On Monday, following a tense silence with Jay over breakfast, Janine urges Billy to palm him off on someone else. Billy however has other things on his mind as he needs to find a job so he asks Pat if she has any jobs going while she’s away on holiday.

Pat turns him down and later, in the Square, Pat stuns Janine by asking her to go on holiday with her! After a sarcastic refusal, Janine heads across to R&R to talk to Ronnie about her trial run working at the club.

Billy’s there for a job too but he can’t get a word in edgeways. Ronnie’s impressed by them both; so much so, she suggests they both start straight away. Ronnie then shows them to the cleaning cupboard and walks out of the club smiling, leaving Janine livid.

Later, in the Vic, Janine steals Peggy’s purse but Peggy soon realises that Janine’s the thief. Billy finds Janine doing some last-minute packing for her holiday with Pat which she’d turned down earlier. However, Peggy storms across the road to confront Janine about her stealing. Emptying Janine’s bag out on the pavement, Peggy’s purse drops out just as Pat’s cab drives away.

Inside Pat’s house, Peggy insists that Billy’s debt has now passed to Janine. Meanwhile, Jane’s shocked to hear that Tanya will be released today. Max frantically tries to contract Lauren to let her know about it before persuading Jane to be there for Tanya’s homecoming. Max reveals to Jane that he hasn’t told Tanya about Lauren being in care and as he muses on how he should break the news to his wife, she walks through the front door.

As Max begins to tell Tanya about what’s happened, she cuts him short and slaps him round the face, telling him that she already knows about Lauren. Full of hatred toward Max and Jane, she throws them both out of the house.

Elsewhere, Stacey tells Danielle that she feels like she let Jean down while Danielle confirms her appointment for an abortion. Ian scraps his and Christian’s catering project and Ronnie’s fuming at the state of R&R’s toilets.

On Tuesday, Max has spent the night in his car after being thrown out of the house last night by Tanya. While Tanya’s inside throwing all of Max’s things into bin bags, Abi’s mood brightens when Max turns up. However, Tanya’s still livid that he never told her about Lauren being in care.

After slamming the door in Max’s face, Tanya then tells Bradley that he can stay at the house for as long as he wants, as long as he doesn’t tell Max what’s going on. As Max and Jack then compete for Tanya’s attention, Tanya vows not to let men rule her life any longer. From now on, it’s just her and the kids. Taking pity on his brother, Jack offers Max a roof over his head.

Later, Jane tries to make amends with Tanya but Tanya fumes at her for allowing Lauren to be taken into care. In her defense, Jane delivers a few home truths to Tanya. Afterwards, Max tries to speak with Tanya again while Abi’s becoming more and more frustrated by being sidelined and tears up the homecoming card she made.

Realising that her family is falling to pieces, Tanya’s determined to put things right. However, she’s then shocked when the social worker turns up with the news that Lauren doesn’t want to come home.

Meanwhile, Billy reaches the end of his tether with Janine’s behaviour and decides to throw her out of the flat. Turning on the water works, Janine begs Billy for a second chance. She promises to pay back all the money she stole from Peggy and turn over a new leaf.

Later, at the club, Billy helps Janine her cleaning job back and it’s not long before Janine’s scheming resurfaces. She starts drinking on the job and listens in to an argument between Jack and Ronnie. Intrigued, Janine asks Billy to tell her about Jack Branning, before finally meeting him in the flesh.

Elsewhere, Jane’s annoyed with Ian for abandoning Christian so Ian agrees to give the catering business two more weeks. Bradley asks Dot if he can move back in, but Dot suggests he stay at Tanya’s for the kids’ sake. Dot though is preoccupied wondering if she’s taken too much on by letting Dotty stay.

On Thursday, Tanya tells Max that he should move out of the house completely, but Max hits back saying that she’s as much to blame for Lauren’s behaviour as he is.

Determined to make amends with Jane, Tanya tracks her down at the chippy where the pair hug and Tanya begins to cry. Seizing the opportunity, Tanya asks Jane if she can get Lauren’s new mobile number from Peter while he’s asleep. Jane’s furious and thinks that Tanya’s apology was only made for her own purposes. However, when Tanya finally gets the number, she leaves Lauren a voicemail and asks her to call back.

Later, Tanya’s at the Vic with Jane when Max turns up and heads across to their table. Tanya reveals that she has Lauren’s new number so Max demands the number, causing the situation to erupt. As the pair argue, Jane diverts Tanya’s attention to her mobile that’s ringing – it’s Lauren.

Meanwhile, Janine’s chuffed that she’s arranged a second interview with Jack at the club but Billy’s doubtful that she’ll persuade him to give her the job. Slipping into the club, Janine overhears Ronnie and Jack arguing over her. Ronnie storms out of the office, prompting Janine to walk in for her interview.

After successfully winning Jack round, he agrees to give her a trial run, much to Ronnie’s annoyance. Later, Jack’s impressed with Janine’s work and when Ronnie’s gone, Janine suggests that Jack buy Ronnie out of the business. Jack tells her that the tricky part of that plan is persuading her to sell. A sly Janine offers to step up to the plate…

Elsewhere, Dotty’s excited about meeting Jim but Dot doesn’t share her enthusiasm. Bradley realises that Dot hasn’t told Jim about Dotty but later, Dot receives the news that Jim’s had a fall and won’t be able to visit, so Dot decided to take Dotty to visit him instead. Christian’s becoming weary of Ian continually undermining him and Jay books a home visit from Marissa in Billy’s name. Finally, Dotty meets with Nick in secret.

In Friday’s episode, Tanya grabs the mobile phone from Jane, anxious to talk with Lauren. Realising who’s on the other end, Lauren hangs up, puzzled as to how Tanya got her number.

Storming out of the pub, Tanya heads across the Square and leaves Lauren another voicemail to call her back saying she wants to meet face-to-face. Lauren then relents and agrees to meet but when they do, Lauren’s unresponsive; her only concern is where Tanya got her mobile number.

During their emotional conversation, Tanya begs Lauren to return home but Lauren’s determined not to. She tells Tanya that it’s all her – Lauren’s – fault and there’s no place for her in Walford any more. A sobbing Lauren can’t be persuaded and Tanya’s forced to return to the Square without her. Once back home, Tanya shares a ‘moment’ with Max.

Over at the club, Jack’s wary of Janine’s motives following her offer to help him push Ronnie out of the business so Janine reveals that she wants to be his new business partner. Billy finds himself roped into Janine’s plan and when he’s asked about Ronnie, he lets slip about her feud with her father, Archie.

Janine shows Ronnie what she’s made of when she scuppers Ronnie’s attempts at sabotaging the stag do she’s arranged while Billy finds himself caught in the crossfire and is sacked by Ronnie. Seeing Janine’s potential, Ronnie promotes Janine to manager of the club prompting Janine to agree to help Ronnie get rid of Jack…

Meanwhile, Nick and Dotty continue to work on scamming Dot. Dotty reassures Nick that she’s more than capable of pulling the scam off and reveals that there’s more money to be had if they want it. All they need it Dot’s trust she says.

Back at Dot’s, Dotty puts her plan into action as she helps Dot to sort through some old boxes containing memorabilia. They’re interrupted by Nick who’s delivering a goodbye a present to Dotty; it’s a mobile phone so that she can contact him whenever she wants. Before Nick leaves, Dotty shows Nick proof that their plan is worthwhile… £50,000 is up for grabs and all they have to do is kill Dot to get it.

Elsewhere, Ian’s feud with Christian continues while Jane and Christian plot behind his back and Jay and Marissa continue to spend time together, much to Billy’s annoyance.