Episode 2197 (29th April 1997)

==Plot==
Steve offers Biff a promotion to be his right-hand man. Chris accuses Steve of being petty. Biff is unsure but is happy to learn the extra responsibility would be worth £100 more a month. Steve tells Biff to be a bit more assertive and when Chris tells him to unblock some drains at the holiday village, Biff stands firm against doing it. After Biff leaves, Chris accuses Steve of doing it to humiliate him, but Steve infers he won't stoop to Chris' level. Roy comes to tell Biff and Steve that Seth’s tripped up over a molehill, but Biff is convinced it’s a prank as it’s his first day in the new job and Seth had pulled a similar stunt on Dave's first day. However, Seth has tripped and is taken to hospital with concussion and a possible broken foot. Chris makes a joke of the situation by asking Biff if he can spell all the words that would be needed for the accident report. Biff tells him concussion at Seth's age could be serious, but Chris continues to try and wind Biff up, telling him that he could slip into his and Linda's cottage anytime while Biff is working all the hours on the estate, but Biff resisted and walks away as Chris laughs. Zoe tells Chris she has been thinking about his money situation and when Chris told her he's lost absolutely everything and has been contemplating suicide she tells him it was all his own fault and his attitude was to blame for a lot of things. He told Zoe he'd decided to declare himself bankrupt, but she is reluctant to let him do it and instead offered to buy his Home Farm shares just as Steve comes into the living room. Chris is angry and snaps at Zoe, telling her to shove her offer. Zoe is upset about Chris' outburst and can't understand why he has been so awful. Steve tries to comfort her telling her and suggests that Chris doesn’t want a role in Home Farm anymore, but Zoe dispels this, adding that Chris lives for Home Farm. Steve tells her that might be the problem. Zoe reveals that she isn't sure she can cope with everything anymore, but Steve reassures her that he is there for her. Tony puts up a list of Geri's feeding times for Emma to follow, telling her it is never too early to instil discipline and she doesn’t want to be run ragged by the baby. Charlie remarks that Emma would be pleased to get back to school but for the time being, Emma and Becky would wait in for the midwife to call while Tony and Charlie go and view the Sugden's barn. Sarah has been quietly confident about the sale of the barn and Jack remarks that he hoped the sale went through because it would mean that they could buy the other farm for a song, but Ned is amused that the Cairns would even consider buying it unless Tony wants a bombsite to remind him of his time in the army. Tony and Charlie, however, see real potential in the barn and the outbuildings and when they return later with Will, Tony decides to make Jack an offer. Jack asks for £170,000 and Tony immediately agrees, much to Will's amusement who tells Becky when they return to the chalet that they'd bought a ruin. Becky tells Tony that she’s had a terrible day; the midwife had failed to turn up and had to tell her mother about the baby, causing her mother to hang up in disgust. Tony tells her that if she really hates the house, he'd give back word to the Sugdens, but Becky says he'd probably talk her round and they can't do that to the Sugdens anyway. Jack tells Sarah that Tony had almost bitten his hand off and he wishes he had asked for £200,000 and come down but Sarah is ecstatic that they had made such a huge profit. Steve discovers the truth about the "Marlarney" account when he sifts through some papers and finds the share application. He asks Rachel if it was a copy, but she reluctantly reveals that she had missed the deadline. The two have a massive argument, with Rachel complaining that she’s had to do the work of two people for the last few weeks because Steve has been too busy at Home Farm. Steve tells her to go home and get her act together before disappearing to the wine bar to have a drink. Terry celebrates getting an interview for a theme pub in Leeds. Mandy takes delivery of some American beer that the rep had assured her was a real winner to try and show some initiative, but Alan and Terry tell her that the rep had been pestering them for months and they've had trouble shifting this particular line. Vic showers Viv with champagne and flowers after the night they spent together but Viv is uncomfortable telling a shocked Vic that she knows he would get the wrong idea about where their relationship is heading. Viv later confesses to Kathy in the tea rooms that she only slept with Vic to see if she could rekindle any of her old feelings, but she hadn't. She says that she missed Terry because he made her feel alive, but Kathy is sceptical that what she had with Terry would have lasted. Eric asks Terry to be his best man, but he refuses, adding that he doesn't want to lose his friends or self-respect. Linda reminds Biff that they are due at Betty's for tea. Biff is reluctant to go and thinks he may have got out of it because Seth has to be kept overnight in hospital, but Betty is insistent she needs the company. However, he invites Roy to come with him and Betty feels obliged to ask Roy to stay. Linda is extremely happy and tells Betty that now Biff had been promoted, the extra money means that they can start a family. He tells her they would have to talk about it but she can’t see a problem now that the financial worry has been removed. After the meal, Betty tells Roy and Linda to go over to the pub while Biff and her clear up the dishes. With the two of them alone, she tells Biff she knows why he had invited Roy but is adamant he can't ignore the issue and has to tell Linda, worrying that she may already be pregnant as she is the only one taking precautions. Biff says that there is a good chance he won't have it but Betty tells him he can't take the chance with the health of his children. She tells him to take the test, but Biff says that he can't tell her if the test is positive as it would break Linda's heart. Betty calls him pathetic and delivers an ultimatum – either he tells Linda or she will.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Sarah Sugden - Alyson Spiro
*Ned Glover - Johnny Leeze
*Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
*Vic Windsor - Alun Lewis
*Viv Windsor - Deena Payne
*Linda Fowler - Tonicha Jeronimo
*Biff Fowler - Stuart Wade
*Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
*Rebecca Cairns - Sarah Neville
*Anthony Cairns - Edward Peel
*Emma Cairns - Rebecca Loudonsack
*Charlotte Cairns - Sarah Graham
*Steve Marchant - Paul Opacic
*Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
*Roy Glover - Nicky Evans
*Eric Pollard - Chris Chittell
*Dee de la Cruz - Claudia Malkovich
*Kathy Glover - Malandra Burrows
*Betty Eagleton - Paula Tilbrook
*Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
*Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
*Mandy Dingle - Lisa Riley
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Will Cairns - Paul Fox
*Rachel Hughes - Glenda McKay
===Guest cast===
None.
==Locations==
*The Sugdens' farm - Exterior
*Main Street
*Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Exterior and shop floor
*Chapel Lane
*Smithy Cottage - Exterior
*Home Farm Holiday Park - Woodcock Lodge (living room/kitchen) and grounds
*Home Farm - Grounds, living room and kitchen
*The Old School Tea Rooms/Pollard's - Main area
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*Pear Tree Cottage - Living room/kitchen
*Hotten General Hospital - Ward
*Tenant House - Living room/kitchen
*Keepers Cottage - Living room
Category:1997 episodes
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