Episode 3344 (12th February 1992)

Plot
Ken is told he won't have to have an operation but will have to stay in bed for a while. Doctor Quinn refuses to discharge him unless he has someone to look after him at home. Emily suggests he sleeps in her front room. Mavis begins to fear that they could lose the house if Derek doesn't find another job. Bet talks to Cherie Watkins when she phones up. She is furious when Cherie thinks she is Alec's mother, as he told her he was a widower. Bet attacks Alec with her handbag for telling Cherie she was dead. Tracy and Steve send bogus Valentine cards out. Andy is smitten with Paula Maxwell and puts a Valentine card in her bag. Derek realises he's going to have to ask Angela Hawthorne for a job. Bet tells Alec that as his mother, she's invited Cherie to tea. Deirdre tells Ken he can't expect Emily to look after him so he'd better come to her and Tracy.

Guest cast

 * Paula Maxwell - Judy Brooke
 * Doctor Quinn - Simon Cowell-Parker

Notable dialogue
Alma Sedgewick: (about Ken Barlow): "To look at him you'd think he was really stable and sensible, the sort of feller they love giving mortgages to. And his life is a total mess."