Summary[]
Sean is suspicious when Archie extends an olive branch, but are his motives genuine? Shirley and Ben are less than thrilled by Phil and Suzy's news, and Janine plots her revenge.
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Pat insists on telling them who Janine really is. David’s curious that Pat is calling Judith Janine and Janine explains that Pat lost a daughter called Janine and she’s mad. David’s daughter, Sarah suspects that Janine’s lying. The Rabbi suggests that they deal with this in private. Billy tells Sarah about Barry. Ricky announces that Janine has a birth mark and Sarah roughly exposes it. David collapses and an ambulance is called. Later, Ricky calls Pat. An enraged Janine is smashing up the car lot. David has died Janine blames Pat. A distraught Janine doesn’t know what she’ll do. Roxy, holding Amy, and Archie enter the Vic. Roxy finds Sean sulking and encourages him to come downstairs. Archie apologises to Sean and reveals that he’s impressed with how well Sean’s taken to fatherhood. They bond. Later Archie’s touched when Sean gives him a gift of a new wallet. Alone, Archie pulls out a piece of paper. It’s a copy of the paternity test. Peggy’s worried that Suzy wasn’t happy when Archie announced their good news. Phil explains that Suzy didn’t want it broadcast. Suzy confronts Archie but she’s in his pocket now. When Ben hears the news and also that Suzy and Phil are getting married he tells Shirley. Depressed Shirley arrives home to find Heather going through CCTV tapes from the Minute Mart. Suzy appears on the screen. Shirley presses pause. Suzy’s holding a box of tampons. Heather informs the Walford Gazette about Dot’s generosity. A journalist arrives and Heather cajoles Peggy into introducing him to Dot. They enter the launderette to find a tramp called Scally with Dot. She has kindly given him clean clothes and money for a hostel. The journalist’s fascinated with the story but Dot’s afraid of the exposure. Denise’s upset about Lucas leaving. Pat encourages her to go out and look for him. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Janine Butcher - Charlie Brooks
- Ricky Butcher - Sid Owen
- Pat Evans - Pam St. Clement
- Roxy Slater - Rita Simons
- Sean Slater - Robert Kazinsky
- Archie Mitchell - Larry Lamb
- Peggy Mitchell - Barbara Windsor
- Suzy Branning - Maggie O'Neill
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Ben Mitchell - Charlie Jones
- Shirley Carter - Linda Henry
- Heather Peterson - Cheryl Fergison
- Dot Branning - June Brown
- Billy Mitchell - Perry Fenwick
- Denise Wicks - Diane Parish
- Amy Slater - Kamil Lipka-Kozanka, Natalia Lipka-Kozanka (uncredited)
Guest cast[]
- Scally - Alan Williams
- Will Holden - Ross Wainton
- Sarah - Miranda Pleasence
- David - Harry Towb
- Rabbi - Simon Schatzberger
Notes[]
- The original script for this episode had to be entirely rewritten by the shows editorial team, and therefore the overall writing credit was given to the EastEnders pseudonym Julia Honour.