Episode 7617 (3rd June 2011)

Plot
Fiz awakens in hospital and is shaken when she realises John has Hope. Steve tries to comfort Becky by telling her that they'll get Max back but she is more interested in finding who tipped off social services. She thinks it's Kylie. Fiz suggests to Redfern that John could have sought refuge with Brian Packham. Tracy is offended when Ken asks her if she made the call to social services and declares that she will still be going to London once the injunction is lifted. Becky tackles Kylie but Kylie denies she would put her own son in care. John appears at Fiz's bedside with Hope and explains to her the circumstances of Charlotte's death. Fiz tries to keep him there as she's pressed a silent alarm but panics as he won't let her hold Hope. Becky decides that Tracy must be behind the call and races off to confront her at No.1. Steve tries to stop her but is powerless as she takes a sledgehammer from Owen's van and smashes the Barlows' front door. Tracy is scared for her life. John rushes off with Hope when a nurse checks on Fiz. The police go after him but he heads straight for the roof. Tracy swears on Amy's life that she didn't grass the McDonalds up but Becky won't listen and smashes up the living room. Steve eventually subdues her by admitting that it was him. Fiz, Chesney and the police meet John at the roof. John tells Fiz that he doesn't want anyone else to call Hope 'Dad' and that he only wanted to teach. He hands Hope to Fiz but drops off the roof. Steve tells Becky he was only trying to keep the family together but she gives him the silent treatment and then spits in his face. Back in her hospital bed, a shattered Fiz can't believe it when Redfern tells her that John's body was gone when the police got down there, so he might still be alive.

Regular cast

 * Maria Connor - Samia Smith
 * Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
 * Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Becky McDonald - Katherine Kelly
 * Katy Armstrong - Georgia May Foote
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Amy Barlow - Elle Mulvaney
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Kylie Platt - Paula Lane
 * John Stape - Graeme Hawley
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Owen Armstrong - Ian Puleston-Davies
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride

Guest cast

 * Doctor - Jethro Skinner
 * DC Redfern - Paul Warriner
 * Nurse - Paula Williamson
 * Police Officer - Jackie Fielding
 * Woman - Enid Dunn