Episode 959 (7 April 1994)

Synopsis
Frank Butcher is growing increasingly depressed. He is very standoffish towards Pat and Ricky. Phil Mitchell is determined to track down James Willmott-Brown and make him pay for raping Kathy in 1988. After tracking down his wife's address, Phil visits her but she says that she is his ex wife and she says that he is in prison again for raping another woman. Michelle gives Robbie a piece of her mind in the cafe after the incident where he crashed Frank's car into her back yard wall. She says if Robbie goes near Vicky again she will make sure he has a relationship with a bedpan. Frank Butcher, making a secret goodbye but unbeknown to Ricky and Pat, hugs both and says he loves them, then says that he is going for a walk and will be back soon. Frank realises that as his problems arent going to go away, he decides to go away himself. He wanders aimlessly down Bridge Street as he makes his departure. Grant Mitchell peeks round the spare bedroom door upstairs in the pub and sees Dougie Briggs has got a proper shotgun to use for the robbery.