Episode 5343 (9th July 2009)

==Plot==
Val schemes when Eric tells her he's earned no money from the factory closure. Val conspires with Lisa to get the Dingles to rob the factory so she and Eric can claim on the insurance. She arranges a dinner party so Eric is preoccupied for the evening. The Dingles get the go ahead from Val and break into the factory as planned. However, Val's guests decide to leave early to escape the culinary concoction she's prepared and in desperation Val rushes the pudding through in order to keep Eric exactly where she wants him. Back at the factory, the Dingles are startled when David and Leyla arrive for some adventurous late night passion, but they luckily decide to take their liaison elsewhere. Val gets the all clear from the Dingles and tells a mystified Eric that everything's going to be ok. Meanwhile, Mark is hurt to find out that Natasha is leaving on holiday sooner than he thought. Nathan is concerned to witness the unease at Home Farm and tells Maisie about the holiday. Taking the opportunity Maisie corners her mother and tells her she's coming on the holiday too. Maisie excitedly breaks the news to Mark who is grimly resigned to being abandoned by his wife. Elsewhere, Lexi’s problems are compounded when she learns she's lost her job. Back home, Carl is quietly discomfited when Lexi shares the IVF news with Scarlett. Desperate to buy himself time, Carl asks Lexi not to tell anyone they are looking into IVF. Jimmy pours scorn on Carl's latest capitulation and urges him to tell Lexi the truth before it's too late.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Nicola De Souza - Nicola Wheeler
*Natasha Wylde - Amanda Donohoe
*Nathan Wylde - Lyndon Ogbourne
*Val Pollard - Charlie Hardwick
*Lexi King - Sally Oliver
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
*Andy Sugden - Kelvin Fletcher
*Victoria Sugden - Isabel Hodgins
*Diane Sugden - Elizabeth Estensen
*Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
*Brenda Walker - Lesley Dunlop
*Gennie Walker - Sian Reese-Williams
*Jamie Hope - Alex Carter
*Mark Wylde - Maxwell Caulfield
*Lisa Dingle - Jane Cox
*Sam Dingle - James Hooton
*Zak Dingle - Steve Halliwell
*Paddy Kirk - Dominic Brunt
*Scarlett Nicholls - Kelsey-Beth Crossley
*Carl King - Tom Lister
*Leyla Harding - Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi
*David Metcalfe - Matthew Wolfenden
*Shadrach Dingle - Andy Devine
*Jimmy King - Nick Miles
*Maisie Wylde - Alice Coulthard
===Guest cast===
None.
==Locations==
*Home Farm - Grounds, kitchen and office
*Farrers Barn - Living room/kitchen and front garden
*The Woolpack - Back room, car park and public bar
*Café Hope - Café and upstairs flat (living room/kitchen)
*Wishing Well Cottage - Living room/kitchen
*Butlers Farm - Farmhouse (kitchen and living room)
*Mill Cottage - Kitchen
*Main Street
*Pollard & Pollard - Factory floor and corridor
*The Grange - Front garden
==Notes==
*Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 6,050,000 viewers (18th place).
Category:2009 episodes
Category:Emmerdale episodes