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On Monday, Heather talks to Shirley about her decision to leave Walford with Vinnie. Shirley’s adamant that there’s nothing for her to stay in the Square for and says that she’s certain nothing more will happen between her and Phil. When Shirley sees Vinnie, he’s excited about their travel plans and has convinced himself that it’ll work between them.
Later, as Heather and Shirley have a heart-to-heart about how much they’ll miss each other, Shirley confides to Heather that she slept with Phil, prompting Heather to become believe that Phil still loves Shirley. When Callum turns up to see his dad off, he’s shocked when Vinnie gives him a watch to give back to Phil; he left it in Shirley’s room the other night. Vinnie and Shirley eventually drive off together.
At The Vic, Heather can’t believe her eyes when Shirley walks through the doors but it seems she’s decided not to go after all. Callum arrives at the pub and gives Phil his watch back in front of Suzy, explaining where Vinnie found it, leaving Suzy gob-smacked.
In prison, Tanya receives a visit from her lawyer who informs her that she’s been to see Max. She tells Tanya that Max is convinced she’s covering for Jack. When she returns to her cell, Tanya confronts her cellmate Nina – she knows she has a mobile hidden in the cell – and demands to use it. She makes a call and tells the person on the other end to get to the prison as soon as possible.
Max turns up at the prison and Tanya’s furious with him. While Max is adamant that Jack tried to kill him, Tanya tells him that she tried to kill him before, and she’ll try again when she’s released. Later, Jack turns up at the prison, too, and is stunned when Tanya finishes things between them.
Tony sends Lauren a text to see if she’s okay while Whitney tells Tony that she’s found Pat’s bill money stash so they can book their departure for next week. Later, Whitney books hers and Tony’s tickets to Spain but she’s worried when she can’t find her passport. What she doesn’t know is that Tony’s dropped it in a bin across the Square.
Elsewhere, Ian and Bianca go head-to-head in their efforts to sell as many school Christmas play tickets as possible an d Roxy and Sean continue to pray for Amy’s recovery.
On Tuesday, Phil wakes up in the Arches after spending the night there. Minty’s about to reverse a car over him, but suddenly stops when he realises Phil’s there. Phil apologises for forgetting Minty’s birthday and calls Peggy to let her know he’s heading across to pick up Ben. Before Minty’s had a chance to offer him his house for the night, Phil’s disappeared. Outside Booty, Phil’s following Suzy who’s fuming with him and as they argue, Ian overhears. Later, Phil continues his attempts at making things up with Suzy, but she’s more interested in discovering the truth about him and Shirley. At the Minute Mart, Heather’s stunned by an item in Suzy’s basket…
At The Vic for Minty’s birthday drinks, Suzy and Shirley snipe at each other before Suzy runs upstairs. When Minty tells Shirley to call Heather, she ignores him thinking it can’t be that important. Meanwhile, Suzy’s locked herself in the bathroom sobbing but Shirley persuades Phil to go downstairs and have a drink with Minty. As Phil heads down, Shirley turns to confront Suzy however, when she emerges from the bathroom, she’s stunned by what she’s seen. After giving Phil the silent treatment, Suzy eventually caves in and shows him the pregnancy test and tells him she’s pregnant…
Meanwhile, Lauren finds Jack packing her belongings and she quickly tackles him about it. When Jack reveals that he and Tanya are no longer together, Lauren’s stunned. She questions Jack’s commitment to Tanya if he’s prepared to give up on her that easily. Later, as Jack watches Max walk off with baby Oscar, he takes the opportunity to let himself into the house. Ronnie walks by and sees Jack dumping bin bags outside the house; he’s packing up Max and the kids belongings. He eventually reveals that he and Tanya have split up but as Jack’s throwing clothes down the stairs, Ronnie points out that if he carries on with what he’s doing, his nieces will be left out on the streets. Later, misreading the signs, Jack leans in for a kiss with Ronnie, who rejects his advances.
Elsewhere, Roxy and Sean are struggling to cope with baby Amy’s ongoing problems, which suddenly take a turn for the worse. Roxy and Sean look on in horror as doctors fail to save a nearby baby’s life prompting Roxy to decide she wants baby Amy Christened.
Meanwhile, Whitney realises that she’s not going to be leaving with Tony any time soon, Heather and Shirley discuss Shirley’s feelings for Phil and Bianca’s £100 bonus goes missing. Finally, Peter’s embarrassed by a photo in the Gazette and Bianca pawns her engagement ring.
On Thursday, Roxy panics when the nurse tells her that Amy’s oxygen levels have dropped because she has a collapsed lung. Blaming herself, she runs from the ward in tears. Ronnie arrives at the hospital and offers her sister a shoulder to cry on, but Roxy shrugs her off. She’s been expressing milk for Amy and as she hands it to the nurse, Sean tells her that the doctors have started Amy’s operation. The pressure becomes too much for Roxy and she flees the hospital. Ronnie soon begins to doubt her thoughts about Sean when he suggests that she find Roxy while he waits for news about Amy.
Roxy’s back at the Slaters where she finds a padded envelope which contains a postcard for Jean and a pair of booties. Frustrated by her situation, a broken-hearted Roxy crumples the booties in her hands. Phil and Shirley turn up at the house and try to convince her to go back to the hospital to be with Sean and Amy but Roxy’s adamant that she can’t face it any longer. Eventually, Shirley makes her see sense and Phil drops Roxy off at the hospital before returning to the Square. Roxy’s delighted when Sean tells her that Amy’s going to be okay and pleased when Sean then tells her that he loves her.
After the baby’s op, Roxy’s watching over her when she suddenly hears a noise behind her. She presumes it’s Sean but is stunned when she turns round and sees Jack standing in the doorway. She’s further stunned when he announces that he wants a paternity test.
Meanwhile, Lucy links Peter’s Gazette photo to the school campaign website and suggests that she and Peter have a debate for the election but while Peter delivers his speech in the café, Lucy’s nowhere to be seen.
Jane visits Tanya in prison and Jack visits Jim in the nursing home. Jim soon becomes quite emotional by his son’s presence and Jack feels terrible that he hasn’t visited Jim sooner. Jim questions Jack about why his relationship with Ronnie failed but Jack blames Jim for the way his life’s turned out. Jim gets upset as he finishes a portrait of Jack, just as his son leaves.
Finally, Phil offers Shirley her job back but she’s devastated when she sees him with Suzy shortly afterwards however.
In Friday’s episode, Whitney’s creeping about the house in the early hours and when Tony finds her, she suggests they leave together tomorrow. Whitney’s gutted though when he tells her that Bianca would find them, so they can’t leave.
Later, Libby has some bad news; they’re going to have to cancel Romeo and Julie as the electrics are faulty in the hall. Whitney’s clearly unhappy with the news but Tony has a plan – they can use the community centre instead. Tony asks how much Bianca got for her engagement ring at the pawnbroker’s, forcing Bianca to confess that she spent it on buying Whitney a china doll for her birthday.
Tony tells Bianca that he tried to get her ring back but it had already been sold by the time he got there. Promising to get her another one, Tony walks away clutching a necklace with a heart attached to it.
Later, Whitney sees her passport in Bianca’s bag and Bianca explains that the market inspector found it and when Bianca offers to do her hair and make-up for the play, Whitney’s guilt prompts her to turn nasty.
As the play is about to start, Whitney’s nervous and she realises that she’s about to betray her entire family. It all becomes too much for her when Tiffany starts shouting her name. Wanting to make Tony proud, she returns to the stage and continues with the play, while Bianca also watches on.
Over at the Beales, Ian cancels Christmas and moans about the money they’re spending. He points out that they’re already feeding another two people in the house and when Jane walks into the kitchen, she realises that Lauren’s overheard Ian’s rant. Lauren touches her new necklace with a heart on and assures Jane that she’s okay…
Elsewhere, Jane accidentally lets slip to Max that Lauren’s living at her house and suggests that he call Tanya. Suzy worries when she can’t find Prince and Phil has no luck in finding him either, but shows Suzy a a postcard that’s arrived for her from the Dalmatian Coast. This prompts Suzy to quickly leave and when she goes to see her ex, Ahmet, she discovers that he kidnapped Prince. He says he’ll return the dog when he gets his gold bar back.
Elsewhere, Max tells Abi that Tanya has split up with Jack and Roxy turns to Christian with help in securing a DNA test. She tells him that Jack says if he doesn’t get the test, he’ll tell Ronnie and Sean the truth.
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OMG, i can’t believe Jack went to kiss Ronnie and that she turned him down. What was she thinking! They couldv’e got back together and been happy because we all know that by the way he looks at her that he still loves her and that she loves him because she would never have gave him the false alibi if she didn’t. It does my head that they haven’t got back together yet. I be they will wait tll christmas and then the whole “baby being Jack’s” will come out and they will split up forever. I hate eastenders sometimes
omg i cant belive shirly went to vinnie not phil i cannot think gobsmacked,
long time a go