Episode 2189 (8th April 1997)

==Plot==
Steve bumps into Rachel whilst jogging and she cheerfully tells him that she’s had the divorce papers and was going to give them to Chris. At Home Farm, Chris asks Steve for a loan. Steve is curious as to why he didn't go to the bank, but Chris tells him that it was the bank he owed the money to, adding that he'd be doing Rachel a favour if he were to lend him the money. Steve takes great pleasure in agreeing to help him out but telling him he would do this by not lending him the money, as he would only end up owing him twice what he owed the bank. Chris is dejected. Later, when Rachel brings the divorce documents to him, Chris passes her a letter giving her notice to move out of Mill Cottage. Rachel can’t believe he'd throw his own son out onto the streets, but Chris says Joseph could stay at Home Farm with him, as he'd get custody anyway. Rachel is outraged and vows to fight him all the way. Zoe goes to go see Frank and tells him Steve wants to downsize the business, an idea to which Frank is thoroughly opposed. He asks Zoe if she would sell him the stables as he can’t bear the estate to be broken up but she tells him she would only consider it if Frank were to reconsider his decision to let Sophie and James move in with her as he had previously stated they belonged at Home Farm. Terry tries again to apologise to Viv, telling her that they would have to settle their differences if they were to live next door to one another. This prompts Viv to do some serious thinking and she tells Terry in the wine bar later that she is planning to move back to London. When Vic finds her packing he is horrified and begs her to stay as he thought they had been making a go of things. Viv is, however, determined to leave until Donna returns to see the taxi outside and pleads with her mum to stay and for her and Vic to get back together. Viv agrees to stay and tells Vic to retrieve the bags from the taxi. Dee continues to learn about antiques and is able to identify a plate as being worth $1000 when Eric had only sold it for £10 with a box of junk. He tells her she must be mistaken but she goes along with it, even though she knows she is right. Realising Dee is right, Eric puts the plate in a drawer after she leaves. The Dingles’ bus service continues to run, this time taking pensioners to Hotten. Betty is one of the reluctant passengers, only boarding because Marlon tells them the service bus had a puncture. However, on the way back, Betty is delighted to have won the stand-up bingo although she had only done so because Albert had manoeuvred the bus so Zak would fall over. Betty makes sure Marlon pays out to all the passengers who had won the bingo game. Later in the wine bar, Marlon and Albert gatecrash Zak and Lisa's evening and Albert is forced to admit they had only made £4 profit which prompts a rethink on strategy – they would begin to run a school bus service. Emma is adamant to the social worker that she wants the baby put up for adoption. Charlie is unsure that this is what Emma really wants and is perhaps going along with it only for Tony's sake. Relationships continue to be strained over whether or not the baby should be adopted and Becky retorts that it might not have happened if Tony had been around more often. When they arrive back home, Jan is at the chalet with some baby clothes that she had bought for James but had decided to give them to a good home. Much to Jan's disgust, Tony tells her that the baby won’t be coming home as she was being put up for adoption. Later, Jan tells Biff and Linda of the Cairns' decision prompting Linda to go to the hospital to convince Emma that she is doing the wrong thing. Biff tries to stop her, accusing her of trying to keep the memory of her baby alive through Emma's and trying to rectify her mistakes by convincing Emma to keep her baby. Linda is shocked that he could suggest anything of the sort and leaves for the hospital regardless. he takes a reluctant Emma to the baby unit and makes her hold the baby.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Rachel Hughes - Glenda McKay
*Steve Marchant - Paul Opacic
*Emma Cairns - Rebecca Loudonsack
*Rebecca Cairns - Sarah Neville
*Anthony Cairns - Edward Peel
*Charlotte Cairns - Sarah Graham
*Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
*Viv Windsor - Deena Payne
*Zak Dingle - Steve Halliwell
*Lisa Clegg - Jane Cox
*Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
*Albert Dingle - Bobby Knutt
*Betty Eagleton - Paula Tilbrook
*Vic Windsor - Alun Lewis
*Dee de la Cruz - Claudia Malkovich
*Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
*Jan Glover - Roberta Kerr
*Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
*Frank Tate - Norman Bowler
*Linda Fowler - Tonicha Jeronimo
*Biff Fowler - Stuart Wade
*Donna Windsor - Sophie Jeffrey
*Geri Cairns - Georgina Annett and Anna Cunningham (uncredited)
===Guest cast===
*Joan Barnes - Sally Sheridan
==Locations==
*Main Street
*Hotten General Hospital - Emma's room and corridor
*Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Exterior, shop floor and back room
*Station Road
*Unknown road
*Home Farm - Office and living room
*Emmerdale Village Hall - Main hall
*Home Farm Holiday Park - Grounds and Woodcock Lodge (living room/kitchen)
*HMP Hotten - Visiting area
*Hotten street
*Holdgate Farm - Kitchen and driveway
*The Old School Tea Rooms/Pollard's - Main area
Category:1997 episodes
Category:Emmerdale episodes