When Mark arrives late for work Kevin lays into him and makes him work into his lunch hour, but the later Kevin fires Mark for being inefficient. Curly hangs round the factory, waiting for Shirley, but she doesn't want to talk to him and gets Mike to see him off. Curly finally tells Shirley they have to talk, but she just wants to get on with her life. Derek and Mavis view a semi in Kingsley Road and she is annoyed when he puts in a low offer on the house. Jenny gets a letter form Alan and decides to go to Risley to visit him.
