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Episode 2288 (12 April 2002)

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Summary[]

The residents of Walford are in for a bumpy ride as Mel plots her revenge and on the eve of her trial. Little Mo is terrified about her upcoming ordeal.

Melanie is shocked after Lisa's revelation that she shot Phil, not Steve. Feeling hurt and betrayed by her closest friend, Melanie cannot stand to be in the same site as her.

Billy has created a VIP exclusive area for the Slaters in the E20 to cheer up Little Mo and to take her mind off the upcoming court case. However, guns soon start blaring between Zoe and Kat due to Zoe's escalating relationship with Doctor Trueman.

Melanie begins to tie up a few loose ends with the people that have betrayed her, starting with Beppe. The news of the new evidence that the police have discovered, that could potentially send Beppe down as well as Melanie, leaves Beppe paranoid for his upcoming future and the welfare of Joe. But, Melanie shares no sympathy for him, promising him that if she goes down, he'll be certainly going with her.

Sam is left feeling hurt and upset after Beppe's dismissal of her oncoming's and Peggy has wise words for her daughter.

Janine is left in turmoil when Matt confesses his undying love for her, with several failing oncoming's and Janine's choosing off a punter over him, Matt accepts defeat after Janine tells him her true feelings - she doesn't love him. He's left alone in Victoria Road Café, with tears rolling from his face.

The next victim on Melanie's hit list is Laura. Melanie leaves the confrontation bitterly pleased after discovering that Ian had no clue that Laura refused to help Melanie get bail. Holding no ounce of guilt for her upcoming karma to Laura, she tells Ian about it all, leading to an argument between Laura and Ian.

Little Mo confides in Billy about the court case. Billy realises that she's absolutely terrified, holding no positive thinking of her outcome. Situations don't graduate to anything better, when Melanie opens the reality to Little Mo of life in prison. Before making a final farewell to Walford, Melanie proceeds to tell Peggy the whole truth of Phil's shooting after discovering Phil knew it was Lisa all along. At the last moment, after seeing Louise in Peggy's arms and seeing the damage her revelation could cause, Melanie backs down and tells her she's pregnant instead. She makes one last hasty confrontation to Lisa, Mark and Phil and holds a toast to Steve before proceeding out of the Square witnessing through the shadows, the people whose hurt her the most, suffering from her karma revelations.

The next morning, Melanie is at Victoria Bus Station, she cancels her termination, and asks the person on the other side of the phone to pick a number from one to twenty for her, before proceeding out of the Bus Station to the midst of the unknown with her hand on her stomach, as the first day of new beginnings arises for her.

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