Episode 3594 (26th November 2003)

Plot
Katie wants some time with Andy to set herself back on track, but he’s too busy until the evening. One of the jobs is to ask Robert to be his best man. Robert makes a joke of it, but eventually says yes. Katie slips out of the pub to see Robert to talk things through, but he sneaks in first with a kiss, and all is lost and the two of them disappear upstairs. Meanwhile, Bob is too preoccupied with Eddie to work. Eventually he decides, despite Viv, he has to go and make his peace. Eddie is overjoyed, promising that he’ll make Bob proud of him again, returning to what he was born to – selling. Bob says that he’ll help Eddie – in the hope that Viv will see some of that money again – and brings the old samples of underwear that the two of them used to sell together. They part, with Eddie promising he has the steely resolve to make Bob proud of him again. Marlon has had a hard day with the rest of the Dingles arguing about housekeeping, so when he meets Charity at the café he can see no-one’s problems but his own. He reluctantly admits that Charity might be in a worse position than he is, topped when she tells him she’s sacked her lawyer. Katie and Robert spend most of the afternoon in bed together – continually finding excuses to stay a little longer. Viv is furious that Bob might have been seeing Eddie, but has to back down when Donna - her own daughter - points out that Scott isn’t that different. Eddie makes his first sale, and – reconciled with his brother – goes on his way. Andy is overjoyed when Jack says he’ll release some of his trust fund early to help pay for it and agrees to come home for a meal. After hunting everywhere for Robert and Katie, they return to the house puzzled, only to disturb the two lovers. They get their clothes on in the nick of time, and claim they’ve been talking about the wedding. Andy breaks the news of the money, and embraces a very confused Katie indeed.