Max and George continue to stress about Ed's behavior. Jamie panics about the proposal. Sam learns that the man he shot at the service station hold-up has died. Penny and Jamie pretend to be married. Amy tries to talk to Sam. Ed threatens Valentine and a fight breaks out. Martha attempts to get her job back. Sam tells his father that he knows the gun was switched. Ed organizes a hunting party to track down Wheels and Sheridan.

Amy begins to have dreams about Stevens childhood, she is moved by the abuse he suffered at the hands of his Mother and vows never to leave him. She tells Bob about the dreams and says she feels Steven is controlling her life in some way. She finds Steven’s ring among his things and finds when she wears it she is once again taken back through his life. The Hughes have lunch for Penny and Jamie. They are still convinced Penny is having an affair and he is forced to admit a fake affair in order to save her fake marriage. George tells Sam about the telepathic connection Steven shared with Sheridan.

It’s the day of the inquest investigating the petrol station shooting. Sam is nervous and on the way to court he punches a photographer. He confesses to George that the gun Murphy had was a water pistol and that Harry Haddock and the boys at Newbridge covered for him. George tells him he has to tell the truth in court but Sam fails to. Bob holds Stevens ring whilst he is talking to him. As he takes the ring off his finger Steven goes into cardiac arrest. Only when Bob places the ring back on his finger does Steven begin to breathe again. Later on that day Elly receives a shock when she sees Steven without his bandages for the first time. Meanwhile Penny and Jamie are subjected to marriage counselling and are surprised when the counsellor tells them they are the most compatible couple she’s ever met.

Elly allows Claire to spend the night on the Dr Rock show with Joey. When the show is finished Joey leaves Claire whilst he checks on their taxi, when he returns outside Claire is gone. George breaks the news to Elly and Bob and Elly’s anger is aimed at Joey. They all head to the radio station in hope of making contact with Claire’s abductor. A woman phones the radio station – she has Claire. She tells them her name is Cathy and she has a personally vendetta against Elly. Her child died of meningitis and no one could save him. Elly realises who Cathy is and they all rush to her house. When they arrive there is no sign of Claire or Cathy and we learn that they are in The Windsor’s old house and Cathy has a bomb. As Elly once again speaks to Cathy on the radio, Claire tries to escape – just as the bomb explodes. Meanwhile, Amy tells Sam they shouldn’t see each other for a while.