Episode 5332 (4th September 2002)

Plot
Karen tells Steve that she's jacked her job in. She explains that she was standing up for her mates. Steve doesn't believe her and is furious. Rosie is enjoying school with her new mate Lauren Riding. David on the other hand is feeling left out and lonely. Another of Dev's girlfriends comes into the shop looking for him. He makes excuses and gets rid of her. Sunita is appalled by the number of women he's seeing and the way he treats them. The girls don't get their bonus from Naveen Alahan's job as his cheque has bounced. Joe is furious but Mike says it's probably just a cash-flow hitch. Steve has to eat humble pie when he finds out Karen was telling the truth. Toyah and Fiz get Audrey's permission to decorate the flat. Tyrone gets Kirk to have some address cards made for Vera with "The Old Rectory" on them. Unfortunately he misspells their name and puts "Jock & Vera Duckwort". Geena is fed up as thinks Joe is neglecting her. He explains that he's busy getting one over on Dev. Mike overhears and tells Joe that if he lets personal grudges stand in the way of business he's fired.

Regular cast

 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
 * Joe Carter - Jonathan Wrather
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Geena Gregory - Jennifer James
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver

Guest cast

 * Postman - Darren Southworth
 * Lauren Riding - Chelsea Corrigan
 * Davina Dawes - Amy Stratton
 * Naveen Alahan - Parvez Qadir