Episode 3353 (15th January 2003)

Plot
It is fast becoming apparent that the police aren’t convinced that the stalker’s death was an accident, as it first seemed. After receiving conflicting reports from Seth and Betty as to Louise’s movements on the Boxing Day, DI Dove makes a beeline for Louise and explains that witness statements aren’t adding up. Louise grows increasingly paranoid as the questioning gets heavy and the cracks begin to show as Louise tries to explain away the hole in her alibi. But DI Dove isn’t about to accept her story and explains that she’ll be back the following day. Meanwhile, plans for the funeral need to be put in place and it is clear that Louise is repulsed by the idea of her stalker being buried close to her in the village. Chris is still furious with Jack and plays mind games with him – forcing him to confess that it was he who stumped up the cash for Wilf. Jack is sickened by Chris’s lack of sympathy towards Wilf and tells him that he can stick his job if that is how he wants to deal with his tenants. Scott realises that his social life is on the slippery slope when he is reduced to joining his mum for a drink in The Woolpack and his embarrassment only deepens when Chloe starts making jibes about him still being a mummy’s boy. Scott admits that he hasn’t any other friends to join – but is surprised when Chloe suggests that they are still friends despite everything that happens and it seems that they could even be more than friends again as they leave the pub together and head back home for a cosy night in!