Episode 2194 (17th April 1997)

==Plot==
Rachel is on the warpath. She storms into Home Farm and smashes a brick through the television. She wants to know why they haven't removed the furniture from Home Farm but Zoe tells her it was because none of it belongs to Chris and now, with Frank in prison, she doesn’t need the hassle from Rachel, but stops short of carrying out her threat to call the police. Rachel still can’t believe that Chris would do this to his own son and informs him that he won't be allowed to see Joseph in future. When Chris threatens her with court action she retorts that he should do that because then she could tell everyone what he was up to – trying to swindle his father who he was now sponging off. Steve is amused to hear about what Rachel had done and tells her it was more like the old her. When she questions what he means, he inadvertently offends her causing her to have a go at him for being insensitive when she has so many problems to cope with. Steve shares a drink with Zoe in the wine bar and tells her that he’s finding Rachel irritating but she replies that it was hardly surprising given the circumstances. Rachel storms in telling Steve his dinner is ruined and promptly pours his glass of red wine over his head. Viv tells Mandy that she must have the bar manager's job because she had read Alan's postcards to the other candidates when he wasn't looking in the Post Office. Mandy bursts into the Woolpack's back room telling Alan that he doesn't have to pretend anymore but is enraged to learn that she isn't the new manager. Later in the bar, Mandy is still angry when he tells her she doesn't have the experience and needs someone who knows the ropes already. Later, his mood changes and he tells her he would train her, but Mandy tells him she can't work that evening because she’s going out. The wine bar is still without a chef. When Terry tells Eric that he can’t boil an egg, Eric says he would have to do it but instead of doing the cooking himself he just follows Steve's advice and bought lots of ready-meals to put in the microwave. The food was a source of many complaints, including Mandy and Paddy who find a bit of plastic in her food. When Terry asks her if she would consider doing a stint in the kitchen, Mandy tells Paddy they are leaving. Outside Zoe's cottage, their first kiss was interrupted by Butch, who is sat on the doorstep with some wilting daffodils waiting for Sophie to come home. Earlier, he had asked her out on a date, but she had told him in no uncertain terms she wasn't interested. However, he also receives sharp shrift from Mandy. Paddy asks Mandy if she would be his girlfriend, she readily accepts and they kiss. Linda asks Jan to buy her some folic acid tablets, telling a questioning Biff that they are for women before they get pregnant. This prompts Biff to again caution Linda that perhaps now wasn't the right time for a baby because of their financial situation. Whenever she approaches the subject of the job at Home Farm, Biff tells her that Steve has been busy but she knows this was a lie when Steve had asked Biff in the Woolpack if he still wants the job. Worried about Biff's commitment to her, she confides to her mum that she didn't think that Biff wants a baby but Jan replies that all men were like that initially; even Ned was. Meanwhile, Biff confesses to Kathy about the fact that he may have Huntingdon's disease and she tries to persuade him to go for a test and tell Linda the truth but he isn’t sure. Andy continues to cause havoc at the Sugdens. Sarah manages to persuade Viv to let Donna attend Robert's birthday party and Andy is told that he must apologise to Donna for hitting her, which he begrudgingly does. Robert is angry that even on his birthday Andy is the centre of attention. At the party, Robert plays on the PlayStation that Jack and Sarah had bought him and when he refuses to open Andy's present because he didn't want to forfeit the level he was on a game, Andy grabs the PlayStation and smashes it on the floor. Andy meekly apologises and Robert storms upside. Andy is worried that he would have to go back to the children's home and Jack warns him that it might just happen. Emma flicks through a catalogue of baby things but while Tony is worried about how much it’s going to cost, Becky is more concerned that Emma should be catching up on schoolwork so that she could prove to the school she is a capable pupil. Tony and Becky tell Charlie that she would have to pay her way with Geri coming home. Charlie is horrified and said she would babysit but there is no way she would get a boring job, prompting her parents to tell her she is selfish. The Cairns go shopping for things for the baby and when a shop assistant asks Emma if she was looking forward to having a little sister, Emma proudly tells her the baby is hers. Tony is mortified when he sees the woman going and gossiping with another shop assistant about it and when they go to the till he tells her that Emma is 13 and they don't know who the father is. Emma runs out of the shop and Becky is furious at Tony’s behaviour. Back at the chalet, Charlie doubts that Social Services would allow the baby to come home because of their accommodation problem and the fact that Emma had tried to run away with the baby before telling them they ought to prepare Emma for the worst.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Viv Windsor - Deena Payne
*Mandy Dingle - Lisa Riley
*Jan Glover - Roberta Kerr
*Linda Fowler - Tonicha Jeronimo
*Biff Fowler - Stuart Wade
*Sarah Sugden - Alyson Spiro
*Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
*Robert Sugden - Christopher Smith
*Andy Hopwood - Kelvin Fletcher
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Emma Cairns - Rebecca Loudonsack
*Anthony Cairns - Edward Peel
*Rebecca Cairns - Sarah Neville
*Charlotte Cairns - Sarah Graham
*Rachel Hughes - Glenda McKay
*Steve Marchant - Paul Opacic
*Patrick Kirk - Dominic Brunt
*Sophie Wright - Jane Cameron
*James Tate - Oliver Carroll (uncredited)
*Butch Dingle - Paul Loughran
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
*Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
*Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
*Victoria Sugden - Hannah Midgley (uncredited)
*Kathy Glover - Malandra Burrows
*Donna Windsor - Sophie Jeffrey
*Alice Bates - Rachel Tolboys
*Joseph Tate - Oliver Young (uncredited)
*Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
===Guest cast===
*Shop Assistant - Jillian Carroll
==Locations==
*Main Street
*Holdgate Farm - Driveway, polytunnel, garden and kitchen
*Tenant House - Living room/kitchen
*The Woolpack - Back room and public bar
*Home Farm Holiday Park - Woodcock Lodge (living room/kitchen)
*Pear Tree Cottage - Living room/kitchen
*Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Exterior
*Smithy Cottage - Exterior
*Home Farm - Kitchen, dining room, hallway and living room
*Department store - Baby department
*The Old School Tea Rooms/Pollard's - Kitchen and main area
*Chapel Lane
==Notes==
*The episode sees Robert Sugden celebrating his 11th birthday, despite the fact his birthday is 22nd April.
Category:1997 episodes
Category:Emmerdale episodes