3rd January 2022

Lydia sits by Amy's bedside in hospital, and she starts thinking about her lost daughter Faye Price. Lydia breaks down and Matt comforts her. She snaps at him and calls out Matt for being so irresponsible because her niece could have died last night. Lydia claims that she has already lost so much. Candace cleans the house and calls Matt, only to learn Amy hasn't come around yet, but that she is okay. Liz calls Candace prompting her to drop Amy off. Paul comes around and wishes her a Happy New Year and Paul learns that Tracey and Ian were away. Paul is confused as Candace was supposedly babysitting Amy. Paul is left upset that Amy stayed over while the party occurred. Candace lies and says that Matt has taken Amy out to the park. Matt and Lydia are in awe as Amy smiles at them and she says her head hurts. Liz is annoyed at Paul for taking his time as she needed him to help clear the bar, and learns that Lydia isn't picking up her phone. Liz feels hard-done-by. Liz and and Paul chat about Terry, who is missing. Matt asks the nurse how long Amy will have to stay in hospital and gets impatient. Candace comes over and asks how Amy is doing. Lydia walks out, still furious at Candace. Lydia makes her way home to help Liz and bumps into Clare outside the town-hall, and tells her that Amy will be fine. Lydia pleads her to not say anything to the Maxwell's. Paul pops by Chris' and learns he is still recovering and will need physio. Paul tells him that things are back on track with Liz and Chris is happy for him. A hungover Mike, struggles to keep any food down and vomits in the sink. Paul learns that he was at the Jones last night. Lydia is revealed as Liz is heading home after a long morning shift and learns that Becca and Steve will be back at 4pm. Lydia calls Matt to tell him that, just as Liz leaves. Paul returns to the RR and quizzes Lydia on the party at the Jones. Paul is annoyed that Candace was so irresponsible last night. Paul is on to Candace. Paul heads to the corner-shop and chats to Audrey, and airs his concern over Candace and the party at the Jones. Candace and Matt row as they cannot believe what has happened. Matt tells Amy to keep the accident their little pinky secret. Candace and Matt both agree to lie to both couples about the accident. Candace feels overwhelmingly guilty and upset. Lydia welcomes back Becca and Steve. They ask how the RR party was and discuss Andy's annoying new girlfriend Chloe. As Becca asks where Amy and Liz are, Matt arrives with Amy . Becca hugs Amy.

Tommy heads back to bed early that morning, as he finds Paula and Derek having breakfast. Later, Claudia tells John that she's going to the hospital to check on Terry, expecting Tommy and Eve to be there. Derek tries calling Tommy at the hospital and is happy as Claudia arrives at the hospital. She asks how Terry is. They wonder where Tommy is. Derek states that Tommy came home really late last night. Claudia and Derek worry that Tommy is starting to care less about his dad. Eve is furious to find Tommy in the cafe and rages at him for being so immature and careless, and reminds him that Terry could have died last night. Tommy orders another coffee, prompting Eve to leave. Tommy calls Elsie, and learns that Ricky has popped out, prompting him to go over to see her. Elsie is feeling a bit better and chats to Tommy about her sickness. Tommy keeps prodding about what happened. This leads Elsie is start tearing up. Tommy tells her to tell him the truth about the baby. Elsie gets Tommy to leave, and slams the door on him. Tommy realises that Elsie has most likely miscarried. The nurse tells Derek, Claudia and Paula that Terry had hypothermia. She advises that Terry resumes taking his anti-depressant medication. Terry is discharged promptly. Claudia feels bad for letting this happen under her roof, and Derek tells her not to blame herself. Claudia reveals how Terry started acting recluse following his latest argument with Tommy. Eve arrives, and tells Derek that Tommy is being stubborn, and reveals that they had a row last night at the party. Claudia feels bad for blaming John for Terry's downfall, and heads off to see him. Derek is pleased as Tommy finally arrives. Eve is elated, while Claudia meets John at the RR and wants to start the year on a clean slate. Claudia apologises for being so difficult, and John confesses that he really enjoyed himself over Christmas. John thinks that they should be more adventurous, and go out and about more often. Claudia isn't so sure. Claudia thinks John hasn't accepted her apology and feels bad. Claudia sits and waits for John, who strikes up another conversation with Steve. Tommy doesn't know what to say, and leaves the hospital room where Terry is. Eve asks Terry if he is okay, and watches him take his medication. Eve assures Terry that Tommy was really scared and that he cares. Eve reckons Tommy's moodiness has come about because of Terry. But Tommy cannot stop thinking about Elsie. Ricky gets the groceries in and has bought a baby blanket for the new arrival. Ricky hopes that it would cheer Elsie up. Ricky can see that Elsie looks worse than she did this morning, and begs her to see a doctor.

Elle quizzes Marya on what happened at the salon yesterday, and it's clear that she reckons Marc had something to do with it as he conveniently came to Marya's rescue. Marya is annoyed and tells her that Marc technically saved her. Alvin wakes up and chats to Jonny at breakfast and asks where Amanda is and learns that she's at the cafe. Marya tells Elle that Marc encouraged her to go to the police, but Elle isn't having it and is about to leave to tell Alvin and Amanda, until Marya reveals she and Marc are close, very close. Elle demands to know more and thinks Marya has been seeing Marc for ages and storms out. Amanda tells Alvin about Marya's attack at the salon last night and Alvin is left guilt ridden fearing Aaron has something to do with it. Amanda doesn't want to discuss it, and heads out and bumps into an angry Elle who has found out about Marc and Marya. Amanda isn't too shocked and Alvin asks how Marc knew that Marya would be working that day. The three are convinced that Marc is up to something. Amanda needs to go back to the salon, and tells Alvin to look after Elle. Marya meets Marc at the park to discuss what happened. Marya tells Marc that Elle knows about them as she was trying to defend him. Marc is livid that they think he attacked Marya. Marya feels sorry for Marc and the pair embrace. Marya assures him that the police will be on the case. Alvin convinces Elle that Marc should remain well away from the area. Elle tells him that she's still taking everything in. Elle thinks her life is an endless nightmare and goes on about how her, Sean and their baby could have been happily living together in a parallel universe. She tells Alvin how she always wanted to have a baby with Sean, her ex. Marc pops by and Elle accuses him of adultery. Marc pleads his innocence. Marc thinks Elle has been brainwashed by Alvin and has a go at him too. Marc loses all respect for Elle and tells her that they are done for good because she is too blind to see the truth. Elle thinks Marc is worse than Sean, leaving Marc devastated inside. He leaves. Claudia bumps into Amanda and can see that she's distracted. Amanda cannot concentrate at work, and finds that her scotch bottle has disappeared, annoyingly.