Episode 2168 (19th February 1997)

==Plot==
Sophie has handed in her resignation to Frank. She tells him that she just wants to look after children and did not bargain on police, journalists and disappearing mothers being part of the job. Frank pleads with her to think about James as he has no one else to look after him. Sophie agrees to stay for a while. Frank is meeting Pete McCarty later. He is desperate to find Kim before she can do anything else to ruin him. Eric finds Dee in tears. She is convinced that he doesn't want her as they have not yet slept together. He tells her that he wants them to be friends first. He is nervous. Linda and Biff ask Jan and Ned if they can still move in with them. Jan is especially pleased. Biff offers to help them on the farm and apologises for not being much of a son in law. Ned reassures him that they know what the Tates are like. Kelly is regretting upsetting her dad but will not change her mind about Tom. He hears that he has got an interview for the job in Aberystwyth. Eric asks Kathy to look after Dee for the day. They kiss awkwardly. Frank asks Zoe to go to Zurich for him. He explains that he has an account there and is worried that Kim may have raided it. He wants Zoe to go there, freeze the account and put it in his sole name. Zoe is not happy about all this. Frank says that she is the only one that he can trust. He has even arranged for a locum to look after her practice. Pete McCarty arrives. Viv upsets Linda by implying that Biff has been sacked for a specific reason. Vic tells Viv that Kelly has really upset him. Chris is jealous that Frank has entrusted Zoe with a secret mission. Marlon and Butch wonder why Barry is having pig slurry piped into his barn. Lisa doesn't seem surprised, but shouts at him anyway. Pete tells Frank that Kim must be using cash wherever she is because he has done a trace on her credit card and it hasn't been used. He has also checked airline passenger lists. It is not looking hopeful. Pete thinks that the hotel booking was a diversion. Chris demands to know where Zoe is going. Frank tells him. He is using Zoe because she is so honest. Dee is preparing some food for Eric. Betty thinks that it is rubbish and throws it away. Dee explains what she was trying to prepare, but Betty doesn't know how to make anything except plain English cooking. Marlon overhears Lisa giving Barry an ultimatum about getting out of the barn. He tells her that he needs one more week to finish whatever he is doing. Linda tells Biff about the new locum that is starting. Jack commiserates with Biff about his job, but he is a bit touchy. Barry locks up the barn. Butch and Marlon take the opportunity to try and sneak a look inside. Marlon climbs the ladder, but Butch lets go and Marlon lands face down in the pig muck. Marlon is covered. He tries to persuade Barry to go out for a drink that evening, but Barry isn't interested until Marlon tells him that Zak is an expert in pig muck. Steve warns Rachel that she should be taking an interest in the Tate case as it could affect Joseph's future. Dee has made some ginger and chicken soup and asks Kathy and Betty to try it. Kathy thinks it is delicious, but Betty sniffs it and refuses to try any. Linda tells her mum that she loves her. She is grateful for their support. She is feeling bad because she cannot tell anyone about Chris. Viv tells Vic that she wants him to buy her out of the post office so that she can buy a place with Terry. He is furious that she had the affair and now he has to pay for it. Jack and Alan are talking about Frank. Vic follows Viv into the Woolpack and carries on the row. Alan intervenes, and Vic calls him a "pompous old git". Butch and Marlon hang around the farm waiting for Barry to go to the pub. Biff is torturing himself about being sacked. He seriously thinks that he pushed Chris too far and he deserved it. Linda cannot bear to see Biff take the blame. Marlon breaks into Barry's barn but alarms start ringing and lights flashing. Barry has caught them. Linda tearfully tells Biff about Chris. He is so angry and immediately wants to go and sort Chris out. Linda shouts at him to leave it as her family have lost enough already. Biff vows to get even with Chris.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Frank Tate - Norman Bowler
*Sophie Wright - Jane Cameron
*Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
*Dee de la Cruz - Claudia Malkovich
*Linda Fowler - Tonicha Jeronimo
*Biff Fowler - Stuart Wade
*Jan Glover - Roberta Kerr
*Ned Glover - Johnny Leeze
*Tom Bainbridge - Jeremy Turner-Welch
*Kelly Windsor - Adele Silva
*Kathy Glover - Malandra Burrows
*Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
*Viv Windsor - Deena Payne
*Vic Windsor - Alun Lewis
*Butch Dingle - Paul Loughran
*Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
*Lisa Clegg - Jane Cox
*Betty Eagleton - Paula Tilbrook
*Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
*Steve Marchant - Paul Opacic
*Rachel Hughes - Glenda McKay
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
===Guest cast===
*Pete McCarty - John O'Toole
*Barry Clegg - Bernard Wrigley
==Locations==
*Home Farm - Office, dining room, hallway, living room and kitchen
*Victoria Cottage - Dee's room
*Holdgate Farm - Polytunnel, kitchen and garage
*33B Skipdale Road - Tom & Kelly's flat and communal hallway
*The Old School Tearooms/Pollard's - Main area and kitchen
*Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Shop floor, back room and exterior
*Barry and Lisa Clegg's farm - Yard
*The Woolpack - Public bar and forecourt
*Pear Tree Cottage - Living room/kitchen
*Main Street
Category:1997 episodes
Category:Emmerdale episodes