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Jane wakes alone, surprised Ian’s let her oversleep. She rushes Bobby to school and doesn’t notice an envelope - ‘Jane’. Ian’s not in the café, but Pam remarks he bought a rose from her this morning. Tina saucily jokes he’ll be waiting for Jane at home. Jane returns home expectantly but the house is silent. She discovers the letter. Jane reads, horrified, and races to find Sharon - Ian’s going to kill himself! Jane finds Ian’s car abandoned at the cemetery and a rose left on Lucy’s grave, and wildly questions a passer-by about where Ian went. At Phil’s house, Sharon’s rushing out when there’s a knock at the door - she’s stunned to see who it is. Jane rings Sharon - she thinks she knows where Ian is.

Driving along a road, she spots Ian climbing onto the railings on a bridge high over a canal. Terrified, Jane approaches, pleading with Ian that the note he left confessing to Lucy’s murder isn’t the answer. Ian won’t listen, insisting it’s the only way to make it stop – he hates Max but he doesn’t deserve to be left in prison. Jane begs him to come down and promises to hand herself in, but Ian resolves to finish what they started. Jane won’t let Ian leave his family and tearfully beseeches that together they can find a way through. Ian takes Jane’s hand and climbs down. As they embrace, Phil’s car screeches to a halt across the road. Ian stares in disbelief at the figure over Jane’s shoulder - it’s Kathy.

Mick and Linda quietly seethe while Jason and Elaine play the perfect couple over breakfast. Babe warns Linda that Elaine will hate her if she ruins her happiness. Linda can’t bring herself to tell Elaine the truth and orders Babe to get Jason to leave - Elaine must never know why. When Elaine teases Babe has a crush on Jason, Babe smirks Jason already knows - they were intimate last night. Elaine scoffs Jason would never be interested and accuses Babe of being jealous- no wonder she’s so bitter and lonely. Babe approaches Jason in the kitchen - last night was very special but now Linda wants him gone and when Elaine finds out she’ll have to go too. Jason suggests they run away using Babe’s money. When Babe says it’ll take a few days to get, Jason suggests they rob the Vic and smirks when Babe asks if that’s what he was going to do to Elaine. Later, Jason’s Spanish extravaganza going down a storm and Elaine takes to the stage with Jason to sing, but Babe grabs the microphone; she holds up her phone and plays her recorded conversation with Jason about robbing the Vic.

On the market, Claudette’s hurt when Les ignores her in front of Pam. She heads to The Albert instead and insists on helping out, to Vincent’s frustration. Paul pops in for Jay’s 21st birthday celebrations in the Albert but Ben blanks him, which Claudette witnesses. Ronnie arrives with a birthday card but feels uncomfortable when Claudette remarks she’s too busy to stay, and leaves. Irked, Vincent turfs her out. Claudette finds a melancholy Paul on the war memorial; she knows Paul doesn’t like her but declares Pam was a good friend and there are two sides to every story. Claudette knows Paul’s been seeing Ben. Paul’s adamant it was more than sex and he misses Ben. Later, Claudette approaches Les and invites him over - Pam doesn’t have to know. Les is torn but declines, refusing to go behind Pam’s back again.

Concerned Linda mentions to Kush that Shabnam couldn’t look at Ollie when she took him to the Minute Mart. Kush tries to coax Shabnam for a lunch-time paella in the Vic and spots ripped-up baby magazines in the bin. He wonders again if she’s ready to be at work but she snaps at him. In the Vic, Kush confides in Stacey that Shabnam’s struggling. He’s struck when Stacey points out they still have a flat full of baby things and wonders if Kush’s finding it hard to talk too. Back at his flat, Kush and Shabnam talk openly about Zaair. Kush swears they’ll never forget him but suggests packing up some baby things to help them move on. Shabnam agrees to take down the cot.