Episode 3487 (8th January 1993)

Plot
Mark refuses to speak to Maggie or Ken. Maggie is furious with Tracy. Vicky celebrates her sixteenth birthday. Tracy avoids Ken. Steve takes Vicky with him when he does a job for Mike in the Jaguar. Vicky tells Steve that Alec has got a girlfriend and doesn't know if she should keep the news from Bet. Maggie accuses Tracy of hurting Mark. Tracy maintains he had a right to know the truth. In her anger, Maggie tells Tracy that Deirdre once had an affair with Mike and that is why Ken hates him. Tracy is shattered. The Hortons are upset when Lisa and Tom leave. Des drives them to Weatherfield. Deirdre is devastated when Tracy tackles her about her affair with Mike. Tracy accuses her of hypocrisy over Ken's affair with Wendy Crozier. Tracy tells her she hates her and now knows her for what she is. Bet tells Vicky how she was pregnant at sixteen and warns her not to park her brains under the bed. Deirdre tells Ken his girlfriend has ruined her life and she wishes she'd never heard of Mike Baldwin. Vera is thrilled to see Lisa in the Street but horrified when Lisa tells her she loves Des and is moving in with him.

Guest cast

 * Maggie Redman - Jill Kerman
 * Doreen Horton - Annie Raitt
 * Jeff Horton - Dicken Ashworth
 * Mark Redman - Chris Cook

Notable dialogue
Des Barnes (about Phyllis Pearce): "She doesn't care what you say about her, she just likes to be talked about."

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Raquel Wolstenhulme: "Oh, he's a good lookin' lad, in'e, Steve McDonald. He's got all the girls after 'im" Jack Duckworth: Easy enough when you've got a car. Raquel Wolstenhulme: Oh yeah? That why you never 'ad any girlfriends? Jack Duckworth: What, me? Never had any birds? When I were 'is age, I 'ad to beat 'em off with a stick! And I didn't 'ave a car! No, all's I 'ad was an old rubber tire I used to roll down the street. Raquel Wolstenhulme (sarcastically): Oh, 'ow exciting... Jack Duckworth: Eventually, I got a clapped-out old banger. Raquel Wolstenhulme: Oh, aye? Jack Duckworth: Oh, not a car. Our Vera, I'm talkin' about.