Curly, Alma, Fred, Ashley, Ken and Mike are trapped inside Freshco's with assistant Wendy Jones and retiring security guard Frank O'Connor. Curly explains that all the money is in the safe and that it won't open until the morning. Dean Sykes holds Curly at knifepoint and demands he opens the safe, but terrified Curly convinces him it's on a time delay. Hearing there's £20,000 in the safe, Dean and Lenny Larkin decide to sit it out all night with their hostages. Angry Mike mouths off at the robbers, demanding they let them go. Ken tries a calmer approach, talking kindly to them. Dean is annoyed by them both so locks them up together in a storeroom. Alma tries to cheer up depressed Frank who blames himself for the robbery. She is flattered when he reveals he's always had a soft spot for her. Ken and Mike bicker with each other, with Mike telling Ken that Deirdre only stayed with him because she felt sorry for him. Mike tells him that he'll always be a loser.