8x57 - Episode 1820

March 19, 2004

Gary and Myra head to Leeds in search of Chrissy and Chloe. They have no luck but we do catch a glimpse of the pair and Gary and Myra give up the search . . . also, Yasmin offers Chrissy's job at the salon to Daphne. Geri treats Yasmin as if she's being paranoid when she tells Geri to stay away from Marc. Also, Yasmin throws away her birth control pills and Geri dumps Cameron. Brendan wakes up with Sean. He gets an earache from his parents when he gets into work late. Caleb tells him that he saw him kissing Sean. Brendan tells him it was nothing. They are interrupted by Les but later, Caleb and Brendan talk. Caleb tells him that he has to make a decision about what he wants, but pushes him in Mel's direction. Also, Caleb tells Les and Brendan that he's decided to leave. He also tells them about his wife . . .

8x58 - Episode 1821

March 22, 2004

Gary and Myra continue their search for Chrissy and Chloe but when they have no luck they decide to return home. They walk in to catch Mel and Brendan in a compromising position. Gary is angry and upset that all Mel can think about is boys at a time like this. In the heat of the moment, she tells him that she blames him for everything because he made a mistake. Also, Chloe asks Chrissy to take her home. But Chrissy takes her to her childhood home. There, they meet Chrissy's ""Auntie"" Jean. They talk about the past, Chrissy talks about her sister who died when she was the same age as Chloe. Chrissy seems to be slipping further into madness when she tells Jean that Gary works in finance and that he's currently out of the country on business . . . Caleb tells Denise that he wife was diagnosed HIV positive post-mortum. He tells her that he's too afraid to have the test. Sh urges him to take one. He then decides it's time to leave. Before he does so though, he bumps into Sean in the stre

8x59 - Episode 1822

March 23, 2004

Chloe tells Jean about ""the game"" she used to play with her mum. Jean quickly calls Gary who immediately sets off for Leeds with Myra . . . also, Mel has another go at Daphne for taking her mum's job and tells her that her dad would never touch her. Daphne denies that she wants to break up a marriage. Gary hears about their confrontation and accuses Mel of being selfish for putting the blame on everyone else and organising her wedding while Chrissy and Chloe are missing . . . Gary almost hits Mel but is struck with a sense of guilt when he raises his fist. He realises how bad things have got . . . meanwhile in Leeds, Chrissy overhears Jean calling Gary and decides that she and Chloe have to leave but as Chrissy and Jean argue on the street - Chloe does a disappearing act! Chrissy can't find her anywhere and things aren't made any better when a guy offers her help and then tries to ""seduce"" her! Chrissy cries for Gary and the guy cuts his loses and tosses her out of the car and abandons

8x60 - Episode 1823

March 24, 2004

The police find Chrissy's things but there's no sign of Chrissy until a police officer picks her up after she walks out in front of her. Chrissy gives her name as Chrissy Maxwell, her maiden name. The police woman eventually gets Gary's number and calls him, he heads to the police station to get Chrissy, he's disappointed to find that Chloe isn't with her . . . Meanwhile, Chloe can't get hold of her dad so she calls Mel and asks her to come and pick her up. Mel's just heading out the door with Daphne who's going to give her a lift and rings Gary to tell him the good news. He's delighted and tells Mel to stay at home. He heads off to get Chloe, leaving Chrissy with Myra and telling her that she's caused enough damage already . . . Brendan and Sean sleep together again. They're nearly caught out when Mel brings round Sean's credit card after he uses it in the salon. It's Davie's birthday. Doug buys him a huge play workshop but Sadie says that she's bought a big present and it's on th

8x61 - Episode 1824

March 25, 2004

Denise and Les interview potential candidates for Caleb's job. No one's up to Denise's standards. Also, Denise gets a call from Caleb and he asks her to come to the results of a HIV test with him. She agrees but turns up late to their meeting. Caleb was upset and asked if she'd care about him at all if it wasn't for the HIV test??? Cat spots Sadie kissing a man in the street. Later she asks Sadie about it but she tells her that it's nothing to get excited about. Sadie buys Davie something for his birthday but doesn't have £15 to spare on a manicure at the salon . . . Chrissy comes back to Charnham and so does Chloe. Chrissy overhears Gary telling Myra that he's never going to leave the girls alone with Chrissy again and later hears Chloe asking Mel not to leave her alone with her mum . . . Upset, Chrissy slips out of the house unnoticed. She observes Gary and Daphne talking in the street and then watches Daphne as she takes up her post behind the counter at the salon . . . In rage

8x62 - Episode 1825

March 26, 2004

From BBC Pure Soap: Chrissy was taken away by the police and handcuffed while Chloe watched everything. The police explained to Gary that they had to section her as it was obvious she had a mental illness. Doug heard moans and groans coming from upstairs, he thought Cat had a lover up there. She was struggling to get her electric muscle toner off. They discovered Sadie's hidden unpaid bills. After the fracas at the salon Gary returned home alone. Gary was devastated he had to leave Chrissy alone when he said he wouldn't. Chrissy had reached the pinnacle of her breakdown. Caleb met up with Denise and told her his HIV test came back negative. Les saw him kiss Denise. Caleb said they hadn't being having an affair but he was in love with Denise.

8x63 - Episode 1826

March 29, 2004

From BBC Pure Soap: Sadie's money worries only worsened. She hid yet another ‘Final Notice' bill and rifled through her jewellery box for trinkets to sell. It was at that moment the bailiffs came knocking and Sadie hid. Les was emotionally drained after his father's death and felt he was losing his wife and family too. He broke down and admitted he'd never stopped loving her and they agreed there should be no more secrets. Gary visited his wife in the hospital and tried to brighten her day with an appeal for her release. Chrissy confessed to feeling safer in hospital away from the judgment of her community. After paying the bailiffs to leave Sadie's furniture where it was Doug and Cat forced Sadie to admit the truth. She's made some foolish investments in the past and she had no idea what to do.

8x64 - Episode 1827

March 30, 2004

From BBC Pure Soap: Illicit daytime meetings were becoming a habit for Marc and Geri. Cat discovered the affair was still in full flight and confronted her niece. Geri said she would continue to fight for Marc. Sadie was at a complete loss over her mounting debts. Doug suggested she sell the house but for Sadie, that was far too painful. An impending date with Jeff cheered her up no end. Sadie nervously introduced her ‘new man' – Jeff to Cat and Doug. Quite the opposite of shy – he proceeded to use every cliché in the book and didn't shut up for one second. Lewis' day went from bad to worse. He confused Melanie's friendship with lust and she rejected him. That evening he wound up agreeing to deal drugs in lieu of paying a debt to a friend.

8x65 - Episode 1828

March 31, 2004

From BBC Pure Soap: Justin bumbled his way through a ‘getting-to-know-you chat' with Les Boulter. After the initial awkwardness he won Les over with his enthusiasm and loyalty to both his own family and to Kelly too. Justin's special new place in the Boulter's hearts was short lived. Lewis had left cocaine in Justin's bag. Denise found it and banned unsuspecting Justin from coming anywhere near Kelly. Yasmin overheard Geri planning a romantic rendezvous. Luckily she didn't realise it was with her own husband! Later Geri delivered Marc an ultimatum - tell Yasmin or else she would! Whilst Tanya was babysitting for Nick Brendan took the opportunity to visit Sean. Sean was beginning to realise Brendan only wanted one thing – which didn't leave much time for talking.

8x66 - Episode 1829

April 1, 2004

From BBC Pure Soap: Cat choked on her drink when Geri told Yasmin her secret lover was married. Yasmin started to think how it would feel if it was Marc. Cat warned Geri she was playing with fire. Lewis saw the destruction his cocaine had caused and Kelly asked him how he could live with it. Later he tried to explain to Denise it was his ‘gear' and not Justin's, she didn't believe him though. Charlie spilt his drink over Nick's negatives ruining some of his best work. Nick stopped himself from hitting Charlie when Tanya walked into the room. He acted like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Sadie hosted a dinner party for Jeff, her new flame, with the MacKenzie clan. Jeff faked a heart attack as an April fool prank. Nobody found it funny, they just thought he was an idiot.

8x67 - Episode 1830

April 2, 2004

Kelly is upset that her parents won't support her as long as she's with Justin. Although she'd prefer to avoid it, she goes to work with her parents. Brendan wakes up with Sean who cooks him breakfast but Brendan quickly left when Sean suggested that the next time they have dinner together Tanya should be there . . . Sadie's still concerned about money and confesses to Cat that she doesn't really like Jeff any more that she does but she can't resist him because he spends so much money on her. Lewis invites Lucy for a night out with his ""friends"" from college. She agrees after Kelly tells her that one of these ""friends"" is a drug dealer . . . later, Lucy finds out that Lewis is dealing drugs and tries to persuade him that this is no way to live . . . Tanya pops round to Nicks after leaving her keys there. She finds Charlie on his own. Charlie tries to tell her that Nick will be back soon but she doesn't believe him and calls Nick. He heads back to London. Once there, he and Ta

8x68 - Episode 1831

April 5, 2004

Myra has the pleasure of meeting Jeff. She doesn't think that he's really the type of man Sadie would be seen with . . . Brendan and Sean meet again and are almost caught out when Brendan leaves his watch lying around Sean and Tanya's flat. Cat and Doug have trouble keeping their hands off each other! Cameron arrives back on his new motorbike to hear of Lewis's antics during his absence. He raids the flat and finds Lewis's cocaine. Lewis walks into the flat, which looks like a bombs hit it. He goes through everything and when he can't find the coke he asks Cameron what he's done with it. Cameron tells him that he's flushed it. Lewis looses it with Cameron who simply walks away from the conversation . . . later, Cameron seeks comfort from Geri but she's on her way to meet Marc at Doug's house. Cameron follows her and sees her kissing Marc . . . I guess their secret's out then!!!

8x69 - Episode 1832

April 6, 2004

Cameron tells Geri that he knows about her and Marc. She's annoyed that he followed her. Later, Cameron bumps into Marc and Geri on the street and can't control his temper he and Marc go at it in the street and throw each other against Yasmin's new car! Yasmin, hearing her car alarm, runs into the street to find Cameron on top of her husband! She pulls him off and asks Marc what's going on. He tells her that Cameron can't get over the fact that he and Geri are finished so he was about to attack her when Marc came in to save the day . . . also, Yasmin finds the book on Dublin that Geri bought for Marc, he tells her that it was supposed to be a surprise - Yasmin ends up apologising! Cameron's not having a good day full stop. Shane wants the money that Lewis owes him and it doesn't help matters when Cameron confesses to Shane that he flushed the coke down the loo! In revenge, Shane steals Cameron's new bike! Cameron is furious with Lewis for letting things get out of control . . .

8x70 - Episode 1833

April 7, 2004

Cameron hired Brendan to help him get his bike back off Shane. Their plan worked and Shane was not all that happy about it! He threatened to beat up Cameron so badly that he wouldn't be able to ride the bike! Cameron didn't seem to care . . . Sadie pondered over Jeff's proposal. Cat did her best to persuade Sadie that marrying Jeff was not the only way to solve her financial problems and took Sadie to look at a ""granny flat"". But Sadie was put off by the size and by the fact that her neighbor-to-be was taken away in a body bag during their visit! Sadie confessed to Doug that she didn't think that Jeff was all that great, he warned her not to tell Cat that because she wouldn't shut up about it! Meanwhile, Cat is still planning her wedding she tried asking Yasmin's opinion but all she got was a reminder of Yasmin's wedding to Marc. Also, Cheryl tells Yasmin and Cat that there's a darts match that evening. Yasmin's not too keen and backs out at the last minute leaving the team a woman

8x71 - Episode 1834

April 8, 2004

Cat told Cheryl about her fling with Dave a few months ago. Cheryl was surprised since she thought they'd split up a long time ago. Cat told Cheryl what ""got Dave going"" when they were together . . . The estate agent came round to Sadie's house to show around some potential buyers. Sadie tried her best to show them the house's faults. Also, Cat continued her one woman campaign to see that Sadie does the right thing and turns Jeff's proposal down. Sadie chooses to ignore her advice and accepts over dinner in the cafe. After dinner, Sadie lies to Cat and Doug and tells them that she turned Jeff down . . . Marc's still angry with Yasmin. She begs him to talk to her. He almost tells her the truth about his affair with Geri, but something holds him back . . . He leaves but she follows and asks Marc if he still loves her. He tells her that he's not so sure that he does! He walks off leaving Yasmin in tears on the street. Tanya walks past and Yasmin has a go at her for telling Marc.

8x72 - Episode 1835

April 9, 2004

Lewis is worried, he hasn't seem Cameron since yesterday morning. He asks Tanya and Sean if they've seen him, Tanya says that as she was leaving work she overheard that someone was coming in after a motorcycle crash. She calls work, but it wasn't Cameron. No relief to Lewis since he still has no idea where his brother's gone . . . Also, Justin tells Shane to leave when he starts pressuring Lewis in the Swan. Jeff makes a flying visit! Cat finds out that she accepted his proposal. She tells Doug, who's more interested in a house that he's found. Cat heads to the shop and tells Sadie that she can't marry Jeff for his money. Sadie seems to agree but doesn't want to let Jeff down . . . Their big day has finally arrived. Geri can't wait to get away with Marc, but he's got other things on his mind. Like the fact that Yasmin's having a baby! She's delighted and wants to ""shout it from the rooftops"", but Marc suggests that they should keep it under wraps for the time being. Still, Ya

8x73 - Episode 1836

April 12, 2004

Sean feels abandoned again when Tanya tells him she's spending the night at Nick's. He expresses his distrust of Nick. Tanya goes to Nick's despite this. At dinner, Tanya is preoccupied with what Sean said earlier. Nick suggests they invite Sean round to try and build bridges. Sean comes round, but as soon as Tanya leaves the room, he and Nick are at each other's throats. Sean leaves early. Tanya realises that Sean isn't going to make this easy for her and that, in fact, he's probably going to make her choose between him and Nick . . . then, Nick invites Tanya to come and live with him in Cornwall where he's just been offered a six month contract . . . Lewis meets Shane in the Swan. Shane tells him that he took a fancy to Cameron's bike and wants it back. Lewis tells him that's not going to happen. As Lewis leaves the pub he bumps into somebody, then leaves. The person he bumped into turns to Shane to show him that he nicked Lewis' mobile phone. Shane texts Cameron from Lewis' phone

8x74 - Episode 1837

April 13, 2004

Brendan sees Shane riding Cameron's bike. Shane tells him that he's seen Brendan in Radar, the same gay bar Sean saw him at . . . Later, Lewis and Brendan try to interrogate Shane into telling them where Cameron is but they get nowhere. Meanwhile, Cameron wakes up after being knocked out. He can't move. He calls Lewis and leaves a message on his phone that he needs his help but Shane has Lewis' phone. Later, Lewis gets his phone back, but is it too late for Cameron??? More bad news for Brendan, when Caleb returns! He tells him that his mother had been keeping something from him. The fact that Les might not be his father, but his father might be Caleb . . . the news came as Brendan was heading out to a secret dinner with Sean. Marc pressures Yasmin into having an abortion. She thinks about it and tells Marc that she wants to do it because she'd rather not lose him . . . she reminds him of the baby she lost and tells him that she thinks about her all the time . . . how old she'd be,

8x75 - Episode 1838

April 14, 2004

Yasmin goes for an abortion, against her wishes. Meanwhile, Geri tells Doug that Marc's forcing Yasmin into having an abortion. He goes to see Marc and tells him that he's called Marc's mum and the job in Ireland is off. Yasmin decides not to have an abortion, Marc tells her he's glad and that they shouldn't sacrifice the life of a child just because of their relationship. Dave confronts Cat after Cheryl told him that Cat still fancied him. Cat gets the wrong end of the stick and thought that Dave asking her out! Brendan told Caleb that there was no way that anyone other than Les was his father. But Caleb insisted they have a DNA test at which point Denise walks in and tells Caleb to get out. Later, Brendan talks things over with Sean. Sean offers to go to the DNA test with him and ""hold his hand""! Brendan tells him he's not ready for them to take a step like that. Sean gets fed up of always having to hide when he's with Brendan and since Brendan isn't easy to go out they decide

8x76 - Episode 1839

April 15, 2004

Tanya plots against Nick. She calls Sue and tries to persuade her to put pressure on Nick. Then, Tanya sees Charlie with Myra and Chloe. She offers to take him for a bit to give Myra a break. Myra thanks her. At their place, Tanya and Sean try to persuade Charlie to tell Sue the truth about Nick but he isn't comfortable about it. He tells Tanya that Nick is angry with him as it is. Tanya and Sean let him go back to the Costellos. Later, Sue comes to see Tanya but its all bad news. She tells Tanya that there's nothing they can do . . . Later, Tanya goes to see Nick. He tells her that he and Charlie have just had a visit from a social worker but that she probably already knew that. Tanya tries to explain but Nick looses his temper and tells Tanya to get out! Reduced to tears, Tanya leaves. When she's gone Nick asks Charlie if he's happy now that he's ruined that relationship too . . . Brendan wants to start planning his wedding to Mel but she's worried about the costs. Gary pays Les a

8x77 - Episode 1840

April 16, 2004

Despite Sean's objections, Tanya goes to see Nick. She lets herself in. There doesn't appear to be anybody home but there is a broken glass on the floor. Tanya clears it up and as she puts it in the bin she notices an empty bottle. As she examines it, Nick comes home. Tanya tells him that she wants to talk. At first he's upset but then he calms down. They sit for coffee but as soon as Tanya starts to ask about Charlie's whereabouts Nick realises that her only concern is with Charlie and that she doesn't trust him. Just as Nick is about to loose his temper with her, Sean knocks on the door. Tanya lets him in and he tells Nick that if he ever hurts Tanya then he'll kill him! They leave, leaving Nick crying inside while Tanya breaks down outside . . . There's something wrong with Chloe. Myra soon discovers what it is - the truth about Chrissy. Later, Gary tries to explain why Chrissy is in a mental institution and why he didn't tell her. But Chloe gets the impression that she is to bla

8x78 - Episode 1841

April 19, 2004

Tanya discovers her boyfriend, Nick, is under investiagation for child abuse in Manchester.

8x79 - Episode 1842

April 20, 2004

Brendan discovers the identidy of the gym theif and his double life is threatened to exposure

8x80 - Episode 1843

April 21, 2004

Nicks abusive ways finally catch up with him and officers from the child protection team arrive to take Charlie into care.

8x81 - Episode 1844

April 22, 2004

Brendan takes part in a police line up.

8x82 - Episode 1845

April 23, 2004

8x83 - Episode 1846

April 26, 2004

8x84 - Episode 1847

April 27, 2004

8x85 - Episode 1848

April 28, 2004

8x86 - Episode 1849

April 29, 2004

8x87 - Episode 1850

April 30, 2004

8x88 - Episode 1851

May 3, 2004

8x89 - Episode 1852

May 4, 2004

8x90 - Episode 1853

May 5, 2004

8x91 - Episode 1854

May 6, 2004

8x92 - Episode 1855

May 7, 2004

8x93 - Episode 1856

May 10, 2004

Eileen tells Sam that she never wanted him and that's why she gave him up. But when she sees how much it's hurting him, she admits how hard it was for her, and how hard it's been ever since. She shows him his hospital tag that she's kept since he was born. At the end of the episode, Lucy returns from a night out with the girls to find her mum on the doorstep of the Swan looking lovingly into Sam's eyes and after he rejected her in the previous episode, she jumps to the conclusion that he and Eileen are seeing each other!

8x94 - Episode 1857

May 11, 2004

8x95 - Episode 1858

May 12, 2004

Chrissy is let off the hook and only has to attend counseling sessions. Cat, Sadie and Kelly think it's outrages that she should not be punished for what she's done to Chloe. Also, Chrissy gets the impression from Gary that he doesn't trust her. Sam and Lucy try to find out the identity of his father, but Eileen says she can't remember . . .

8x96 - Episode 1859

May 13, 2004

Gary tells Chrissy he loves her but confesses to Myra that he's not sure he means it . . . Cat worries about her wedding and asks Trevor to give a helping hand, he tells her that he's finished with that business and is concentrating on the Miss Charnham contest. He and Cat persuade Yasmin to enter, Trevor says that seeing her go up against Geri will make things interesting! Later, Geri visits the hospital and bumps into Yasmin who's in tears. Earlier, Yasmin told Chrissy that she had an appointment to find out whether or not she could have kids! Lucy and Sam are determined to discover the identity of his father. Eileen confesses to Dave that Sam's her son and he guesses that his father is Mike! Eileen calls the number she has for Mike to make sure that he's not around so that Lucy and Sam can't find him but instead she alerts Mike and he shows up at the Swan!

8x97 - Episode 1860

May 14, 2004

Justin's mistake at the cafe costs Doug £5,000. Justin makes up for it by booking Cat and Doug a wedding venue. Also, Cat isn't sure that Doug adopting Davie is such a good idea. Sam helps Mike fix his car, but neither of them now that they're related . . . meanwhile, Lucy gets close to discovering the truth. Yasmin's results from the hospital are not good, she can't have children. Chrissy tells her she has no choice but to tell Marc the truth but out of fear for what Marc will do, Yasmin simply cannot . . .

8x98 - Episode 1861 - Voting Begins

May 17, 2004

Yasmin confesses to both Chrissy and Geri that she read Marc's letter! Lucy, Mel, Tanya, Cheryl, Geri and Yasmin all entered the Miss Charnham contest! While Doug, Sadie, Sean and a special celebrity guest will judge! Justin's in the dog house after he sent the wrong invitations for Cat and Dog's wedding (**sorry, DoUg!)!

8x99 - Episode 1862

May 18, 2004

Eileen gets Chrissy to agree to host a fashion show as part of Miss Charnham while Justin and Kelly decide to document the event as part of Kelly's media project. Geri assures Yasmin that she won't tell Marc that Yasmin knew about their affair. But when Marc asks Geri to keep away from Yasmin she just can't help but tell him the truth! He confronts Yasmin, after an argument, he leaves and goes to speak with Doug. Doug reminds Marc that he's not exactly the image of honesty himself . . . Marc returns to Yasmin, she tells him she's had a miscarriage. He is devastated . . .

8x100 - Episode 1863

May 19, 2004

Everyone's very sympathetic after hearing Yasmin's awful news, but Chrissy tells her that she shouldn't have lied. Yasmin tells her that she did all she could to save her marriage and points out that after what Chrissy did to her family, she's in no position to comment! Later, after Cameron tells Yasmin she needs to end her one woman campaign against Geri,she points out that Geri and her husband were planning running away together over Easter. Cameron confronts Geri, demanding the truth, which is all she can tell him and so when asked if she loves him, she doesn't have an answer . . . he tells her it's over!

8x101 - Episode 1864

May 20, 2004

Cheryl's boss puts her in an awkward position after she planned to pull a sickie so that she could enter Miss Charnham. She's forced to work instead. The rehearsals for Miss Charnham get underway and Trevor drives all of the entrants mad with his fussing! During the proceedings, Chrissy and Yasmin get a moment alone together. Chrissy tells Yasmin that she can't go along with Marc's plan for them to try for another baby because she can't have kids, but Yasmin tells her that if she told him that she was unable to have kids she'd have to tell him the truth - that she was never pregnant in the first place! All this is going on while the Justin's video camera is still running and captures the whole conversation! Later, Geri reviews the tape to see where she went wrong during her rehearsal and sees the conversation where Yasmin confesses all!

8x102 - Episode 1865

May 21, 2004

Geri is out to get Yasmin and expose her for the fraud she really is! But when she tries to tell Marc the truth about his wife, she can't seem to get out the words, especially since he thinks he's just lost his child . . . later, after she causes a scene backstage, Trevor has words with Geri. During her talent, Geri performs a card trick that wows the audience she and Yasmin then head backstage where Geri tells Yasmin that she knows the truth, but don't realise they're both wearing mikes! Yasmin tries to explain her way out of it but Geri can't see that there's any excuse for what Yasmin has done. Meanwhile, Justin is messing with the sound system in the pub and gets it working but it plays Yasmin and Geri's conversation to everyone! They re-enter and are greeted by Marc - he now has to choose . . . will he stay with Yasmin after what she's done???

8x103 - Episode 1866 - Yasmin or Geri?

May 24, 2004

Kirkdale returns to try to persuade Eileen to give evidence against Pete in his upcoming trial. She refuses. Also, Eileen finally gives in to Lucy and agrees that they will go and see Pete tomorrow! Marc has a tough decision to make, and so did the judges at Miss Charnham but they chose . . . Mel Costello and she was crowned. So Marc had to decide, would he stay with Yasmin after her lies or would he go with Geri? He visited Geri after the Miss Charnham contest and he could sense there was something wrong with her, as could Cat. When Marc leaves, Geri admits to Cat that she's had some blood tests and it looks like she might have cancer! Geri makes Cat promise not to tell anyone but when Marc comes round, Cat tells him the truth! He wants to go and see Geri but Cat tells him that she's got enough stress without him and so he goes home where he tells Yasmin that he's going to stay with her and give their marriage another try . . .

8x104 - Episode 1867

May 25, 2004

8x105 - Episode 1868

May 26, 2004

Geri decides she needs to spend some time with her family so she heads off to see them in Wales. When Doug hears the news, he invites Marc to sleep on the couch at his and Cat's place. Cat is less than happy with the arrangement and lets her feelings be known to Doug. It's Sam's birthday. He notices how hard it is for Eileen having Mike around and worrying that Mike's only around because of him, he decides to leave for a while. Eileen makes him promise to come and see her and Lucy again soon. Pete's trial begins and Kirkdale presents some damning evidence against him. Later, Cheryl tells Dave that Kirkdale could find himself up for investigation for planting evidence in another case. Dave goes to tell Eileen who now has a tough decision to make. Will she tell Pete's defense lawyer about Kirkdale which brings his evidence against Pete into light? If she does, Pete will soon be out to get whoever set him up and he could find out the truth . . .

8x106 - Episode 1869

May 27, 2004

Pete feels things might be looking up when Eileen introduces the new evidence against Kirkdale. But it brings bad news for Cheryl when her boss finds out she's been blabbing internal matters to her boyfriend and warns her that she should lose Dave if she's really interested in that promotion . . . later, when Mike finds out that Eileen is trying so save Pete from prison he plays her the tape of her confessing to the fire and tells her that if she doesn't testify that Pete threatened her and forced her into giving him a false alibi, Mike would play the tape for Pete and Lucy!

8x108 - Episode 1871

May 31, 2004

8x109 - Episode 1872

June 1, 2004

Pete looses his temper in court and ends up telling the jury that he's been in the dock before for manslaughter! Also, Cheryl confides in Patrick about her stalker, not realising it's him . . . Sadie reveals that she's going to be 70, Justin has to pay out on all his bets!!!

8x110 - Episode 1873

June 2, 2004

The homeless girl who Pete saw on Charnham common the night of the fire comes forward as a witness in his case. It looks like her testimony will turn the whole trial around but the prosecution lawyer tears her statement apart when it comes to light she was taking drugs on the night she saw Pete . . . Cheryl doesn't get her promotion and is furious with Patrick! He tells her they can't mix business and their personal lives but later asks for Cheryl's forgiveness. Which she gives. When she returns home, however, she finds an envelope on her kitchen table. They contain images taken by her stalker. We cut to Patrick in his car, he's looking through the same pictures and gets to one with Cheryl and Dave. He tears it in half and discards Dave's half . . .

8x111 - Episode 1874

June 3, 2004

Both sides put up a convincing closing argument as Pete's trial reaches it's climax and the judge sends the jury out to consider it's verdict. As Eileen, Lucy and Dave await the jury's return, Dave begs Eileen not to sacrifice her relationship with Lucy for Pete but she stands by what she said and repeats herself: if Pete is found guilty; she will confess! Eileen sends Dave back to the Swan. There, he gets into a conversation with Gary. Both will probably be looking for work so they decide that instead of looking for new work they'll be their own bosses and set up their own cab firm! Meanwhile, Doug decides to take Cat away from the chaos of Charnham for two weeks to a health spa with Davie. Back in court, as the jury return, Mike shows up to hear the verdict! So: guilty or not guilty?

8x112 - Episode 1875

June 4, 2004

The jury have not been able to reach a verdict so, as if to prolong Eileen's agony, the judge sends them back to deliberate further until they can reach a verdict upon which they are all agreed. Meanwhile, Dave finds the pictures from Cheryl's stalker. She tells him about Patrick's plan to catch her stalker. She agrees to go through the proper channels but Patrick is less than happy when Cheryl breaks the news to him. Although he tells her that he'll back her up if anyone at work gives her a hard time. Gary tells Dave that it'll cost them £1500 as a set up cost for their cab firm as well as rent for the premises. Dave tells Gary that's a lot of money, but Gary's optimistic. The jury returns to the court for a second time and reveal that they have indeed reached a verdict. They find Pete . . . not guilty of Roy's murder. Eileen is thrilled. Mike, who's been following the preceding is less so. Pete stays in then court to finish a few things off. Eileen and Lucy return back to the S

8x113 - Episode 1876

June 7, 2004

Dave and Eileen tell Lucy that she only killed Mike in self defense and that this isn't her fault! Dave persuades Eileen to tell the police the truth and goes to fetch Cheryl. In the meantime, Pete returns and when Eileen tells him what's happened he decides that what they need to do is keep a lid on things and dispose of the body because this is just the opportunity the police have been waiting for to get back at him. Eileen gets rid of Cheryl while Pete gets rid of Mike . . . he finds a tape in Mike's pocket and when he returns from getting rid of Mike he starts to play the tape for Eileen . . .

8x114 - Episode 1877

June 8, 2004

Eileen distracts Pete long enough to tear the tape apart. When Pete plays it he thinks the tape player has chewed up the tape . . . also, when Pete questions Eileen about what Mike was doing back in Charnham she has to tell him about Sam to convince him that there was nothing going on with her and Mike. Pete forgives but Eileen can't forget what they've done to Mike and when Sam turns up asking about the whereabouts of his dad it brings the whole thing home for Eileen and Lucy. Lucy convinces her mum to get rid of Sam for the time being and later, Pete suggests that Sam should stay away for a while, for Lucy's sake of course . . .

8x115 - Episode 1878

June 9, 2004

Eileen's annoyed when Pete tells Sam to get lost. Later, Pete tells Eileen that he dumped Mike's body in a river after weighing it down . . . Gary hurries Dave with the money for the cab firm after he hears that somebody else is in the running. This news leads Dave to make a bad decision: he agrees to sell some mobile phones that, um, ""fell off the back of the lorry""! Patrick catches Dave in the act and tels him that he won't arrest him if he tells Cheryl the truth . . .

8x116 - Episode 1879

June 10, 2004

Sadie worries about being upstaged when she hears her cousin Ursula has been invited to her birthday party but later relaxes as she catches up with her thespian friends! Eileen has a nightmare in which Mike comes back to the pub and attacks her. Her paranoia drives her to insisting that Dave take her to Mike's flat so they can retrieve the original copy of the tape on which Eileen confesses to the arson at the cafe. When they get there, they can't find it and then, as they're about to leave, Sam turns up at the door! Tanya and Charlie decide to spend a few days with Tanya's mother, they leave that evening.

8x117 - Episode 1880

June 11, 2004

Danny shows up at Sean's place and since Tanya is out of town he invites him in. They spend the early evening together and then head to Sadie's party where Danny gets to know the neighbours. Later, they head home and when Danny tells Sean he's going to miss his tube Sean offers for him to stay the night . . . in separate bedrooms of course! Eileen tells Sam that she'd some to Mike's flat looking for Mike. She wanted to make sure that Mike had kept his promise to Sam. Later, Sam shows up at the Swan and Eileen tells him how sorry she is but says that what Pete told him was true and that now wasn't the right time for him to be in Charnham. Afterward, Eileen goes into the street and finds a quiet dark corner and sobs . . . Sadie's birthday goes great, her cousin Ursula does not show up but does send a pompous e-mail that Sadie felt upstaged her. Despite that, everyone has a great time and Pete makes his speech declaring that Sadie is the best friend anyone could ever have and t

8x118 - Episode 1881

June 14, 2004

After the weekend, Cheryl is left wondering if breaking up with Dave was the right thing to do. He assures her that it was. She goes to work frustrated and ends up lashing out on a suspect who pushes her too far and she slaps him! Later, we see Patrick pay off the guy who wound up Cheryl, he tells him that he did a good job . . . Oblivious, Cheryl decides to have an after hours drinking session with Patrick. One thing leads to another and at the end of the evening they kiss. Patrick invites Cheryl back to his place; she accepts! Sean and Danny have been out every night over the weekend and Sean wants a quiet night in, so he's a little bit put our when Danny shows up at the flat. Later, Sean confirms that Danny is clear on the fact that they are just good friends. Also, Les is very quiet during Brendan and Mel's engagement party planning session. Later, he has a quiet drink with Sean and tells him about his friend who's just found out his son is gay . . . Bradley's mum shows up t

8x119 - Episode 1882

June 15, 2004

Geri returns to find Marc half naked living under Cat and Doug's roof. Needing a place to stay she turns to Dave but soon finds out that he and Cheryl have broken up and that he's now sleeping in her old room. She decides to give match making a go and talks to both Cheryl and Dave and convinces them that they need to talk to each other. Cheryl is having a rough day after the night before when she slept with Patrick. She tells him that it wasn't exactly a mistake but she didn't mean for it to happen. Later, Cheryl and Dave finally sit down and talk. They realise that neither of them wants to break up and so decide to give things another go and Dave decides to let Cheryl lend him the money for the cab firm, to avoid any other dodgy dealings. Cheryl decides not to tell Dave about her fling with Patrick so he's a little surprised when Patrick tells him what happened . . . Chrissy's plotting against Brendan and Mel, and seems to want everyone to know. She tells Les and Gary that she'

8x120 - Episode 1883

June 16, 2004

Dave decides not to believe Patrick's accusations but he does ask Cheryl about her relationship with him. She tells Dave that they're just work colleagues but later, after he speaks with Patrick, Dave gets paranoid when Cheryl's out late with the darts team. They have it out when she gets home and Dave tells Cheryl that they should never have got back together. Also, Eileen offers Gary and Dave ""Cash & Dash"" as a premises for their cab firm. Yasmin tries to bond with Geri and is concerned about her health. Geri has a bone marrow test tomorrow but Yasmin is the only one who knows and she volunteers to go with Geri. Geri decides not to take up the offer. It's a big day for Chrissy, she's organising a dinner party! Her parole officer is pleased that she and Gary are doing things as a couple but Gary isn't so keen. Chrissy and Sharon have no luck in getting Bradley and Mel back together and later, Sharon notices that Gary isn't wearing his wedding ring. Chrissy lies that he's getting i

8x121 - Episode 1884

June 17, 2004

Cheryl confronts Patrick about telling Dave about their night together, he lies and tells her that Dave pretty much knew anyway all he had to do was fill in the blanks. Also, Dave tells Cheryl to keep the money she gave him for the cab firm and later tells Eileen that he's going to have to find another way of collecting the cash. He chooses not to tell Gary until he's absolutely certain he can't get the money . . . It's a rough day for Chrissy after Gary's revelations last night. She tries to make him see sense and uses Mel and Chloe as pawns. But Gary will have none of it and is insistent that he and Chrissy should not be together. They decide to leave things until after Brendan and Mel's engagement part but when Mel asks for a family portrait it all gets too much for Chrissy and she runs to her room in tears. At first Mel has a go at her mum for being so selfish but then Chrissy tells Mel that Gary didn't love her any more . . . Les has got a bee in his bonnet and he finally l

8x122 - Episode 1885

June 18, 2004

Marc is surprised to see Geri working in the Swan, Yasmin and Geri wind him up. Later, Marc follows Geri home and she tells him to get lost. Mel is upset with Gary for how he's treating Chrissy and tells him that he can't give the toast at their engagement party. But there won't be time for speeches anyway because Les and Denise force Brendan to tell her the truth about his sexuality! She's shocked and horrified and even more so when she finds out that Lewis knew the whole time. Lewis tells Mel that he wants to be with her and they kiss but she pulls away and tells him that she doesn't want to be with him. Mel then returns to the party where she announces to everyone that she and Brendan won't be getting married since she would rather not marry somebody who would rather sleep with men . . .

8x123 - Episode 1886

June 21, 2004

Denise tries to come to terms with her son's sexuality but Brendan tells Sean that he is not gay and that he's put all that stuff behind him now. Despite this, Mel still refuses to talk to him. Also, when Chloe asks what's going on with Mel and Brendan her parents are surprised to hear that she's more understanding and less sexist than any of them because she's been spending time talking to Charlie and Sean. Dave confesses to Eileen that he doesn't want to break up with Cheryl but he doesn't really have another option. Also, he's struggling to raise the funds for Cash and Dash. Geri heads to the hospital to get her test results but only Yasmin knows. Yasmin gives Geri a rabbit's foot that used to belong to her grandmother who used it as a source of good luck! At the hospital, Geri nearly leaves without hearing her results but seeing the rabbit's foot makes her stick around until her name is called out at least . . .

8x124 - Episode 1887

June 22, 2004

Cheryl gets drunk and throws a darts match which her teammates are less than impressed with! Dave looses his patience with her and pushes her to move out of the flat ASAP. Geri finds out that she's got leukemia. Yasmin is devastated by the news and Cat (who has just returns from her break with Doug in the health spa) is deeply concerned. Geri seems pretty calm about the whole thing until her consultation where the doctor informs her that the treatment she has may disable her ability to have children. Lewis has a very bad day; firstly, on Justin's advice, he goes to see Mel to see if anything of their relationship can be salvaged but she's not interested because he turns up high and when she calls him on it, he offers Mel drugs! Later, Lewis has a go at Brendan at the cafe in front of Les and Denise which costs him his job and then, later when Cameron goes round to see Mel she tells him that Lewis is using again! Cameron goes home and tells Lewis that he doesn't want anything more

8x125 - Episode 1888

June 23, 2004

Cameron persuades Mel to talk to Lewis about his drugs, she reluctantly agrees but when she goes to talk to Lewis he blows her off and reminds her that she told him that she didn't like him . . . also, Brendan approaches Mel and tells her that he only told her about the guys because he thought she deserved to know the truth and tells her that he still wants to be with her. He gives her a gift that he says he bought before their engagement party, she doesn't want to open it so Lucy does instead. Inside there are two tickets to New York! Meanwhile, Chloe reminds Gary and Chrissy that it's Mel's 18th birthday the next day! They hurry to buy her useless presents and find unused balloon from Christmas but when Mel gets home she catches everybody in the act and tells them that she's not all that bothered about her birthday after everything. Tanya and Charlie return home and Tanya tells Sean that Charlie and Babs got on like a house on fire much to Sean's surprise. Sean tells Tanya that a

8x126 - Episode 1889

June 24, 2004

Cheryl confronts Patrick about the file she found. He threatens to get Dave arrested if Cheryl doesn't take the job away from London and Dave . . . Later, Cheryl tells Dave all that she knows about Patrick but he's not sure that he believes her . . . he heads to the Swan where he runs into Patrick who pushes him just far enough so that Dave snaps and swings for Patrick. Patrick arrests Dave for assaulting a police officer . . . Chrissy and Gary get Mel separate cards on her birthday. Later, Myra goes to see Chrissy at work because she's concerned about Mel and Chloe. Chrissy tells Myra that she's surprised that Gary can't forgive her but Myra asks does Chrissy really think that's possible after what she's done? Chrissy realises that she might loose everything . . . Tanya finds out from Lucy what's been going on while she was away. She hears all about Brendan's new sexuality and about Danny and Sean!

8x127 - Episode 1890

June 25, 2004

Chrissy and Gary finally find the time to sit down and talk. Chrissy tells Gary that if he wants she will move out. He agrees and she goes home to pack her things but cries as she does so . . . Justin tries to find out about fatherhood but asks the wrong people: Gary and Pete. Cheryl's worried about how Patrick's treating Dave but Geri and Eileen persuade her that she'll only make matters worse if she goes to the station. But after a quick comment from Pete, Cheryl decides that she can't go any longer and heads off to the station. Lewis is having another bad day. He tries to find any drugs that may have been stashed around the flat but Cameron tells him there's no chance of him finding anything. Lewis tries to make up with his brother but Cameron tells him that he doesn't trust drug addicts. Cameron runs into Justin and warns him not to give any money to Lewis so when Lewis tries to get money off Justin later, he gets nothing . . . having exhausted all of his sources of cash, L

8x128 - Episode 1891

June 28, 2004

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June 29, 2004

8x130 - Episode 1893

June 30, 2004

8x131 - Episode 1894

July 1, 2004

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8x133 - Episode 1896

July 5, 2004

8x134 - Episode 1897

July 6, 2004

As Pete and Eileen head away for a few days, Sam shows up. Eileen and Lucy agree to let him work in the pub while Pete and Eileen are away but Pete is less than happy with the arrangement. Later, Sam and Lucy gets talking and Lucy tells Sam that Mike has got some really dodgy connections. Sam is convinced that something has happened to Mike and tells Lucy that he's going to report him as a missing person . . . Justin and Kelly's baby is given a clean bill of health the new parents are delighted. Meanwhile, Doug and Cat haven't had the opportunity to consummate their marriage after more than three days . . . with the burden of the baby lifted the almost-newlyweds head for an early night . . . Sean voices his concerns to Danny that the flat won't be big enough for himself, Tanya, Charlie and the baby and also there's no room for Danny to stay over! Lewis tells Cameron that he doesn't want to move to France.

8x135 - Episode 1898

July 7, 2004

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July 8, 2004

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July 9, 2004

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July 12, 2004

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8x140 - Episode 1903

July 14, 2004

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July 15, 2004

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July 16, 2004

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8x144 - Episode 1907

July 20, 2004

8x145 - Episode 1908

July 21, 2004

8x146 - Episode 1909

July 22, 2004

Eileen tells Dave about the flowers. Pete already knows but Eileen managed to get the card out of sight. Pete is suspicious that there was no card. Eileen and Dave wonder who could be doing this and name Sam as their prime suspect. Yasmin continues to act strangely around baby Susan. Chrissy asks Chloe to pretend that she still lives at home when her probation officer comes round. Chloe agrees only because Chrissy tells her that it will help Gary and Chrissy get back together. When Greg, the probation officer comes round, Chloe says a quick ""hello"", acts bored and asks if she can go and play with Charlie. Chrissy agrees. Chloe runs over the road and runs into Myra who asks why Chloe isn't with Chrissy. Chloe tells her that the probation officer is round at the house. Myra goes to see what's going on. Chloe goes to see Charlie. Sean asks them if they would take a video back to Dusty's, so that he and Tanya can talk after she's spoken to Sarah again. Chloe then persuades Charlie to

8x147 - Episode 1910

July 23, 2004

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July 26, 2004

8x149 - Episode 1912

July 27, 2004

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July 28, 2004

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July 29, 2004

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July 30, 2004

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August 2, 2004

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August 3, 2004

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August 5, 2004

8x157 - Episode 1920

August 6, 2004