Episode 3354 (16th January 2003)

Plot
Louise is starting to sweat as the police seem to be closing in on the truth about the stalker’s death. She is convinced that DI Dove already knows that she is guilty and it is only a matter of time before she worms the truth out of her and when Dove arrives at Mill Cottage and implies that the stalker may have been hit on the head as he stood on the stairs, Louise realises that her worst fears are being confirmed. But just as Louise is about to crack under the pressure of the questioning, a surprise and unlikely visitor arrives to provide her with an unexpected alibi. As Jack tells Brian that he is welcome to his job, Charity is furious with Chris for letting Jack go – insisting that he was an excellent estate manager and asset to the Tate's and despite her going cap-in-hand to Jack to plead with him to return to work, Jack angrily shows her the door when she implies that he should move on from his working class roots. Brian, meanwhile, is thrilled to step into Jack’s shoes when Chris offers him the job on a temporary basis. Ashley offers to join Zoe at her anti-natal class but is stunned when she reveals that she has no intention of going through with the birth naturally. Zoe explains that she has booked a caesarean section and has no interest in keeping the baby and Ashley’s words aren’t about to change her mind. Scott and Chloe are awkward with each the morning after the night before and Scott even lies to Viv to cover up the fact that he and Chloe spent the night together and there is surprise news for Paddy and Emily who are told to expect Debbie again because her mum has had a relapse.