Fiona tells Alan she needs to be sure before she agrees to marry him. When he assures her that he'll love her forever she accepts. Des tells Angie she can look after his car as well as the house. He packs all he can together for his boat trip, not knowing how long he'll be away. Ashley can't understand why Maxine blows hot and cold with him. Don overhears factory girls saying Mike has sacked them. He is disgusted with the way Mike mucks people around. Derek drives Des to his boat and sees him off on the canal, telling him that he admires him for his free spirit. Mike makes arrangements to store his stock in a lock-up in Trafford Park. Don lets himself into Mike's factory at night, with a can of petrol. He has trouble when the burglar alarm goes off but carries on, pouring petrol over the floor and setting it alight before running away.