Episode 5838 (5th September 2004)

Plot
Karen tells Steve she has decided to go and visit her mother's grave. They go and she is upset because all her mother wanted was for her to be a good person. Ciaran invites Mike, Penny, Frankie, Danny, Sunita, Dev, Fred and Liz to a meal at the restaurant. Ciaran and Tracy arrive at the restaurant and it is really dusty and untidy. He persuades Tracy to tidy it up for the meal at night. Karen and Steve come in to the Rovers, Karen apologises to Liz for being insensitive towards Steve when she went missing for the day. Karen and Steve leave the pub and bump into Eileen. Karen apologies to Eileen for the things she has done and gives her a hug. A shocked Eileen goes into the pub and tells Liz what just happened. Back at the restaurant all the guests are being given drinks by Tracy. Ciaran thanks everyone for coming, Danny proposes a toast. Karen asks Steve to get her the vodka and her fags. He brings them to her and she takes the vodka and pours it down the sink and puts the fags in the bin. She says she is going to change and be like how her mum wanted her to be. The guests in the restaurant are getting ready to leave when Tracy asks if anyone would put in some money to the business. Everyone declines and an angry Penny tells him she will speak to him in the morning. Ciaran realises that this is the end of his dream.

Regular cast

 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Penny King - Pauline Fleming
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
 * Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver

Guest cast
None