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Plot[]

Part One: Matt calls on Maxine while Ashley is out, angry and fed up with living a lie. The pair row and Maxine is sickened to realise Matt has cheated on Charlie before. She's determined that as far as anyone will know, Ashley is the baby's father. Matt is gobsmacked. Announcing his intention to come clean to Charlie, he walks out just before Ashley returns.


Part Two: Charlie tells Matt she wants them to start afresh. Matt can't bring himself to confess. He tells Maxine to meet him in the medical centre as he has a proposition. Both make excuses to their spouses. Matt suggests to Maxine that she terminate the pregnancy, offering to pay for a private clinic. When she refuses, he suggests they leave their partners and raise the baby together. Maxine is astonished and rejects him. Matt breaks down in tears, unable to handle the situation. He confesses to Maxine that Charlie doesn't want children and that this will make it even harder for him to live next door to a child that he knows is his own. Maxine is sympathetic but tells him that she loves Ashley and still wants to bring the baby up as his. Ashley finds out from Curly that Matt and Maxine went to the medical centre. He walks in on them together. Matt lies that Maxine had found him upset over Charlie not wanting children and was comforting him. Later, he tells Maxine he'll go along with what she wants and will try to persuade Charlie to move away from the street.

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Notes[]

  • This additional Monday episode was transmitted at 8.30pm.
  • TV Times synopsis: Matt and Maxine confront their baby problems.
  • Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 12,880,000 viewers (8th place).
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