Episode 4581 (22nd March 1999)

Plot
Ashley can't bring himself to tell the Tilsleys they'll have to move out. Les delights in telling Jackie he's given Curly the keys to her house. Sharon celebrates her thirty-third birthday but feels she's got nothing to look forward to. Audrey returns to work and finds Tom employed at the salon. She rows with Maxine for taking on behind her back but has to be impressed by the full appointments diary. She agrees to him staying for the week but says he'll have to leave then. Curly determines to take his house back when Jackie tells him she intends to sell his telescope. He and Spider use Toyah as bait to get Tyrone out of the house. Tyrone is amazed when Toyah seduces him into going for a walk with her. Gail warns Nick that he'll be her age before he's free of his child. She tells him he must want the baby more than anything else in the world. Jackie finds Spider and Curly lying in wait for her to leave the house so she locks herself in. Ken and Deirdre succeed in getting the Prestons to sit down together and talk. They get caught in the crossfire when Robert and Tracy row about her friendship with Dan. Deirdre ends up rowing with Ken for not taking Tracy's side. Tracy tells them they're hypocrites. Sharon is stunned when Rita tells her she's retiring and wants her to have the Kabin.