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Episode 1842 (30 September 1999)

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Summary[]

Gianni gets Jackie to do mundane tasks in the restaurant. Mark tells Kathy to keep an eye on Melanie and that Jackie is Steve's sister. Phil tells Grant that he asked Kathy to stay.


Melanie comes to get the keys and Ian asks her to come in and apologises to her. She says she only wants him, and they kiss and make up. Kathy says looks like she'll have to buy a new hat after all. Kathy sees Natalie who tells her that Barry wants to get married on New Year's Eve, then Natalie dashes off. Kathy frowns. Ian gets the wedding invite proofs, and phones to say they're okay and he will confirm later.

Irene invites Troy to stay if he pays rent, then tells Terry about it. Jackie has a go at Gianni at work, and he says she is not allowed near a sharp knife, as he values the space between his shoulder blades, so she can clean the oven and the floor and go to the launderette. She meets Melanie there, who has a go at her for not mentioning who she was and Jackie says Melanie hasn't a clue what Steve has been through.

Kathy mentions to Mark that Jackie seems to have made friends and Mark says, "With Mel? She's Steve Owen's sister, and I saw Mel visiting Steve in prison last time I went, and she has never told Ian." Grant says he hears Mark is off to visit Michelle soon and sends Michelle his regards.

Lisa asks Phil if he had a good time last night, and apologises for being annoyed yesterday. Barry and Natalie show Robbie the new ring and mention getting married on New Year's Eve. Later Ian comes in and shows the invites to Kathy, and Robbie says it's the same day as Barry's! Ian is furious and rushes off to get the invites printed quickly.

Nina sees Kathy in the café and Kathy is friendly and says not to worry about what happened - Grant's opinion isn't all that matters. Nina says sharply that Kathy would know that better than her.

Matthew has his trial preparation interview and is grilled as practice, and he's not very good. Michael and Sarah go to visit him again.

Phil tells Grant that Peggy set up him and Kathy and Kathy wasn't interested. Grant says sorry.

Lisa and Melanie moan that Kathy is the "perfect woman", at least according to everyone round here. Melanie goes into the restaurant and sticks up for Jackie when Gianni is nasty. She asks what Jackie meant about what Steve has "been through". Jackie says he has suffered enough. Melanie apologises to Jackie about her outburst earlier.

Pauline goes on about the arrival of the Italian student and Martin has sneakily left him at school. Mark asks Martin where he is and Martin says "he didn't turn up." Mark suspects something and asks what's really happened to the Italian, but on second thoughts he'd rather not know! Sonia sees the Italian boy looking lost in the Square and helps him find Pauline, who is in the Vic. He charms her when she says "bonjour and benvenido a Walford, hasta la vista", and he tells her she is great at Italian!

Billy's boss tells him the repayments he put down for Grant are way too low. Billy is nervous but agrees to put the price up under duress.

Matthew's lawyer returns and says the CPS have offered him a proposition, to plead guilty to accessory to murder, to save the whole trial and ordeal for him and his family. He says it would be a much lighter sentence, the alternative is to go to court and gamble with the rest of his life. The lawyer says his advice is to accept, however, the decision must be Matthew's.


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  • Radio Times synopsis: Matthew's lawyers may have found a way of keeping him out of prison.
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