Vera fears she is going to lose Curly, but Curly is made official deputy manager at Bettabuy with a £20 a week pay rise. Kimberley tells Curly she hates the way he has changed and pours a pint over him in the Rovers. Curly tells Kimberley he loves her and promises to go to Barmouth. Steve dumps the bike in a silage site, he and Joanne are taken on at a hotel at £1.50 an hour plus accommodation. Joanne is horrified to learn the job's washing up and they have to share a double bed. Steve grows tired of Joanne's moaning, so Joanne packs and leaves the hotel and starts to hitchhike home. There is a surprise as Mr. Khan turns up at No.7.
