Nita is stunned when she doesn't get the Freshco's head office job. Tyrone is touched when the syndicate offer to pay Monica's vet bills. Sally is amazed when Danny books a family holiday in Southport over Christmas. She is pleased but is uncomfortable as the girls won't see Kevin. Toyah tries to make up with Leanne, worried about her new friends. She gets upset when Leanne tells her that her life is pathetic. Vera talks Gary into spending Christmas with her and Jack. Nita tackles James Kitching about why she didn't get the job, realising that he just led her on to get her into bed. He turns it round, telling her it was obvious she slept with him to crawl up the ladder and doesn't want to see her again.