On Monday, Shirley, Heather and baby George pull onto the Square in a taxi and as Darren nervously watches from afar, Zainab and Ian congratulate Heather on her new arrival. While Denise is at the Car Lot, Darren turns up and she starts moaning at him about asking for Owen’s permission to marry Libby. Annoyed by all the hassle, Darren slouches into his chair and finds a load of missed calls from Libby.

Over at the Vic, Chelsea and Amira walk in and after cross words with Chelsea, Darren leaves. As he walks out of the pub, he spots Heather with baby George and immediately walks in the opposite direction. Having ignored Libby for most of the day, Darren finally answers his phone and he suggests that she speak to her mum as Denise is going out of her mind. Darren heads over to see Denise and stands up to her, much to the surprise of Lucas, Chelsea and Patrick. At that moment, he receives a text message.

Darren goes to see Heather and when he turns up, he can’t look at baby George. Darren questions whether she’s 100% sure that he’s the daddy and when she assures him that he is, he’s shocked as the possibility never even crossed his mind. Darren offers to pay his way, though turns down the opportunity to hold George.

Heather tries to avoid Libby in the Minute Mart, but Patrick shows off his godson to her. He congratulates Darren on his engagement, while he promises to keep the fact that he’s the father a secret.

Back at home, Manda and Dr Al stop by to see Heather and baby George. Shirley walks in with a second-hand cot and claims to have sorted Heather’s shifts at the Launderette. Later, Heather’s asleep and when baby George starts crying, Shirley hesitantly picks him up and he settles down. With that, Shirley tells George that she’ll always be there for him.

Meanwhile, Syed’s forced to hide the ‘Bad Boy’ blackmail note when Zainab walks into the room. Tamwar then enters, prompting Zainab to rant about someone spiking his drink the previous night. With Tamwar at the café, Syed leaves his brother a message on his phone claiming that they need to talk.

At Christian’s flat, Syed hands over the ‘Bad Boy’ note, but Christian laughs it off. Syed thinks Tamwar sent it but Christian disagrees. Lucy points Tamwar out to Syed who’s looking for his brother, convinced he knows about Christian. Tamwar quickly leaves when Zainab starts moaning about her ‘alcoholic son’. Later in the café, Tamwar realises that Lucy was the one who spiked his drink.

At the Masala Queen unit, Syed tells Christian that he has to tell Amira about them, just as Amira enters with Tamwar. Amira says, “She already knows.”

Elsewhere, Lucas tells Libby that although Owen deserves a second chance, she should consider Denise’s feelings. Denise later tells Libby that she wants to see Darren about the engagement, but when Libby tells her that she wants both her and Owen to attend her wedding, Denise insists if that’s the case, she won’t be going. However, Patrick suggests that Denise listen to what Owen has to say for himself, and Libby’s pleased when Denise agrees to meet with her dad.

Also, Janine spies on Archie and Jack and tries to warn Archie not to trust Jack. Meanwhile, Ryan mocks Janine and points out that she’s losing her grip on the situation.

Finally, Ian returns from America and finds an adoption leaflet, and Heather tries to avoid Libby in the Minute Mart, but Patrick shows off his godson to her.

On Tuesday, standing in front of Syed at the Masala Queen unit, Amira demands that Syed be honest, before asking Christian to leave. Thinking that Amira knows the truth about him and Chrsitian, Syed starts to apologise until Amira reveals that she’s talking about the fact Syed embezzled a load of money from her family. Syed admits that he was at an all-time low and before Amira heads off to work, she says that they’re sharing everything.

On the Square, Syed confronts Tamwar over why he told Amira about his shady past and Tamwar insists that he’s fed up of his older brother being the favourite son. Syed then receives a mystery text and when he calls the number back, he looks across the street and sees Ian answer.

Later in the café, Syed receives another text message after seeing Ian fiddling with his phone. Syed confronts the café owner, but an inebriated Ian waffles on about Jane. Misreading the situation, Syed presumes by Ian’s insinuation that Christian is the one sending the texts. Christian, however, turns up at the café and is confronted by Syed. Syed receives another text though, with Christian sitting right in front of him, leaving Syed even more puzzled by the sender’s identity.

Meanwhile, Denise is fretting about meeting Owen. Lucas attempts to calm her down but she can only think of the bad things that happened to Libby. Their meeting doesn’t go too well and results in Denise asking Owen to leave her family alone. Owen asks her to meet in the park again later, but she refuses. Lucas then turns up and introduces himself. Denise confides in Lucas that she wants to forgive Owen but isn’t sure that he’ll ever change. She soon relents and heads to the park to see Owen, but when she turns up, a dodgy looking man arrives, too. With that, Denise has second thoughts. Later, Owen introduces the man ‘Frankie’ to his daughter Libby.

Later, Denise is rushing around looking for Libby, and when Ricky mentions that he saw her earlier with two men, Denise panics. Denise eventually finds Libby in the café and Libby explains that Frankie is Owen’s AA sponsor. Denise agrees to meet Owen again and is pleased to hear that he’s stopped drinking. They reminisce about good times, but the conversation turns when Denise mentions Owen’s abusive nature. Owen says he regrets his actions but Denise leaves. Returning home, Denise tells Lucas that she’ll struggle to forgive Owen for all he’s done.

Elsewhere, Jack invites Sam out on a date but that night, Ricky’s cooking a romantic meal for them both. However, as Sam goes to the Vic to get ready, poor Ricky’s struggling as he has no idea how to cook pheasant.

Also, with the adoption leaflet in hand, Ian calls Jane and suggests a romantic meal. The couple later discuss the future and Jane tells him that she wants to adopt, but Ian’s adamant that they can’t afford another child. Not wanting to be put off, Jane tells Ian that she’s signed them both up to a pre-adoption course.

Finally, Christian confides in Lucy about his dilemma, without mentioning Syed’s name, but as they talk, Lucy looks coyly at her phone.

On Thursday, Ricky turns up at Janine’s flat with a birthday present and mystery card for his sister. When Ricky leaves, Janine emerges from her room, insisting that she doesn’t ‘do birthdays’. But Janine opens the card and smiles, seemingly cheered up by the message inside. Ryan sneakily looks inside and asks how Archie knew it was her birthday. Ronnie calls, offering Ryan a shift at the Vic, and even though Ronnie hangs up, he continues to ‘flirt with Ronnie’ to make Janine jealous.

At the Car Lot, Janine flirts with Archie and insists that she’s still interested in taking the Vic from the Mitchells, but their conversation is put on hold by Jack’s arrival. Archie then teases her about her birthday present.

At the flat, Janine and Ryan set challenges; even though they clearly fancy each other, Janine has to sleep with Archie and Ryan has to sleep with Ronnie. Archie, meanwhile, talks with Jack and it’s suggested that Jack run away with Sam to cause the Mitchell’s financial strife. Jack however isn’t masurede up about the idea but agrees to give it a try.

Jack attempts to lure Sam out on a date again but she declines as it’s Janine’s birthday. Returning to Archie, Jack insists that he can’t go through with the plan but Archie tells him again to “get on with it”. Later in the Vic, Jack manages to change Sam’s mind about going to Janine’s birthday drinks.

As Sam preens herself upstairs in the Vic, Jack offers Ricky some advice on women. Jack and Sam soon end up in bed together ignoring their phones, while Ricky sits alone in the pub.

Meanwhile, Syed and Christian discuss the mystery text messages in the café. Lucy’s working in there and is fiddling with her phone, just as Syed receives another message. Lucy checks her phone again later and mutters, “Fine, if that’s how you want to play it”. She then responds and sends a message back, demanding £300. Christian, however, suggests that Syed calls the blackmailer’s bluff…

Elsewhere, Libby tells Denise that she’s made up that she gave Owen another chance while Lucas spots a photo of Trina on the side stand. And Ronnie tells Ryan to “back off”.

On Friday, Lucas bumps into Owen outside the Minute Mart and reminds him that although Libby’s cooking them all lunch, he shouldn’t expect anything more than that. Owen later tells his mum that his stay in Walford isn’t working out as he’d expected, but he’s managed to broker peace with Libby and at least speak to Denise.

Liz, however, suggests that Owen shouldn’t be intimidated by Lucas and commends him for dealing with a difficult situation in a calm and adult manner. Meanwhile, Libby excitedly prepares for dinner, and while Denise asks Chelsea to be civil to Owen, Lucas reassures them that Owen won’t be a permanent fixture.

Owen eventually turns up and over dinner, he proposes a toast to Libby’s cooking skills. Denise and Owen then begin to reminisce about one of her cooking disasters while Lucas watches on, seething at the connection Denise has with her ex.

Afterwards, Libby returns to Oxford and Denise congratulates Owen on his new job at Earls Court. Lucas then asks Owen to go for a walk with him. Frustrated by Owen’s presence in his family’s lives, Lucas tells him that he can’t be trusted before punching him in the stomach and instructing him to repent his sins.

Spouting biblical quotes at Owen, and claiming that Denise is now ‘his’, Lucas tells him to leave Walford for good and never return. Owen however manages to escape Lucas’s clutches and turn the tables on his attacker, pinning Owen against the wall. Owen’s adamant that he’s staying where he is and won’t be driven away…

Meanwhile, Shirley’s at the Minute Mart flicking through baby magazines and Pat asks whether Heather’s revealed who the baby’s father is. Back at the flat, Darren’s holding baby George as Shirley returns and she makes the sudden realisation that he’s the father. Shirley demands the truth from Heather and she reluctantly admits that Darren’s the daddy.

Billy hammers on the front door of the flat and says that Heather agreed to rent the spare room to him and Jay. Later, Darren tells Shirley that he wants to set things right, but Shirley tells him to back off and threatens to tell Denise the truth if he doesn’t. Inside, Heather’s sure that Darren would make a great father, but Shirley warns her otherwise. Heather however doesn’t want to stop Darren from seeing his son, or for people to assume that she and Shirley are in a lesbian relationship.

Elsewhere, Sam wakes in Jack’s flat and Jack later meets with Archie and states that he wants out of his plan to set Sam up, but Archie tells him to “think on it”. Sam asks Jack if he wants to end their affair, but he suggests they continue.

Also, Syed tells Christian that he hasn’t heard from their blackmailer, but Lucy overhears their conversation and Syed receives a text calling him a ’silly boy’ and revealing that ‘there’s a letter in the post to mummy’.