Summary[]
Nigel plans an Easter surprise for Clare, and Sarah decides its time to return home and face the music.
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Sarah tells the vicar that she has to go home now for her Easter service and she wants to do it to prove something to herself and Alistair. Meanwhile Alistair is handing out Easter messages and gives one to Sanjay and Gita. Ted phones Sue again to tell her that if she sees Sarah to tell him and he's decided not to open the shop today so will be at home. Sue says he should "keep busy" and he shouts at her not to patronise him. He phones Tony, and as he is on the phone, Sarah walks back in. He tells Tony, and gives her a hug. She says she wants a bath, and goes off to have one. Tony comes round and Ted says he's leaving her alone, as she has had a "horrific ordeal" and doesn't want to push it. He says he'll arrange lunch, and Tony can come back at about 1pm and they can all have lunch together and he will try to talk to her quietly, and agrees that he will have to tell her what he's done to Robbie but he doesn't want to bring the subject up. Kathy chats to Phil, saying again that Sarah must have been raped, and Phil still says they should wait and see when she returns. Ian comes round, saying he can't stay because he has a meeting and asks if they can look after Lucy for him. He offers two bottles of a "good vintage" of champagne. Kathy shouts "what?" at him. Ian suddenly realises and apologises profusely. Phil grins and says it's an easy mistake to make. Tony knocks on the door and tells Kathy that Sarah has just come home. Kathy is keen to go round there and get the rape story, saying she might not want to tell a man. Tony says that Ted is trying to talk to her and they have a lot to discuss, so best to leave it for a few hours, but if they need help at all, they will call her. Sarah and Ted do have a little chat and Sarah says that she didn't enjoy it much, and probably nor did Robbie, but it certainly wasn't rape and she's not his little girl any more. Tony returns to find Sarah screaming at Ted, asking why he won't believe her and she wasn't raped at all - he's talking rubbish! Tony explains that Robbie is in hospital. She's amazed and rushes off to see him. Ted is furious, but Tony says he should believe her, because she has no reason to lie. Ted goes round to Kathy's and Kathy also says the same. Ted says it's because she a Christian, she's doing that forgive and forget stuff. Kathy assures him that someone who has been raped a couple of days ago will not be able to forgive it that quickly so he should believe her side of the story, even though she also thought that at first, it seems they were wrong. In the hospital it's Alan's turn to sit with Robbie and Carol returns to the Vic to chat with Bianca and Ricky about the wedding plans. Robbie is much better and tells Alan he shouldn't stay around so much because it's not fair on Carol if he then just walks off again when he recovers. Alan says he's not with Frankie any more, and wants to come home, so Robbie says he should talk to Carol about it. The police come to interview him and Robbie asks Alan to go as he will be fine. He tells them the entire story - about the sex as well as the assault. Then Alan turns up at the Vic and tells Carol that Robbie is being interviewed. She's furious about him leaving Robbie alone, and Alan says it was his choice. Sarah turns up at the hospital just after the police have finished, and apologises to Robbie and is really upset. She asks how anyone could have thought that it was rape and Robbie tells her that it was her friend Alistair who told Ted what happened. Nigel has bought Clare a computer and a large book about the Internet for Easter. Ian offers to help him set it up. Nigel accepts graciously, and they sort it all out while Clare is off swimming. Nigel has managed to escape the ordeal by stuffing himself with a chocolate egg and hence saying he can't swim after just eating! Bianca suggests they have the reception in a pub and Ricky suggests the Vic. Sarah goes to give her Easter service, despite Sue trying to persuade her to go home to her father. Sarah says they've said all they need to and insists. She gives a far more lenient interpretation than Alistair's. As she says that no one person should put themselves above others and God is the only person allowed to judge them, Alistair tries to shut her up. She says she hasn't finished and adds that she has done something bad recently and came to Alistair looking for comfort and help, but all she got was condemnation. Alistair says that unfortunately Sarah has sinned so badly that she is no longer welcome in the kingdom of heaven, but she still has a use as a salutary lesson to the rest of them. Sarah interrupts, saying he has been lying to them all along, and you got us to celebrate your "engagement" when you've been sleeping with Sue for ages! |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Sarah Hills - Daniela Denby-Ashe
- Ted Hills - Brian Croucher
- Tony Hills - Mark Homer
- Kathy Mitchell - Gillian Taylforth
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Robbie Jackson - Dean Gaffney
- Carol Jackson - Lindsey Coulson
- Alan Jackson - Howard Antony
- Bianca Jackson - Patsy Palmer
- Ricky Butcher - Sid Owen
- Grant Mitchell - Ross Kemp
- Peggy Mitchell - Barbara Windsor
- Ian Beale - Adam Woodyatt
- Nigel Bates - Paul Bradley
- Clare Tyler - Gemma Bissix
- Sanjay Kapoor - Deepak Verma
- Gita Kapoor - Shobu Kapoor
- Neelam Kapoor - Jamila Massey
- Joe Wicks - Paul Nicholls
- Alex Healy - Richard Driscoll
- Lucy Beale - Casey Anne Rothery (uncredited)
- Ben Mitchell - Matthew Silver (uncredited)
- Sharmilla Kapoor - Priya Bilkhu (uncredited)
Guest cast[]
- Alistair Matthews - Neil Clark
- Sue Taylor - Charlotte Bellamy
- D.S. Barnes - Paul Angelis
- D.C. Collins - Dale Rapley (uncredited)
- Doctor - John Middleton
- Nurse - Susan Warren
Notes[]
- The second episode broadcast on Easter Monday was shown at the later time of 8:30pm.