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Thursday 1st March
It is the day of Mel and Steve's wedding. Kat has to work in the Vic with Tracey. Kat sees Mel having a brandy with Lisa. "Is it the only way you can go through with it?" she smiles. Lynne watches the bride leave and starts thinking about her own wedding to Garry. "That'll be us one day," she tells Garry. "It gives me butterflies just thinking about it," Garry replies. After the reception, Charlie gives a lift to Mel and Steve as they go to the airport. But before they leave, Steve stops the cab, and leaves Mel alone. Then Phil gets shot... Monday 5th March
It's still the evening of the wedding and Jim is telling the Slater's about Ian's fight with Phil. "Why are there always fight at weddings?" asks Maureen. "It's because we invite men," laughs Lynne and Garry adds, "It's because we all get tense watching some other poor sap get snared." then Mark informs them all that Phil has been shot. Meanwhile, Charlie drops Mel and Steve off at their honeymoon hotel. Steve tells Charlie not to let anyone know where they are.
The following morning, Charlie suggests that Kat invite Anthony for tea. Zoe laughs, "I wouldn't miss this for the world. We can watch Nan make mincemeat of him." On the stall, Zoe notices two young lads whom she doesn't want to see, so she hides from them. In the cafe, Lynne informs Billy that Phil has been shot. "Nothing trivial I hope," he replies. At tea time, Mo brings out the baby photo's of Kat. She is determined to put him off. "She'll be the size of a bus when she gets older," Mo tells him, then continues, "and she gets a little bit larey when you don't do everything she says." The police arrive to ask Charlie where Steve is staying, but he replies, "It's no use to you. I heard Steve say the flight's at four, which means they're flying out now!" Tuesday 6th March
Luke and Darren are the two boys that Kerry and Zoe met up with in Tenerife, and they are in London to find them. but Zoe is still trying to avoid them. "I'd be glad if I don't see Luke's face again," she tells Kerry. Audrey tells Mo that her 'tea' idea didn't work so she will also have a go. Meanwhile, Kat and Anthony agree to have no more family meals. In the cafe, Kerry begs Lynne to lie for her when Darren and Luke come in askng for her, but Kerry cannot resist the lure of a big night out and agree to meet with them. Zoe feigns illness to avoid the lads, but Kerry brings them round and convinces her to go out to the Vic with them. It's then that we find out that Kerry also got engaged to Darren. Also at the Vic, Tony tells Kat that she has been invited over for tea with his mum, Audrey. Thursday 8th March
Kat tells her family that she is going over to Audrey's for tea so Mo gives her some advice. "You'll need to mind your P's and Q's then," she tells her. "They reckon they're a cut above in that house. And when you're drinking your tea, don't forget to hold your little finger out. And please don't say bog - say bathroom." In the cafe, Janine is asking her friends to come to her party. "That'll take you all of two minutes," says Lynne. At the Slater's Darren goes to visit Zoe. She tries to convince him to get over Kerry, but Darren won't leave until he has given her an engagement ring. At the garage, Janine catches Garry topless.
"Would you mind looking the other way," he asks her, smiling. Janine asks him or a driving lesson, but uses it as an excuse to pick up rent money. She then uses the money to buy crisps from the cafe, and cannot resist telling Lynne that Garry helped her out.
At tea time, Kat arrives at Audrey's. "Very smart," says Audrey. "You have made an effort." "I like your apron," replies Kat. During the meal, Audrey starts to talk to Kat. "Anthony says you're not a church girl, Kat." "Oh, weddings and funerals, you know," Kat replies. "So you haven't been confirmed then?" "I've been confirmed as many things in my time." "That's a shame," Audrey continues. ""Mind you, I can't remember the last time Anthony came with me to mass." "Well he's got so much to confess now he's going out with me." "Sauce !" Audrey replies, offering Kat the gravy boat, but meaning something completely different.
"Perhaps you'd like to see Anthony's graduation photo's," Audrey continues. "Shame you didn't go to university. It's a proud day for a mother." "My mother was proud of me when I when I rugby tackled a flasher in the park and got my picture in the paper," Kat says. "Where's your bo ... bathroom?" With Kat out of the way, Anthony has a go at his mother for interrogating her. But Kat overhears. "I don't know what's come over him," she laughs. "I must be a bad influence." Later on in the pub Kat tells Mo, "Me and Anthony are as solid as a rock, so you'd better get used to it." Also Jamie informs Lynne and Garry that Phil has put him in charge, and he is now their boss. Monday 12th March
At the Vic, Kat and Tony stayed the night for some privacy. That morning Kat catches Jim coming out of the toilets. "I must have fallen asleep in the Kazi," he says. Kat shoves Jim out of the door but accidentally leaves the door open. When Peggy returns, she finds the door open and catches Kat and Tony together. Peggy is appalled that Dr Trueman seems to have lowered his standards. "Slumming it are you?" she asks him. Peggy accuses Kat of using the place as a knocking shop and for leaving the door open all night. In then cafe, Garry is lazing about because he thinks that Jamie will be an easy boss. In the Square, Kat tells Jim that she got into trouble for leaving the door open. "you didn't tell her it was me, did you?" he asks. "You may be an old fart, but I ain't no grass," Kat replies.
Back in the Vic, Kat cleaned upstairs to appease Peggy. Peggy is surprised. "Credit where it's due. I couldn't have got it cleaner myself," she tells Kat. "Now all you have to do is finish off your shift and pick up your cards!" Peggy cannot forgive her for leaving the door open all night. Kat then storms over to Jim's and drags him back to the Vic to explain who left the door open, so Peggy grudgingly gives her her job back. Tuesday 13th March
In the cafe, Lynne Garry and Zoe are discussing Dot's break-in. Garry suggests he should move in with the family to make them feel secure. "Secure?" laughs Zoe. "With you in the house?" When Jamie comes into the cafe, he has a go at Garry for leaving the garage in such a mess. In the square, Kat asks Tony why he has been avoiding her. "I'm the community doctor," he says. "I have my position to consider." "We'll talk about position later," she replies. Back in the cafe, Lynne gives Jamie a piece of her mind after he accuses her of having a bad attitude. "There's nothing wrong with my attitude. I'm not the one swanning around pretending to be boss and blaming everyone else for my problems." In the Vic, Peggy has a go at Tony for his poor choice of partner. "I mean, Kat Slater. You're scraping the bottom aren't you?" In the garage, an irate customer has a go at Garry for not getting his job done. He laughs when he finds out that Jamie is in charge.
Back in the Vic, Peggy tells Kat that she's had words with Tony. "What have you said to him?" she asks. "Only that all that glitters is not gold," Peggy replies. "Some of it turns out to be brass!" In the cafe, Lynne scares Tony by telling him that Kat has really changed by being with him. "I reckon, if you play your cards right, we could be related very soon." Tony the goes to tell Kat that he is cooling down the relationship for a while. Kat is upset and Peggy can't resist getting a dig in, "Come to his senses has he?" "What is it you think I am?" Kat cries. "Dead inside?" Peggy is taken aback. "Oh... You take a couple of minutes then." Thursday 15th March
In the square, Zoe jokes with Kat about breaking up with Tony, but she is still very upset over it. When Zoe sees Tony, she tells him how upset Ka t has been, so he tries to make amends by buying her flowers. But Kat's pride has been hurt, and she isn't interested. Jamie has managed to get extra help for both Lynne and Garry. "At least someone's taking an interest," Lynne tells Lisa. "There wasn't much of that when Phil was around." At the garage, the customer returns and hassles Garry for a 30% reduction and becomes very threatening, but Jamie returns the threats and the customer leaves annoyed. As he drives away, he knocks down Joe di Marco and, seeing what he's done, flees in panic. Monday 19th March
In the garage, Garry tells Jamie that he may have to give a statement to the police following the hit and run incident involving Joe di Marco. Judging by the description given by Winston, the driver sounds like Randall, the irate customer from the other day. Jamie is unhappy about this and Garry notices he is acting nervously. Could it be because Dan Sullivan is around? Tuesday 20th March
Zoe gets a dog named Tinkerbell, she is looking after it for a friend, but Mo doesn't want it in the house and no-one else will look after it for her.
Robbie tries to sell his engagement ring back to Mo, but she is not interested. Mark won't let Zoe keep her by the stall either because she is driving the customers away, especially Billy Garry hassles Jamie for the keys to the garage, but he is hiding after Dan beat him up. When Garry gets there, he find Dan has already broken in. Garry asks him if there is a problem. "It's none of your business," Dan replies.
In the cafe, Zoe suggests Robbie stashes the ring, seeing as he cannot sell it because it might be stolen property. Little Mo enters, being dragged by Tinkerbell - she has been lumbered with her now. Kat visits Tony to try and patch things up. They end up in a passionate clinch, until a guest walks in and Tony shies away. "You can't keep your hands off me in public," she comments. "But in public you're ashamed of me." She then walks out. Zoe rents Tinkerbell to Jim for 10 a night as house security. It is a present for Dot Thursday 22nd March
Little Mo, Zoe and Lynne watch Mel and Steve arrive back from honeymoon. Jim returns Tinkerbell to Zoe and demands his money back because it attacked him. Zoe then pays Barry to look after it. Kat is still moody over her split with Tony. "You wanna forget about him, you know," says Garry. "I'm sure there's someone around here that'll have you." "Do you like your face the way it is?" Kat replies. Mo and Bill both try to buy Robbie's engagement ring back, now they know it's worth something. But Robbie decides to place it in a charity's collecting tin. "You dozy little twonk," Mo calls him.
After hearing some words of advice from Jim, Anthony decides to act and win Kat back. He hires a whit, chauffer driven Limousine from a friend of Charlie's to pick her up from the pub. And as a final gesture, he calls out loud, "I am not ashamed we're going out, and I don't care who knows it." Kat is thrilled, especially at watching Audrey's reaction, who was watching, dumbstruck! Monday 26th March
In the pub, Charlie tells DC Burton about Steve leaving the taxi for five minutes on the night that Phil got shot. At the B&B, Kat and Anthony come home early for a bit. Natalie moans to Barry about getting their own place. "Especially if we're going to have Kat Slater squealing like s stray cat all afternoon," she says.
Tuesday 27th March
In the square, Mel is angry at Charlie for telling the police about Steve. "It's not my fault your husband went missing for five minutes," he tells her. Thursday 29th March
Kat and Lynne are chatting in the pub. "It doesn't get much better than this," comments Lynne. "Not only do I get to see you running around, you're serving me a gin and tonic as well." "The woman's a slave driver," says Kat, referring to Peggy. "Are you working her hard?" Lynne asks Peggy. "Chance'll be a fine thing," she replies. They then both watch as Peggy throws Mel and Steve out of the pub. "This place has gone downhill anyway," Steve calls out, glancing at Kat.
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