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Mike decides to re-start his business, using Steve McDonald's
old print shop as premises. When Don hears this from Mike, he's
furious that Mike's business will rise from the ashes. Alma meets
Gail in the Rovers, the two of them are supposed to be going out
for dinner together but Gail has to leave the Rovers before they
go out and so Alma calls a taxi to take herself home. Unfortunately
for Alma, the Weatherfield Cabs radio operator turns out to be
Don Brennan, who even though disqualified from driving, decides
to take the fare and picks up Alma from the Rovers for what turns
into a nightmare journey in his taxi.
At first, Alma doesn't realise the taxi driver is Don, he's
wearing a cap pulled low over his face, when she does eventually
recognise him, he starts moaning on about how Mike has ruined
his life for him, and he misses the turning to Alma's flat. Alma
starts to panic after Don locks all the doors in the taxi and
drives her to a remote spot where she tries to escape from him,
she's absolutely terrified by this time and does eventually manage
to break free from the cab after giving Don a swift kick in the
er.. trousers.
She manages to walk on a little but Don catches her up again
in the taxi and drags her back inside, this time he's determined
she won't get away, he's ranting about Mike more and more, blaming
him for everything wrong in his life and Alma realises the best
thing she can do is agree with Don, to make him think she's on
his side. But this isn't enough for Don, he's angry, really angry,
and very, very sad. The taxi picks up speed as they come to the
Quays, a couple of passers-by are swept to the side as Don revs
the taxi at full speed along the quayside, and then suddenly,
the car leaves the road and plunges straight down into the river,
with both Alma and Don inside.
The passers-by leap into the water and help pull Alma out of
the water, Don escapes also with Alma helping him and the pair
of them are admitted straight to hospital. During Alma's ordeal,
Mike is having dinner with his solicitor and doesn't find out
about Alma until he returns home and finds a message on his ansaphone
from the police.
When he finds out what's happened, he tries to throttle Don
who is lying unconscious on his hospital bed. Gail and Martin
are called into the hospital as Don's next of kin but Gail's sympathy
is with Alma, and she admits to Alma that she knew about Don making
Denise Black's life a misery with the anonymous phone calls a
few years ago. Alma is sure Don meant to kill them both and tells
the police she wants to charge him with attempted murder but the
police and the hospital need first to assess Don's state of mind
before they can press any charges.
Tricia plucks up the courage to tell Jack and Vera that she's
moving in with Ray Thorpe, Vera doesn't take the news very well
at first, afraid that she'll lose contact with her grandson. Jamie
doesn't want to leave the Rovers though and worries about Jack's
pigeons. All looks settled then for Trisha and Ray to start a
new life together when who comes back to upset the apple cart
but none other than Terry Duckworth! Jack isn't best pleased to
see his wayward son return, neither is Vera, but Trisha's acting
like all her dreams have come true at once, even if Terry has
forgotten her name.... he's taking to be a new father quite well
though even if things in the Rovers are a bit strained when Jack
sees Trisha and Terry having a quick kiss in the back room.
Chris cooks dinner for Angie in their shared house, but when
Angie finds out that Chris wants her for dessert, she gives him
a stern talking to about taking her for granted and off he storms
to the Rovers. The two of them make up and are friends once more,
Angie undecided whether she really fancies Chris or not.
Mavis braves the regulars in the Rovers when she makes her
first solo appearance there. Luckily, Rita is there to help her
through it. Mavis decides to throw away Derek's gnomes from the
garden and not to keep his allotment going.
Jim McDonald decides enough is enough, so it is, of his sulky
student son and sits him down with a couple of whisky bottles
and the two of them get very, very drunk together. Jim uses some
sort of Irish psychology on Andy and the two of them end up the
best of friends with Andy promising to go back to University and
catch up on his work if Jim will stop drinking and put the whisky
bottles away. I got a bit lost at this point, but whatever plan
Jim had, it worked anyway!
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