On Monday, Leyla’s grilled by Natasha during her interview for the Home Farm job and flounders when the ‘creativities’ in her resume come back to haunt her. After binning Leyla’s application, Natasha gets a surprise visitor when Faye turns up to interview for the same job.

Outside, Mark arrives back from an errand and is horrified to see Faye being welcomed into his home. Faye gives a faultless interview and Natasha’s pleased to have found a like-minded soul. Mark’s beside himself to find that Natasha and Nathan have agreed to give Faye the marketing job so he secretly finds her contact details and hides them in his pocket. Will Mark make contact with Faye?

Meanwhile, Bob prepares himself to break the news to his customers when the auctioneer arrives for a preliminary meeting. However, he panics about how he’ll tell Viv that their business is up for a quick sale and wonders how he’ll keep himself afloat afterwards.

Brenda also wells up with tears as the thoughts of her new life falling apart becomes too much. Will Bob go ahead with the sale?

Elsewhere, Paddy watches Chas and Carl with a sense of unease ahead of the stag and hen nights. That evening, the stags and hens realise that the Woolpack has been double booked for both celebrations and the men are forced to make other arrangements. Lexi’s pleased to have the chance to kiss Carl for the last time as a single woman and looks forward to her big day tomorrow.

The stags spend the evening at Mill Cottage and Paddy quizzes Carl about his feelings for Lexi. His non-committal response leaves Paddy desperately wanting the wedding to be over and done with. At the Woolpack, Lexi storms out when Carl’s stripper arrives and finds Chas outside. They confront each other with Lexi expressing her joy at how jealous her rival is. Chas denies that she has any feelings for Carl and tells Lexi to “make Carl happy”. Lexi warns Chas not to interfere with the ceremony or she’ll destroy her but can Chas allow the wedding to proceed in peace?

On Tuesday, while Chas broods and Carl worries ahead of the wedding, Lexi can’t contain her excitement. Carl gets bad news when he’s told that both his kids are too unwell to attend the ceremony and his mood worsens as a result. Jimmy picks up on Carl’s obvious distaste for the wedding and his questioning uncovers the shocking news that Lexi knows he killed Tom. Jimmy gathers himself and says that nothing matters as long as they love each other but when Carl hesitates, Jimmy realises they’ve got big problems. Carl storms off and arranges a meeting with Chas, leaving the guests waiting at the church.

As Lexi reaches the church, Jimmy lies that Carl’s feeling unwell and is therefore running late. Lexi doesn’t buy it and worries that her fears are coming true.

At the cricket pavilion, Carl works himself into a frenzy and urges Chas to say she loves him and says he’ll call the wedding off if she does. With Carl’s revelation still sinking in and thoughts of Paddy, Aaron and even Lexi on her mind, Chas’s head is spinning.

Back at the church, Lexi’s crushed and tearfully reflects on the possibility that she’s lost the love of her life. Will Chas admit her true feelings for Carl and sail off into the sunset with the man she’s secretly loved for so long and or will Carl save Lexi from a bitter humiliation and accept that his fate lies in a loveless marriage?

Elsewhere, Mark visits Faye’s house but is beside himself with fear when she isn’t at home. His search is interrupted by a neighbour who informs him that Faye’s gone away. Back home, he’s relieved to hear that Faye’s turned the job down to go abroad and hopes that it’s the last they’ll see of her, however, he’s worried whether Faye has some plan up her sleeve. So, have the Wyldes heard the last of Faye?

At Butler’s, the Sugdens help Victoria to celebrate her birthday but she’s hurt when Daz confesses that Scarlett’s buying their present and he hasn’t had any involvement. When Daz gets himself ready for the wedding, Victoria tells him he looks good and there’s a ‘moment’ between them. After Daz promises to leave the celebrations early to spend time with her, Victoria’s on cloud nine.

Spending the day waiting for him, Victoria grows bored and has to busy herself by helping Andy out on the farm. Andy, unaware that Victoria’s actually pining for Daz, gives her the go ahead to see Aaron. Will Victoria ever get what she wants from Daz?

In Wednesday’s episode, Victoria’s emotional when Daz and Scarlett reveal they’ve hired a sports car for her birthday to take her out for the day but as it’s only a two-seater Scarlett convinces a wary Daz to go out alone with Victoria.

The pair soon get lost and when Daz moans that it was a bad idea, Victoria gets out of the car and decides to walk home in a strop. Following her to a barn, Daz explains that he finds it hard being around her because of Victoria’s admission that she wants to sleep with him. However, after gently kissing her, Daz and Victoria give in to their feelings.

Later however, Victoria has to hide her hurt when Daz tells her it can’t happen again. She angrily turns on him and suggests that if he has no intention of finishing with Scarlett, he can’t be allowed to get away with what he’s done. Is Victoria prepared to exact revenge?

Elsewhere, isn’t happy when Paddy cons him into accompanying him on his daily rounds. In order to get revenge, Aaron releases a snarling dog from its leash and watches in amusement as the animal corners Paddy. After watching Paddy fret for a few moments Aaron’s delighted when Paddy clearly can’t control the unruly dog and he has stop the dog mauling the hapless vet.

When the dog immediately settles with Aaron, Paddy realises he’s been had. Aaron explains that the dog just needs some TLC but Paddy tells Aaron that its owner has requested it be put to sleep. Aaron’s annoyed when Paddy tells him he’s too irresponsible to keep the dog. Will Paddy literally kill the best chance he has to bond with Aaron?

Also, Natasha’s suspicions of Mark’s grumpy mood on the way to a meeting with Pollard to discuss renting the barn as a possible location for their farm shop. The Wyldes agree a price with Pollard and Mark assures his wife that he’d do anything for her. After completing the sale, Pollard’s awkward as his son approaches; David’s furious to find out about the change of lease and warns his father that unless Pollard can find him new premises, he’s not going anywhere. Can Pollard satisfy both his new tenants and his son?

On Thursday, Daz begins to worry when Victoria blanks him at the farm, prompting Andy to ask questions. He’s relieved though when Victoria holds her tongue in front of Scarlett only to be then told that Victoria’s biding her time. Later, Victoria visits Aaron and asks if they can be mates again. That night, the Sugdens have a family meal and Victoria continues to treat Daz with contempt. After daring her to say something, Victoria says she won’t because she doesn’t want her own reputation tarnished. Daz is appalled to hear that Victoria intends to start seeing Aaron again but knows there’s nothing he can do about it.

Meanwhile, on hearing that Jasmine’s moving to a prison further away, Sandy’s fraught with worry and demands answers from the authorities. When Laurel and Ashley argue that they have no say in the matter, he struts into the village and informs Debbie about the development, blaming her in the process. Debbie remembers her promise to Jasmine and worries for Sandy’s state of mind.

When Diane then drags him into the pub to keep him out of trouble, Sandy decides to start a campaign to reduce Jasmine’s sentence. Ashley’s decidedly unimpressed when Sandy hires a solicitor to help with their cause but Laurel begs him to understand that Sandy needs to feel he’s doing something and to allow him to continue. Will Sandy make a breakthrough on Jasmine’s behalf?

On Friday, Sandy meets with McNally to talk about his campaign but quickly throws the reporter out when their points of view concerning Jasmine’s incarceration differ quite dramatically. In spite of his setback, Sandy calls a meeting of the villagers, keeping it a secret from Ashley. Ashley later berates Laurel for backing Sandy’s ‘free Jasmine’ campaign, believing the outcome will just be a costly disappointment however, Sandy battles on oblivious to the problems he’s causing within the family. Will the Thomas family implode during the fight for Jasmine’s freedom?

Meanwhile, Natasha invites Marlon to tea in an attempt to satisfy her suspicions about Maisie and his relationship. Marlon wholly rejects the idea but Maisie changes his mind when she mentions how much fun their subterfuge is.

Natasha and Mark delight in seeing Marlon squirm and when she points out that the only thing they have in common is that both Marlon and Maisie are still married, the battle lines are drawn between mother and daughter. As if to prove a point, Maisie snogs Marlon, leaving him pleasantly confused but despite her daughter’s best attempts at subterfuge, Natasha remains convinced that something’s wrong. Will she discover that Marlon is a fraudulent suitor?