Episode 5836 (1st September 2004)

Plot
Katy and Martin bump into Tommy. Katy can't get away quick enough and she convinces Martin to get off her case about telling Tommy she didn't pass her exams. Maya is practising Sunita's signature from the documents she stole. Sean pretends to read Eileen's palm but when Jason comes in his attention turns onto Jason. Fiz, Janice and Karen are having a fag outside work when Danny comes out and threatens to dock their wages for not being in work. Karen gets emotional saying that her mum's funeral was yesterday. Danny offers her the day off but she tells him she will be in in two minutes. She then tells him she will work through her lunch. Sonia comes back and talks to Karen about when her mum died. Karen has all of her possessions about the flat. She looks at them then picks up a small bag she has packed and throws her mobile onto the sofa and leaves. Steve is talking to Eileen about Karen in the cab office when Janice comes in looking for Karen. Steve leaves to look for her. Sean gives Eileen a miniature crystal ball for letting him stay. Eileen's touched and tells him he can stay longer. Dev and Sunita come back to her flat and they can't find her birth certificate. Tommy offers Les and Cilla a quad bike for £20 for Chesney. Cilla says no but later on Les asks Tommy to get it. Ciaran shows Mike and Penny the menu he plans for the restaurant. His bank calls and tells him he can't get a loan from them. Steve and Janice go back to the flat and are confused by the state of the flat. Steve is really worried about Karen and Liz tries to comfort him.

Regular cast

 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Tommy Harris - Thomas Craig
 * Katy Harris - Lucy-Jo Hudson
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Maya Sharma - Sasha Behar
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Sean Tully - Antony Cotton
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Sonia Marshall - Tina Gambe
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Penny King - Pauline Fleming

Guest cast

 * Walid Patel - Mushi Noor