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Pushed to breaking point, and with her loved ones' lives in danger as well as her own, a panicked Ronnie takes matters into her own hands, with serious consequences.

Meanwhile Linda and Mick, unable to hide their opinions, make their daughter Nancy's big day unforgettable.

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New Year's Day on The Square

Ronnie disposes of the bottle she hit Carl with in a bottle bin. She apologises to Roxy, claiming to have got caught up with a fight at R&R last night. Roxy doesn鈥檛 admit to Ronnie that she has no idea where Carl is. Kirsty advises Roxy Carl鈥檚 probably moved on. Back at the flat, Amy plays in the spot Ronnie hit Carl but Roxy doesn鈥檛 notice the bloodstains on the floor. Roxy and Amy head off shopping.听 Meanwhile, Sharon鈥檚 moving in to Phil鈥檚 but won鈥檛 let him carry her over the threshold. Sharon wants to hit the sales to buy things for the house and Phil agrees to get his credit card.听 Sharon and Dennis wait in the car but Phil鈥檚 distracted by Ronnie, who confesses she hit Carl. Phil takes a wad of money out of his bag of cash from the Vic sale and sends Sharon and Dennis off to buy curtains. Once Sharon鈥檚 gone, Phil tells Ronnie he doesn鈥檛 want to be involved and Ronnie accuses him of having lost his balls.

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Ronnie and Phil head to the Arches where Ronnie鈥檚 left Carl tied up in the pit.听 Phil knocks Carl about and threatens him with the scrapyard. Phil picks up a metal crowbar but Ronnie stops him. She calls Carl pathetic and insists he鈥檚 going to say sorry and then she鈥檒l walk him to the tube. If he ever comes back to Walford she鈥檒l cut off his little boys鈥� toys with a blunt knife. Carl apologises.听 Phil and Ronnie watch Carl enter the station. Phil knows Ronnie鈥檚 played him. Phil鈥檚 sceptical when Ronnie says Carl hasn鈥檛 got the bottle to come back and he鈥檚 right 鈥� Carl鈥檚 still lurking in the shadows. Back at Phil鈥檚, Ronnie books a hire car for Ibiza. There鈥檚 a knock at the door and Ronnie finds Amy alone on the doorstep. Ronnie鈥檚 shocked to find Carl waiting in the kitchen; he insists Roxy鈥檚 a bit tied up at the moment. Ronnie sends Amy out of the room. Carl tells Ronnie she should try being a real woman but needs a real man. He takes Phil鈥檚 bag of money and walks out.

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Ronnie follows Carl to the Arches. Carl asks if this means she wants him. He grabs Ronnie鈥檚 face, manhandles her towards a car boot and then forcibly kisses her. When Carl turns away for a moment, Ronnie slams the boot lid down, killing him. Hysterical, Ronnie pushes Carl鈥檚 body into the boot and picks up his phone and Phil鈥檚 money. Back at Phil鈥檚 Ronnie washes her bloody hands. She takes Amy back to Carl鈥檚 flat and sees Roxy lying on the sofa. She鈥檚 relieved when Amy runs over and Roxy wakes up. Ronnie slips away before Roxy sees her. Ronnie drives the car, containing Carl鈥檚 body, to a scrapyard and watches as it鈥檚 crushed. As Ronnie, Roxy and Amy set off for Ibiza, Roxy admits she hasn鈥檛 seen Carl since last night. Ronnie reminds Roxy Amy loves her and is worth giving up her life for. Roxy realises Ronnie鈥檚 wearing Archie鈥檚 ring. Ronnie鈥檚 dismissive, it鈥檚 just a ring 鈥� she thinks it suits her. Phil watches them go then returns inside and hears a phone ring. He answers, hears Kirsty ask for Carl then realises the phone, and now his hands, are covered in blood...

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Shirley and Linda are hung over. Linda鈥檚 shocked when Johnny comes in dressed for Nancy鈥檚 wedding. She berates Mick - their deal has always been no secrets - and blames Shirley. Mick gets ready for the wedding. Linda moans about having moved all of Nancy鈥檚 stuff to the Vic. Mick persuades Linda to come to the wedding but to stay at the back and keep quiet. Johnny, Mick, Linda, Shirley and Lady Di set off. En route, Shirley and Linda bicker. Eventually, Mick stops the car and gives the pair a talking to and when they refuse to shake hands he drives off without them. They grudgingly shake hands and run after the car.

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Linda鈥檚 not impressed when the family arrive at the Watford wedding venue - the grotty Redwood Community Centre. Johnny, Linda and Mick head inside leaving Shirley to look after Lady Di.听 Bride Nancy is getting married wearing a white tracksuit. The congregation cheer and call out throughout the ceremony. Groom Wayne Ladlow鈥檚 irreverent attitude during the vows is too much for Mick, he picks up Nancy, throws her over his shoulder and walks out. Johnny and Linda bar the doors to stop the guests, and Wayne, following. Back at the Vic, Tina鈥檚 serving behind the bar but hasn鈥檛 cleared up after the New Year鈥檚 Eve party. Dot鈥檚 come in to get warm because her electric fire鈥檚 conked out. Johnny eyes Danny. Mick and Linda argue with Nancy about Wayne and she accuses them of being racist. Mick insists she can still see her best friend, Chanelle, without marrying her brother. Mick tells Nancy they need her there but Linda鈥檚 tougher 鈥� insisting Nancy should stay because she wants to stick by her family. Nancy claims she can鈥檛 go back to Watford now half of Hertfordshire has seen her West Ham pants. Mick and Nancy talk in the barrel store. Mick admits Linda鈥檚 hard work but tells Nancy she needs to do nice things for Linda too. He then tells Nancy to phone Wayne if she really thinks he鈥檚 her future. Nancy does call but is interrupted by Tina and Shirley. Nancy tells her aunts she鈥檚 leaving. Nancy calls Wayne back but is disconcerted when he doesn鈥檛 immediately recognise her voice. Linda tries to bond with Dot, giving her sherry and talking about a proposed smokers鈥� area. Dot鈥檚 impressed when Linda quotes the bible. Johnny finds Nancy in the Minute Mart and tries to persuade her to stay, suggesting she stops telling Mick and Linda every detail of her life. Nancy retorts, like him? Johnny insists Nancy鈥檚 was the first room Linda unpacked.听 Linda鈥檚 touched when Nancy gives her a Christmas present but can鈥檛 help snapping that if she hadn鈥檛 been planning her wedding she could鈥檝e wrapped it. Nancy storms out. Mick tells Linda that Nancy will soon forget Wayne 鈥� unaware he and Nancy are kissing in the barrel store.
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Cora鈥檚 on a health kick but her talk of raw egg is too much for hung over Denise. Denise asks Masood to tell her what she said whilst drunk. She鈥檚 mortified when Masood admits she said she doesn鈥檛 fancy Ian and was going to finish with him.
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Billy catches Tina sneaking out of the flat and talks her into staying for breakfast. He later brings Tina flowers but she insists she鈥檚 allergic to anything but sunflowers and reminds him she鈥檚 a lesbian. Later, an ever hopeful Billy arrives with a bunch of sunflowers. As kindly as possibly, Tina explains the only way they鈥檒l get it on again is if she鈥檚 so hammered she鈥檚 falling over.
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Kat and Alfie鈥檚 finances aren鈥檛 looking good. Kat dismisses Alfie鈥檚 suggestion he become a stay at home dad when the baby comes. A light bulb blows and when Kat mentions there鈥檚 some bulbs in Mo鈥檚 blind stock, Alfie鈥檚 struck by an idea.听 Alfie collars Tamwar and applies to take over an empty market pitch; when Kirsty also expresses an interest in the pitch Alfie insinuates giving it to her would be a bad idea. Having secured the pitch, Alfie buys blind stock from Fat Elvis but soon realises he鈥檚 bought the same dodgy dresses Bianca鈥檚 purchased for her and Kat鈥檚 stall.
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Though Masood gives several worthy suggestions, AJ decides his New Year鈥檚 resolution is going to be to get a new job and company car.

Credits

Phil Mitchell Steve McFadden
Ronnie Mitchell Samantha Womack
Roxy Mitchell Rita Simons
Carl White Daniel Coonan
Sharon Rickman Letitia Dean
Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick
Cora Cross Ann Mitchell
Kirsty Branning Kierston Wareing
Kat Moon Jessie Wallace
Alfie Moon Shane Richie
Tamwar Masood Himesh Patel
AJ Ahmed Phaldut Sharma
Masood Ahmed Nitin Ganatra
Lucy Beale Hetti Bywater
Danny Pennant Gary Lucy
Johnny Carter Sam Strike
Nancy Carter Maddy Hill
Shirley Carter Linda Henry
Mick Carter Danny Dyer
Linda Carter Kellie Bright
Tina Carter Luisa Bradshaw-White
Dot Branning June Brown
Denise Fox Diane Parish
Wayne Ladlow Malachi Kirby
Registrar Jenny Ogilvie
Executive Producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins
Director Rupert Such
Writer Carey Andrews

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