Summary[]
Michelle is horrified by the living conditions of one of her case families, Ted mends a window at Phil's new house, Grant and Phil attempt to move a piano into the house, Cindy tries to seduce David.
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Kathy is feeling ill in the morning and she opens the mail to find a card made by Clare saying welcome and sorry about the window. Clare is nervous about going back to school, thinking they will ask about her mother, but it's all okay when she gets there. Cindy and Ian are in the café. She talks to Gita who says "you know you wanted some excitement, well I have Sanjay's store card, we can go shopping!" Cindy looks interested. Gita says they need a new toaster. Cindy looks suitable disparaging at Gita's idea of excitement. Ian asks her to pick up the new car as he has a meeting with the contractors for the incinerator and may get the franchise to supply all the food. Arthur and Pauline are definitely going on holiday. Ruth nags Mark some more about telling them about the baby, and he says he will tell them before they go on holiday. He's not really thinking about it as Vince and Ollie have pressurised him some more about giving them a chance to win back the money. Jules goes into the café and is looking rather chirpy. He tells Blossom he feels like a new man and says she's an amazing woman. Carol and Alan are discussing the move. Carol says miserably that she thinks that everyone is having a better time where they are now. Blossom looks incredibly happy, Bianca's happy with Ricky, Robbie thinks he died and went to heaven with a pub to run around in and Sam to drool over and Sonia practically wants Nigel to adopt her. Alan reasonably says that it's the novelty of it and if they thought it was permanent they'd soon come running back. Nigel is in trouble because he was supposed to be working in the video shop when he was locked in and the owner came round and was furious that it was closed. Phil and Grant have to get the piano into the house. It's a tricky job and they're chatting. Grant says he got a call from a friend who wanted him to do a security job up north, but he can't because he's busy with the move, Phil says he could go if he wants, but Grant says there's the pub too. Ted turns up in his car and Grant looks at it saying it's a nice motor. Phil takes a closer look and points out some rust which he says should be fixed quickly, and he has a mate who'd do it cheap. Ted refuses, and then offers to mend the window. Phil says thanks. Later, Phil asks Kathy about Ted, saying that by the state of his car maybe he isn't doing as well as he says if he can't afford to look after it properly. Kathy says maybe he's too busy to get it done. Grant and Phil are pulling the piano into the house, and it's not going too well as the steps are very steep, and the banister, which they're using as a pulley, starts to break. Phil leaves Grant taking the strain as he goes inside to check. Tiffany comes over and starts to talk to Grant. She starts by saying that he looks like he's having trouble and maybe he isn't as fit as he makes out - it's fat not muscle. Grant shouts to Phil to give him some help, but Phil doesn't and Tiffany goes on, so Grant finally lets go saying that's it, (he's furious with Tiffany). The piano drops and tumbles into the Square very close to where she was standing. The piano is destroyed. Tiffany it looks like he let something else slip through his fingers. Phil and Kathy come out to see what happened. Grant says Phil should have come to help him, he called but that the rope was slipping. Kathy has one of her strange moods and starts berating Phil for doing what Grant tells him and yelling at Grant that Phil doesn't have to jump to his every command. Then she decides to go on about the holiday and tell Grant that Phil lied to him about sleeping with the woman he set him up with on holiday. Grant looks surprised at this and when Kathy finishes ranting and storms off, he asks Phil whether it's true. Phil says he had to tell Kathy that of course, he couldn't say he slept with her. Grant asks if he did. Phil says yes, I wouldn't lie to you. Grant says that's just what you said to Kathy of course. Grant goes off in a sulk and decides to take the security job when Peggy hassles him about his dog in the Vic. Peggy offers Robbie Grant's room, which makes Carol even more miserable as Robbie is so happy about staying there. Michelle has to visit an urgent case - a family of 6 who had a water and/or an electrical problem. She goes round to the dump of a flat and the man says that they've been waiting for ages and sometimes they're 9th on the list and next time they ring it's 100th - they have no idea what's going on. The woman has a horde of children hanging around her and the one on her lap has a nasty cough. Michelle says that sounds bad, the father tells her the doctor says the damp isn't helping. Michelle keeps saying she's sorry and will get the electrician round soon and review their place on the waiting list. She goes back to work and tells her boss how terrible it is and he reiterates the fact that she must not get emotionally involved and that she'll see suffering every day and has to deal with it professionally. Michelle accepts this and says she should pick up Vicki from Pauline's. She adds that she really needs a drink right now and asks her boss if he would like to join her. He thinks a bit and then smiles and says okay. Cindy goes to collect the car and asks David to let her test drive it. David is busy and says okay but just round the Square. Cindy drives off into the country. David protests. She stops the car in a secluded place and tries to get David interested. He says that she can't handle it and she had a problem last time, so it's not on. She says she can and she doesn't care at all about Ian. David says she has too much to lose - it's just not on. He says he will make his own way home and gets out of the car. Cindy is furious and upset. Later in the Vic, David walks in while she's there with Ian, and she almost immediately walks out. David smirks. Sam tells him the puppy needs a walk, and he asks her to do it for him as he's busy. She asks him where he's been all day, and he won't bond with it if he doesn't walk it, and she says rather jealously that the last time she saw him he was driving off with Cindy. He says he was busy at work. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- David Wicks - Michael French
- Sam Butcher - Danniella Westbrook
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Kathy Mitchell - Gillian Taylforth
- Ted Hills - Brian Croucher
- Peggy Mitchell - Barbara Windsor
- Grant Mitchell - Ross Kemp
- Robbie Jackson - Dean Gaffney
- Ian Beale - Adam Woodyatt
- Cindy Beale - Michelle Collins
- Sanjay Kapoor - Deepak Verma
- Gita Kapoor - Shobu Kapoor
- Carol Branning - Lindsey Coulson
- Alan Jackson - Howard Antony
- Blossom Jackson - Mona Hammond
- Jules Tavernier - Tommy Eytle
- Mark Fowler - Todd Carty
- Ruth Fowler - Caroline Paterson
- Michelle Fowler - Susan Tully
- Nigel Bates - Paul Bradley
- Clare Tyler - Gemma Bissix
- Tiffany Raymond - Martine McCutcheon
Guest cast[]
- Gary - Ian Embleton
- Mr Parker - David Kershaw