Episode 3742/3743 (18th May 2004)

Plot
Still angry and upset after seeing Katie, Andy drowns his sorrows in the Woolpack. His predicament is not helped when Cain decides to play devil's advocate and winds Andy up about Robert. Andy storms out of the pub and fetches his shotgun. Daz tries to stop him leaving but Andy pushes him aside and heads for Robert's caravan, where he waits for his brother to return with the gun loaded. Meanwhile at lunch with Robert, Jack says he has an old gas heater they can borrow for the caravan and tells Robert he will drop it round later. Frantic Daz goes round to see Jack but finding him out he tracks down Robert and Katie and tells them that Andy’s gone after Robert with a gun. Robert realises that Jack may have gone to the caravan and they tear round there in his car but arrive too late and find Jack lying on the ground covered in blood with Andy standing there with the smoking gun. As Katie speaks to the ambulance crew on her mobile blood drips from Jack’s mouth and armed police arrive in place of the ambulance they were expecting. Robert is frantic as he attempts to stop the blood pouring from Jack’s chest and refuses to leave his dad’s side. Andy is a daze and only puts the gun down when the police give him a final warning. Katie tells Robert that he must tell the police the shooting was an accident. At the police station Robert and Andy are interrogated separately and both stick to their story although the police have already worked out why Andy shot Jack and who he meant to kill. As Jack remains in intensive care the detective interviewing Andy tells him that if Jack dies he will be charged with murder. Meanwhile, Terry and Dawn’s meeting with the mediator ends in acrimonious deadlock, as the couple cannot agree on the slightest thing. Unable to find a compromise the mediator says that they are left with option other than to settle their differences in court. Terry later has a change of heart and tells Dawn he’s prepared to let her take TJ to Spain. In response Dawn agrees to let Terry see more of his son. Rodney’s poker night arrives and having got an advance on her wages from Nicola, Pearl is determined to make the most of it. As the evening wears on Rodney raises the stakes until it is only Pearl and himself left in. Len is upset when Pearl runs out of cash and decides to use her engagement ring as collateral. Fortunately for Pearl, Rodney is bluffing and Pearl walks away with the pot. Left alone with Val, Rodney says he’s ready for bed but as he collects her coat the former lovers kiss.

Regular cast

 * Katie Sugden - Sammy Winward
 * Robert Sugden - Karl Davies
 * Nicola Blackstock - Nicola Wheeler
 * Simon Meredith - Dale Meeks
 * Charity Tate - Emma Atkins
 * Sadie King - Patsy Kensit
 * Tom King - Ken Farrington
 * Pearl Ladderbanks - Meg Johnson
 * Len Reynolds - Peter Martin
 * Darren Eden - Luke Tittensor
 * Andy Sugden - Kelvin Fletcher
 * Emily Kirk - Kate McGregor
 * Steph Stokes - Lorraine Chase
 * Laurel Potts - Charlotte Bellamy
 * Rodney Blackstock - Patrick Mower
 * Danny Daggert - Cleveland Campbell
 * Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
 * Victoria Sugden - Hannah Midgley
 * Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
 * Val Lambert - Charlie Hardwick
 * Jarvis Skelton - Richard Moore
 * Jimmy King - Nick Miles
 * Louise Appleton - Emily Symons
 * Cain Dingle - Jeff Hordley
 * Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
 * Dawn Woods - Julia Mallam
 * Carlos Diaz - Gary Turner
 * Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
 * DC Crowe - Graeme Hawley
 * Siobhan Marsden - Abigail Fisher

Guest cast

 * Rachel Whatmore - Zoe Lambert
 * Gaynor Hayes - Lorna Laidlaw
 * PC Calburn - Danny Lawrence
 * Sgt Stifling - Martin Jones
 * DI Keysell - John Branwell
 * Dr Morten - Anne Hornby
 * Ed McMaster - Tom Sharkey