On Monday at 7:30pm, Joe’s desperately in need of painkillers but Gail’s oblivious as she wonders what’s happened to the new packet of Paracetamol she bought. Joe waits until she’s gone then pulls them from his pocket and downs a couple, but it’s clear they aren’t enough. Joe begs the doctor for a prescription of painkillers but she refuses, saying he needs to make an appointment. Gail’s shocked as a furious Joe storms out of the medical centre.

Fiz goes to visit John and lies about her engagement ring, saying she’s dropped it into the jewellers to have the size altered. Meanwhile, Chesney offers to clean Rosie’s car for her, secretly hoping to look for the ring, but Rosie insists she cleans it herself.

When she finds Fiz’s ring in her car, she gives it to Sally as a present, pretending she bought it, but she’s unaware who it really belongs to. Sally’s thrilled and as she shows it off to the factory girls, a stunned Fiz recognises it as hers and while Sally’s distracted, Fiz takes it from her handbag. How will Sally react when she discovers it’s missing?

An excited Becky and Hayley go shopping for a wedding dress, but Becky takes offence at the snooty assistant in the shop and they leave empty-handed.

Elsewhere, Michelle arrives home on a break from her tour and Jason has a meeting with his bank manager; he’s thrilled when he gets the go ahead for a mortgage.

At 8:30pm, Gail wants to know why Joe caused a scene in the medical centre. Joe tries to play it down, but Gail’s secretly worried. Meanwhile, David continues to taunt Joe, telling him he’ll get his pills if he can persuade Tina to get back with him. Joe’s at the end of his tether and begs a bemused Tina to give David another chance. Tina thinks he’s mad and wonders what’s the matter with him.

Sally’s distraught over the loss of her ring as Tony searches the girls’ lockers. He finds the ring in Fiz’s locker and a furious Sally demands they call the police. Julie can’t bear to watch Fiz being wrongly accused and announces to Tony and the stunned factory girls that the ring belongs to Fiz as she’s engaged to John Stape.

Back at home, Fiz confronts Chesney with the ring and accuses him of stealing Rosie’s car. Chesney admits it was him and says he doesn’t give a stuff because he’s furious with Fiz for keeping her engagement a secret from him. Sally tells Fiz they’ve worked out that Chesney stole Rosie’s car and they’re going to report him to the police. What can Fiz do to protect Chesney?

Seeing she’s upset, Steve takes Becky back to the wedding dress shop and buys her the dress of her dreams. Becky can hardly contain her excitement as the big day draws nearer.

Elsewhere, Bill lets Jesse store his cowboy props at the yard after Jesse tells Bill he’s an electrician by trade and suggests they could work together.

On Thursday, Sally berates Rosie for giving her a ring that wasn’t hers to give, but Rosie’s unrepentant and starts to phone the police to report Fiz, but Kevin stops her. Not believing Fiz’s story that it was her who stole the car, Kevin calls to see her and gets her to admit the truth about Chesney’s involvement.

Joe meets up with Len and the project manager at the flats. The project manager tells him he’s unreliable and clearly unfit to work, immediately firing Joe from the job. Gail comes home from work and finds Joe in a state, visibly shaking as he explains he’s lost his job. While Gail’s back’s turned, Joe steals the keys to the medical centre from her handbag and disappears. What’s Joe planning to do?

Jesse asks Sean for advice on how to deal with his forceful mother, but Sean gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks Jesse’s trying to tell him he’s gay. Meanwhile, Julie overhears Jesse and Sean’s conversation and is shocked; she also wrongly assumes that Jesse’s gay.

Elsewhere, Jason, Tina and Eileen set off for the auction of the flat over the Kabin.

Luke chats up Michelle and makes it clear his relationship with Rosie isn’t serious. However, Rosie’s quick to break up their cosy chat and lay claim to her man!

On Friday at 7:30pm, Kevin decides a tough approach is necessary and quizzes Chesney about nicking Rosie’s car. He then frogmarches Chesney round to No.4 so that Chesney can apologise to Sally. He explains how he hates John and says that his plan was to drive to the prison, give him the ring back and punch him.

Meanwhile, a jealous Rosie wants to know what Michelle’s got that she hasn’t. Amused by her petulance, Luke fails to take Rosie seriously and she leaves the Rovers in a huff. Luke then bumps into Michelle and is delighted when she invites him back to No.7.

Gail searches frantically for Joe and asks Audrey if she’s seen him, unaware of the desperate measures Joe’s stooped to…

Over at the medical centre, Joe’s used Gail’s keys to get in, but hasn’t factored in the alarm being set. He’s in a terrible state and sweating profusely as he takes a sledgehammer to the alarm, but still the noise continues as Joe smashes up the pharmacy in a desperate search for his drugs.

Meanwhile, back at the house, Gail realises the medical centre alarm is going off. When she then discovers her keys are missing from her handbag, she rushes to down the street with a sense of foreboding. At the doctors’ surgery, she finds a tearful and trembling Joe and she’s devastated as she surveys the damage he’s caused.

Elsewhere Jason and Tina buy No.12 at auction for £54,750.

At 8:30pm, with Gail watching on in horror, Joe starts battering the drugs cabinet with a crowbar. She tries in vain to stop him but when the police arrive, Joe’s handcuffed and arrested. Tina’s devastated to see her dad being taken away by the police while Gail painfully faces up to the truth; Joe’s addicted to painkillers. Meanwhile, a scheming David lies to Audrey, telling her how he knew about Joe’s drug addiction and did all he could to help him kick the habit.

Tony’s delighted when Maria phones and says she’ll be home tomorrow. He tells Michelle that he’ll do a shop in readiness for Maria and the baby’s return, but she’s stunned when he tells her it’s time she found somewhere else to live. Michelle can’t believe Tony’s cheek – it isn’t even his house!

It’s clear Chesney’s upset about Fiz so Anna and Eddie take him back to No.6. Anna tries to mediate between Chesney and Fiz, but Chesney’s adamant that he’s not going back to No.5. A concerned and compassionate Anna tells him he can spend the night with them.

Elsewhere, Rosie spots Luke and Michelle coming out of No.7. She’s furious and goes to punch Michelle, but misses and punches Luke instead!