Episode 4 (8th September 2022)

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Episode 4 | 8th September 2022 (Thursday, 19:30-20:00)

 * REAL-TIME PUBLICATION: 1st October 2021 (Friday)
 * SYNOPSIS: Martin continues keeping Steve in the dark. Lisa tries to butter up Danielle. Keeley's fun night is spoilt by an unwanted caller

Plot
This episode introduces two new regular characters to the audience, although the characters themselves are already established members of the local community. Martin informs Steve that he is taking some time off work, though Steve does not mention the cryptic conversation he had with Martin's line manager Graham Archer the day before. Steve encourages Martin to relax, including popping down to Steve's barstaurant, Indigo, later in the day for a drink on the house, to which Martin agrees. Later at Indigo, Steve mentions his conversation with Graham, but does not go into detail. Martin claims a conversation at the hospital between him and Graham got a bit heated the other day, but nothing serious. But in the end he decided to 'take Graham's advice' and have a break. Steve checks that there is nothing more to it, but Martin denies this. Elsewhere, Liam tells a concerned Lisa that Danielle is none too keen on Glen and Lisa's third adoption idea. Feeling she needs to work harder to win her over, Lisa later soft-soaps Danielle, and persuades her to join her for a girly shopping trip at the weekend, just the two of them. This follows a warmhearted conversation between Danielle and Liam earlier on, in which he reassured her but gently tried to persuade her about the positives of the adoption idea, and how they were in the same boat themselves not so long ago. Hari and Jason are also contending with adoption issues of their own. At their meal out, Jason bluntly asks why he tried to put Declan off the idea of their adoption. Hari apoligises, insisting he was not trying to do that, just trying to give Declan some perspective on the situation. However he concedes he handled it badly, and promises he will put things right. Out and about with her friends Liam, Danielle and twin sister Ruby, Phoebe admits them to them that she has been feeling insecure lately about how much her and Ruby's lives seem to be changing. But Ruby kindly reassures her that it is okay for them to have difference but still be close. As a result, Phoebe plucks up the confidence to show off her new glasses to the group. Later, Liam and Ruby are out in the evening and feeling loved up, when Ruby observes that they have not heard from their mutual friend, Frankie Warren, in some time. As the stroll along in the evening however, they spot Frankie coming out of Q, a local LGBT centre, though they do not notice each other. Liam wonders why Frankie would be in such a place, and Ruby says he will have to ask Frankie to find out. In Linford Park, a passing Anita Johnson spots Glen sat alone on a bench, glancing wistfully at a baby photo of his abducted son Luca, who went missing eight years earlier. He tells her he has been thinking about him more recently because of Lisa's flashbacks. He tells Anita he feels he cannot unburden himself to Lisa about this as she has enough to worry about, but Anita reminds him that Lisa is his wife. However Anita tells him that if he cannot turn to Lisa, he can always turn to her instead. She then leaves him without explaining further, leaving Glen curious about her motives. Lindsay desperately tries to secure a job at Indigo, and eventually she talks Steve into it; he tells her she can start the following Monday as he does not need her until then. Chandra and Woody gossip about Keeley, admitting they both heard 'funny noises' in Keeley's bedroom last night. Later, Chandra also shares her suspicions with Rosy, persuading Rosy that she alone probably has the best chance of getting to the bottom of things because of her close friendship with Keeley. Woody tries to get Keeley to open up also, but she gives little away. Instead, he later tries to make her feel better by taking her out for cocktails at Indigo. Keeley tells Woody that when she is with him, she does not worry about anything. Sparks fly, and the two briefly share a lingering kiss. However, Woody reminds her that she has just come out of a messy break up, and does not want to hurt her. Keeley tries to ignore any awkwardness by offering to buy them the next round of drinks. Woody accepts this, before disappearing into the men's toilets. Once he is gone, Keeley's phone vibrates and she gets an unwanted call from her ex, Mariusz. She tells him firmly to stop contacting her, threatening to tell everyone 'what really happened' between them if he refuses to.

Regular Cast

 * Anita Johnson (Ruth Wilson)
 * Chandra Patel (Bhavnisha Parmar)
 * Danielle Parfitt (Eleanor Worthington-Cox)
 * Frankie Warren (Lewis Formby)
 * Glen Wright (Samuel Anderson)
 * Hari Kapoor James Floyd)
 * Jason Warren John Partridge
 * Keeley Archer (Alice Barlow)
 * Liam Hardacre (Malique Thompson-Dwyer)
 * Lindsay Hardacre (Anna Shaffer)
 * Lisa Wright (Anna Acton)
 * Martin Rogers (Victor Gardener)
 * Phoebe Donnelly (Leah Barnes)
 * Rosy Lyons (Emma Rigby)
 * Ruby Donnelly (Chloe Barnes)
 * Steve Rogers (Dean Fagan)
 * Woody (Thomas Casson)

Guest Cast
none

Locations (in order of appearance)

 * The Rogers home, interior - kitchen
 * Sharehouse, interior - living room
 * The Wrights home, interior - kitchen, living room
 * Leicester St. Mary's, interior - admissions desk, corridor
 * 'Doyle's', exterior
 * Indigo, interior - bar area
 * The Wrights home, interior - Danielle's bedroom
 * Indigo, interior - dining area
 * Q (LGBT centre), exterior - unidentified street
 * Linford Park - bench area

Notes & Trivia

 * First appearance of Anita Johnson and Frankie Warren, though Anita only appears in one scene towards the end of the episode, and Frankie has no dialogue

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