, Chris informed her that she should tidy Mill Cottage as prospective buyers would be coming round this afternoon but Rachel told him they wouldn’t set foot over the threshold. When the prospective buyers did come, they turned out to be bailiffs and removed everything but a few bits of furniture as Rachel angrily phoned Chris to get him to come round immediately. She was mortified when he told her he had debts of £350,000 but was more angry, when Steve arrived later, to find out he already knew about it. She also called him up on his behaviour with Charlie the previous evening. When Chris returned with an offer of furniture Rachel told him she would not accept any Home Farm cast-offs and had a go at Steve and Chris telling them that she needed a stiff drink and if they wanted to help they could look after Joseph before storming out. |
Episode 2194
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Thursday 23 May 2002)
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Linda is obsessed with babygros. Rachel lashes out at the Tates. While Mandy finds true love. Thanks again Home Farm Stud: |
Episode 2195
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Friday 24 May 2002)
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The Windsor's are desperate to find Kelly. Tony loses his temper with the social workers. While Pady gets some distressing news.
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Episode 2196
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Monday 27 May 2002)
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Betty and Kathy worry about Biff's health. Chris finds a dramatic solution to his money problems. While romance is in the air for the Windsor's. The Home Farm Stud |
Episode 2197
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Tuesday 28 May 2002)
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A mistake by Rachel could cost thousands. Chris lashes out at Zoe. While Betty gives Biff a terrifying ultimatum. The Home Farm Stud Steve offered Biff a promotion to be his right hand man, much to Chris’ extreme annoyance who accused Steve of being petty. Biff was unsure but was happy to learn the extra responsibility would be worth £100 more a month. Steve told Biff to be a bit more assertive and when Chris told him to unblock some drains at the holiday village, he told him he would get somebody on to it but Chris told him he should do it himself. However, Biff stood firm. After Biff left, Chris accused Steve of doing it to humiliate him but Steve inferred he wouldn’t stoop to Chris’ level. Roy came to tell Biff and Steve that Seth tripped up over a molehill but Biff was convinced that it was just a prank as it was his first day in the new job and Seth had pulled a similar stunt on Dave’s first day. However, Seth had tripped and was taken to hospital with concussion and a possible broken foot. Chris made a joke of the situation by asking Biff if he could spell all the words that would be needed for the accident report. Biff told him concussion at Seth’s age could be serious but Chris continued to try and wind Biff up telling him that he could slip into his and Linda’s cottage anytime whilst Biff was working all the hours on the estate but Biff resisted and walked away as Chris laughed. Zoë told Chris she had been thinking about his money situation and when Chris told her he had lost absolutely everything and had been contemplating suicide she told him it was all his own fault and that his attitude was to blame for a lot of things. He told Zoë he’d decided to declare himself bankrupt but she was reluctant to let him do it and instead offered to buy his Home Farm shares just as Steve came into the living room. Chris was angry and had a go at Zoë telling her to shove her offer. Zoë was upset about Chris’ outburst and couldn’t understand why he had been so awful. Steve tried to comfort her telling her that perhaps the fact that he was declaring himself bankrupt suggested that Chris didn’t want a role in Home Farm anymore but Zoë dispelled this adding that Chris lived for Home Farm. Steve told her that that might be the problem. Zoë revealed that she wasn’t sure she could cope with everything anymore but Steve reassured her that he was there and would help her. Tony put up a list of Geri’s feeding times for Emma to follow, telling her it was never too early to instil discipline and that she didn’t want to be run ragged by the baby. Charlie remarked that Emma would be pleased to get back to school but for the time being, Emma and Becky would wait in for the midwife to call whilst Tony and Charlie would go and view the Sugden’s barn. Earlier, Sarah had been quietly confident about the sale of the barn and Jack had remarked that he hoped the sale went through because it would mean that they could buy the other farm for a song, but Ned was amused that the Cairns would even consider buying it unless Tony wanted a bombsite to remind him of his time in the army. Tony and Charlie, however, could see real potential in the barn and the outbuildings and when they returned later with Will, Tony decided to make Jack an offer. Jack asked for £170,000 and Tony immediately agreed, much to Will’s amusement who told his mother when they returned to the chalet that they’d bought a ruin. Becky told Tony that she had had a terrible day; the midwife had failed to turn up and her mother had rung and she had had to tell her about the baby causing her mother to hang up in disgust. Tony told her that if she really hated the house, he’d give back word to the Sugdens, but Becky said he’d probably talk her round and they couldn’t do that to the Sugdens anyway. Jack told Sarah later that Tony had almost bitten his hand off and he wished he had asked for £200,000 and come down but Sarah was ecstatic that they had made such a huge profit. Steve discovered the truth about the “Marlarney” account when he was sifting through some papers and found the share application. He asked Rachel if it was a copy but she reluctantly revealed that she had missed the deadline causing the two to have a massive argument, with Rachel complaining that she had had to do the work of two people for the last few weeks because Steve was too busy at Home Farm. Steve told her to go home and get her act together before disappearing to the winebar to have a drink. Terry celebrated getting an interview for a theme pub in Leeds. Mandy took delivery of some American beer that the rep had assured her was a real winner to try and show some initiative but Alan and Terry told her that the rep had been pestering them for months and that they’d have trouble shifting this particular line. Vic showered Viv with champagne and flowers after the night they spent together but Viv was uncomfortable telling a shocked Vic that she knew he would get the wrong idea about where their relationship was heading. Viv later confessed to Kathy in the tearooms that she had only slept with Vic to see if she could rekindle any of her old feelings but she hadn’t. She went on to say that she missed Terry because he made her feel alive but Kathy was sceptical that what she had with Terry would have lasted. Eric asked Terry to be his best man but he refused, adding that he didn’t want to lose his friends or self-respect. Linda reminded Biff that they were due at Betty’s for tea and that if he sneaked off for a pint with Seth after work, they’d both be for it. Biff was reluctant to go and thought he may have got out of it because Seth was to be kept overnight in hospital but Betty was insistent she needed the company. However, he did invite Roy to come with him and Betty felt obliged to ask Roy to stay. Linda was extremely happy and told Betty that now Biff had been promoted, the extra money meant that they could start a family. He told her they would have to talk about it but she couldn’t see a problem now that the financial worry had been removed. After the meal, Betty told Roy and Linda to go over to the pub whilst Biff and her clear up the dishes. With the two of them alone, she told Biff she knew why he had invited Roy but was adamant he couldn’t just ignore the issue and that he had to tell Linda, worrying that she may already be pregnant as she was the only one taking precautions. Biff said that there was a good chance he wouldn’t have it but Betty told him he couldn’t take the chance with the health of his children. She told him to take the test and if it was negative, he wouldn’t have to worry Linda but Biff said that he couldn’t tell her if the test was positive as it would break Linda’s heart. This prompted Betty to call him pathetic and deliver and ultimatum – either he told Linda or she would. |
Episode 2198
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Wednesday 29 May 2002)
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Chris turns to Zoe for help. Andy's violent temper gets him in more trouble. While Dee learns some uncomfortable facts about Pollard. The Home Farm Stud Wednesday 29th May’s episode... Tony told Charlie to keep an eye on Emma and Geri whilst he and Becky went to go and see the barn but Charlie said Emma could cope on her own and went back to bed. Becky revealed to Tony that her mother had written them a letter telling them they weren’t invited to the golden wedding. This upset Becky, but Tony jokingly said it was a blessing but reassured her that her mother would come round. Later, as the two viewed the barn, Tony told Becky he would give the Sugdens back word if she liked but she told him if he did that she would divorce him and use her half to buy the property anyway. Becky then declared to a pleased Tony, she could see them growing old together at the barn. When the couple returned to the chalet they were met on the steps by Charlie, Emma and a very aloof midwife, who asked them if they really thought it was appropriate to leave two young girls in charge of a baby. Becky pointed out that Emma was the mother and Charlie was 18, and therefore an adult. However, the midwife, seemingly much to Charlie and Emma’s amusement, pointed out fundamental errors in the way Emma had been looking after the baby. However, despite Becky’s assurances the midwife remained unimpressed and told them she would return tomorrow. Eric went to go see Zak who was doing some welding with Marlon. With much hesitation, Eric asked Zak if he would be his best man, much to Zak’s delight and Marlon’s confusion. When asked by Marlon, why he had chosen Zak as his best man, an uncomfortable Eric struggled to answer prompting Marlon to ask him how much the role was worth. After Zak and Marlon bartered, a fee of £100 was agreed. Later, in the Woolpack, Alan was flabbergasted that Eric would even think of having Zak as his best man but amused at Eric’s reaction to the Dingle’s insistence that they organise him a stag night. Donna and Andy were playing marbles in the school playground but when Donna announced she had won and that Andy owed her twenty pence, he accused her of being a liar and a cheat. He wanted the money to help buy Robert a new playstation, prompting to Donna to tell him he was thick if he thought he could ever afford to buy one and even if he did, Robert would still hate him, as everybody did. Andy attacked Donna and when Miss Cullen intervened and tried to take him to the head’s office, Andy accidentally struck her in the face. When Jack returned home from work, he and Sarah discussed the keenness of the Cairns to buy the property, Jack was quietly confident but Sarah was concerned that if they failed to secure the other farm at auction, they would be left with nothing. Jack said they would just continue to stay at Annie’s Cottage until they found something but Sarah told him that she was sick of them lurching from one crisis to another. When he asked what she was talking about, she told him all about Andy hitting Miss Cullen but prevented him from talking to Andy for the moment – she wanted him to sweat it out a little longer. When they did confront Andy about his behaviour, as predicted by Sarah, he had come up with a fanciful story but maintained it was an accident. When Jack questioned him further, Andy angrily flounced upstairs accusing them both of wanting rid of him. Chris went to see Steve to ask his advice on his financial situation. Steve told him that he should sell his shares to Zoë but Chris was reluctant to sell his only asset. Steve reminded him that if he declared himself bankrupt he wouldn’t keep the shares anyway as they bank would take them and then not only would they have an outsider involved in the company but his bankrupt status would have serious ramifications for his financial dealings in the future. Chris had to concede that Steve was right before asking him what had happened between him and Rachel earlier. Steve replied that it was what is referred to as a bad patch, with Chris retorting that his entire marriage to Rachel was a bad patch. Chris went immediately to see Zoë at the vet’s surgery to tell her he was wrong to turn her offer down and that he appreciated her giving him this lifeline but when Chris said life was difficult for him at the moment, Zoë accused him of being selfish. He admitted he was, causing Zoë to contemplate, when asked, if her offer was still open. Betty told Terry that she had been speaking to Alan and that he still hadn’t found a bar manager but Terry replied that he had been for an interview for a manager’s job that morning and that returning to the Woolpack wasn’t really an option. Kathy and Biff discussed Biff’s father’s illness and she tried to pour scorn on his tentative suggestion that his mother had made the whole thing up. The women of the village got together for Dee’s hen-night, which began at the winebar, where Zoë won praise for putting down Marlon’s advances, before moving on to the Woolpack. Dee offered to buy the first round to which Betty’s response was to point out that Eric wouldn’t have done that. As the evening wore on, Dee became increasingly distressed by the women’s stories of Eric, telling Alan that the British custom of trying to put the bride off her intended by telling lies was not a nice one. Alan replied that it was not a British custom, it was an Emmerdale one but the stories continued with Rachel and Viv suggesting that Eric had killed his second wife, Elizabeth but the plane crash had provided the perfect cover up. This was the final straw for Dee who told them that all the stories were unkind and untrue before leaving in tears. Eric’s stag night wasn’t much more of a success. The Dingles had booked a stripper but on her arrival it was clear “she” was a man in drag but Butch didn’t seem to notice and announced “Lola” was his ideal woman and that Eric was a lucky man. Eric gave Lola money so as not to humiliate him and turn her attentions on Butch instead who mistakenly believed he was “in” with “her”. As Butch saw Lola out to her car, Eric, Marlon, Butch, Zak and Albert entered into a betting game to prove who was the most stupid. Eric managed to con all four of them and Butch, on his return, into taking their trousers off. Whilst the Dingles told an embarrassed Butch the truth about Lola, Eric cut one leg of each pair of trousers but when he sat down to gloat about winning the bet, the chair overbalanced. Eric fell to the floor and was knocked unconscious as Marlon approached him with a pair of scissors. |
Episode 2199
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Thursday 30 May 2002)
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[Eric Pollard marries Dee De La Cruz. Sam Dingle returns] Biff confronts his mother. The Dingle's prepare for a surprise visit. While Pollard enjoys the happiest day of his life. The Home Farm Stud Thursday 30th May’s episode... Eric woke up tied to the fence surrounding the pig-pen and demanded that Butch, who had come out to feed the pigs, untie him. Realising the time, he ran away and didn’t hear Butch offer him a lift back to the village. Rachel called in on Dee to apologise about the way they had behaved at her hen night and Dee seemed to accept the apology before Eric burst in. She was shocked at how dishevelled he was but not as shocked as he was when a look in the mirror revealed that half his moustache had gone. Rachel told him he would have to shave off the rest, when he prevented her from cutting it. Sarah and Jack were delighted to hear from their solicitor that contracts for the farm would be exchanged on Tuesday. However, their euphoria was short lived as later, all three had a meeting with the headmistress of the school and Miss Cullen, whose lip injury had healed a bit. Andy apologised and said he wouldn’t do it again but the two teachers were unconvinced, as they had been here before. The headmistress told Andy he must learn how to behave before suspending him for 3 weeks, the maximum she could allow. Jack said he had been expecting it but Sarah made clear it was too harsh both in and out of the meeting. She was concerned Andy would miss out socially but Miss Cullen was adamant that Andy would have to learn his lesson and questioned their motives for fostering him. Biff met his mother, Sandra, in a café to discuss his father’s illness. She told him that she had recently seen a woman with whom Biff’s father had been involved, before the illness became extremely bad, who had told her that Biff’s father had been admitted to a nursing home. Sandra suggested that Biff should go and visit him, as she had, but Biff was outraged asking her why he should go and see him when he had never met him before. Sandra gave him the address of the home in Skipdale and left, telling Biff that if he wanted to be having the same conversation in twenty years time with his own children it was his prerogative. Later, Biff told Kathy about this revelation and she offered him a lift to go and see his father but Biff was still uncertain as to what he should do. Terry told Alan that he had got a new job at a theme pub in Leeds but Alan told him he already knew as he had been asked to provide a reference for him. Betty asked Viv to put a card up in the window of the Post Office advertising for a new lodger as with Paddy gone and Terry going she would need the money. Viv was shocked that Terry was leaving and demanded to know why Vic hadn’t told her. He said that if he had she would have only accused him of gloating but he found Viv’s nonchalance over Terry’s departure unconvincing. Vic was angry to find Donna on the phone to Kelly and grabbed it from her, but Kelly hung up. He rang 1471 and realised that Kelly must still be in Stockport but directory enquiries would not give him the address. As Vic shouted after Donna to find out where Kelly was the next time she rang, Viv told him that she wasn’t surprised Kelly would not want to speak to him. Donna was upset and later reminisced with Alan on the steps of the Woolpack about happier times when Kelly had been around. The Dingles decorated their bus with balloons and banners and set off for the registry office but without Zak, who had declared that he had to go and get Eric and Dee’s wedding present. At the registry office, the congregation were assembling but Eric became increasingly agitated as the time approached and Zak had still not arrived with the wedding rings. The group went in and Eric continued to wait and when Zak finally did turn up, the wedding surprise turned out to be Sam Dingle, who took over the role of best man. The wedding went ahead, despite Sam taking some of the wedding vows quite literally, in that he tried to put the ring on Dee’s finger and later kiss her. At the reception in the winebar, Eric apologised to Sam for the business with the plate, and told him that he appreciated the risk he had taken to come here and that if there was anything he could do he would do it. Sam asked him to introduce him to Mrs Pollard. Eric obliged and Sam asked Dee if she had a sister, much to Kathy and Dee’s amusement. Zak asked Sam if Nellie had sent him a message and seemed disappointment when Sam told him that his mother hadn’t mentioned Zak at all. Sam confided in Zak that he would like to come home but a shopkeeper in Ireland relies on him as a delivery boy and Nellie needed him. Zak asked if Sam was happy to which he replied he was and Zak said that was good enough for him but upset Butch when he referred to Sam as his favourite son. Eric thanked Alan for coming to the wedding, and Alan told him to take good care of Dee. Eric presented Dee with an old fashioned car which would take them on their tour of Britain honeymoon but the arrival of two police cars made Dee worry that it was the immigration authorities again but Eric instinctively knew they were after Sam. However, the guests inside had heard the sirens and the Dingles had hidden Sam under a table. The police searched the tearooms including beneath the table, but Sam had gone. They apologised for their intrusion and promptly left after Eric threatened to complain to their superiors. Everyone assembled outside the tearooms to see the happy couple drive away and it was Mandy who caught the bouquet after shoving Linda out of the way. Dee and Eric waved everybody off and told the driver to go but when he turned round it was Sam, who told Eric apologetically that he couldn’t drive. |
Episode 2200
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Original Airdate ITV (Granada Plus - Friday 31 May 2002)
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Turner is discovered after a night of agony. Jack takes the biggest chance of his life. While Steve turns his attentions to Zoe. The Home Farm Stud Friday 31st May’s episode… Emma was nervous about going back to school and leaving Geri but Becky reassured her that she’d done it all before and that Emma would be fine before telling Tony that they ought to discuss the barn situation a little more before committing themselves to it. Tony told her that the contracts had to be exchanged by noon and seemingly declined her request to come back to the chalet after he had dropped the children off at school. At school, Lyn Hutchinson was having a go at Emma, telling her that she must have found it really difficult getting pregnant, as it must have been a shock finding anyone desperate enough to sleep with her. Emma handled the situation and when Will arrived he told Lyn to leave his sister alone before they walked off. Sarah was preparing to give Andy a history lesson but Jack told them both they would come to the auction for Melby Farm with him. At the hotel, where the auction was taking place, Sarah was extremely nervous that the money from the sale of their old farm wouldn’t come through in time and her fears were not allayed as Jack was unable to get through to the solicitor to find out as he was constantly engaged. Jack was convinced though that there would not be a problem and despite Sarah’s attempts to stop him, he participated in the bidding and bought the farm for £170,000. She was still horrified at the prospect of them losing the deposit if the sale hadn’t gone through and it wasn’t until they received a call from the solicitor when they arrived home that they knew everything had gone ahead. However, Jack pulled Sarah’s leg for a moment intimating that it hadn’t gone through but when he revealed the truth she beat him with a cushion telling him not to do it again. Later, in the Woolpack, Becky was having a drink with a seemingly reserved Sarah and asked her if they had had a survey done on the barn. Sarah said that they had and that it must be somewhere at home. Becky asked if they could have a look at it because given the time scale they had only had chance to have a cheap one done to which Sarah replied she would find it for them. Betty and Mandy arrived for work at the Woolpack but there was no response to their knocking, concerned as to where Alan could have got to. Terry came over to see what the problem was and told them there was a key round the back so he would let them in. They found Alan in the cellar, where he had been all night. He had come to change a barrel and several of them had fallen on top of him. Whilst Terry and Mandy made him comfortable, Betty went to call an ambulance. Mandy reassured Alan not to worry about anything as while he was away at the hospital she would look after the pub, but Alan’s anxiousness wasn’t easily concealed. Mandy decided to call a Happy Hour but the Dingles became increasingly riotous as a row broke out between Zak, Butch, Marlon and Albert over how the bus service should progress from here resulting in a table and their glasses being broken. Mandy was upset that the Dingles had ruined her first time in charge and furiously barred them from the pub. When Alan returned he wasn’t very pleased to find the mess and was annoyed she had called a Happy Hour, later asking Terry if he would consider taking charged of the bar until he was better. He initially declined, adding that it would be a step backwards but after some consideration he left Biff and Linda alone at the winebar and returned to the Woolpack, telling a delighted Alan he wouldn’t leave him in the lurch. Viv came to see Terry and begged him to take her with him to Leeds so they could make a fresh start where nobody knew them but he told her there was nothing between them anymore and he had to do it on his own. Viv was reluctant to accept this and told him that there was nothing left for her in Emmerdale anymore, she didn’t love Vic and she would leave the kids, unaware that Donna was listening. Steve took Zoë to go and see Frank in prison but Zoë was unable to persuade Sophie to bring James with them as she told her it was unfair to take James. Frank was anxious to know where James was but Zoë told him that Sophie had taken him for a walk and they hadn’t got back in time, which Frank accepted. Frank told them he had sacked his solicitor because he was incompetent, his reasoning being, he was still incarcerated. He said his new solicitor was the best in the business and that he would be home extremely soon, probably before the trial. Steve stressed the need to sell off the less profitable parts of the company to avoid dire financial trouble but Frank was determined the estate he worked so hard for would not be broken up. Steve was insistent but Frank asked him why he was so keen, sarcastically suggesting that perhaps he already had a buyer before warning him that he better pray he’d been acting in Frank’s best interests while he was in prison, because he would be for it when he was released if he hadn’t. Later, at Steve’s cottage, Zoë and Steve shared a couple of bottles of wine and she apologised for her father’s behaviour. Steve said it was okay and that he could tell she was close to her father, something that he would know nothing about as his father died soon after he was born. Zoë said she was sorry and that she’d always found Steve intimidating and that she knew nothing about him, he replied that there was nothing really much to know. She conceded that she was finding it difficult to cope with everything and Frank’s situation and thanked Steve for his help. He said that he was only doing his job before reaching forward and kissing her. Zoë pulled away telling Steve there had been a misunderstanding and it was probably all her fault and promptly left, leaving Steve in contemplation. |