Episode 5840
Production code	P694/5840
ITV transmission date	6th September 2004 (Monday - Part 2)
Script editor	Bryan Kirkwood Jenny White
Story editor	Mark Bickerton
Story associates	Jane Pearson Lyn Papadopoulos Cathianne Hall Veronica McKenzie Jane Marlow
Writer	Stephen Russell
Designer	Julian Perkins
Director	Duncan Foster
Executive Producer	Carolyn Reynolds
Producer	Tony Wood
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PlotEdit

Karen is packing her designer things in to black bags telling Steve it's not what you have it's the people in your life that matter. She goes to work and lets Sonia, Janice, Kelly Crabtree and Hayley have a look through her stuff and pick what they want. Karen admits to Danny that she and the other girls have stolen knickers from the factory. Danny tells them he is going to dock their wages and Janice warns Karen never to do something like that again. After work Karen invites Hayley and Roy round to her flat and they play scrabble. When Steve comes home, he can't believe what he is seeing and goes to the pub. Penny eventually catches up with Ciaran. He tells her he needs another £20,000 and can't get it anywhere else and if she can't help, they will both lose out. Leanne gets offered the job with Dev. Jamie's annoyed because Leanne has stood him up and goes to the Corner Shop where they both dump each other. Sunita is hurt and angry that her mother hung up on her. Dev tries to comfort her. Tracy asks Liz to look after Amy saying it's an emergency. Todd comes home from a fantastic first day at college. He told people he was gay and they were fine with him. Eileen, Sean and Todd go to the pub. Sean mentions he was sacked and Danny offers him a job at Underworld. Steve goes to the pub and his mum tells him to go through the back. He does and sees Amy. Tracy arrives back from her emergency, which was getting her nails done. She is shocked to see Amy sleeping on Steve's chest. They start talking about Karen and when he gets up to leave he goes towards Tracy as though he's was going to kiss her but then pulls away.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
• Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
• Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
• Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
• Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
• Charlie Stubbs - Bill Ward
• Kelly Crabtree - Tupele Dorgu
• Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
• Sonia Marshall - Tina Gambe
• Penny King - Pauline Fleming
• Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
• Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
• Jamie Baldwin - Rupert Hill
• Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
• Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
• Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
• Fred Elliott - John Savident
• Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
• Roy Cropper - David Neilson
• Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
• Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
• Sean Tully - Antony Cotton

Guest castEdit

None

NotesEdit

• Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 11,330,000 viewers (joint 2nd place with 12th September 2004).