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Opening Titles

‘Calling All The Monsters – China Anne McLain’ plays over the opening montage.

The camera tracks down Digital Way, with autumn leaves being gently blown down the way by the wind. Pumpkins are laid outside number 6, Nate and Ryan’s house, as well as The Vine Inn. Halloween decorations dangle from Digital Way House, as a black car pulls up outside number 10, with a moving van pulling up behind it. The camera mans to a ‘Sold’ sign on number 10, before the scene changes to inside The Vine. Evie is now home and lies down on the sofa wrapped in a blanket, recovering from her injuries, as Emma looks over her holding a cup of coffee. Inside the kitchen, Karen and Freya carve more pumpkins as Tom strolls into the kitchen wearing false vampire teeth. At Digital Way House, Barbara walks out of the kitchen and jumps back in fright when Jamie makes her jump with a stuffed cat and Katy examines herself in the mirror of the hallway, as she wears a bright red costume. On Digital Parade, Danny adjusts a sign outside of The Ink Spot and smiles at himself following his encounter with Lake days previous, and Carmen struts down the parade towards the open Sunrise, where Luna works furiously. Inside Aphrodite, Carla adjusts spiders web on the window display which is Halloween themed, as Henry sits on a stool at the bar looking at her disapprovingly. Corbin and Kendall stroll by outside, talking and deep in chat as Kendall then looks over the window display and smiles, everybody is getting into the Halloween spirit. The camera then trails back over the sky, where the ruins of Digital Way Estate showroom can be seen in the distance. The montage then finally ends on Louise, standing outside a funeral parlour as Shark trails behind her with his hands in his pockets, looking quite worried about the whole thing.

“It seems odd, coming to one of these places on Halloween of all days!” Shark sighs, rubbing the back of his head from the cold as Louise rolls her eyes and pushes the door open. They look around nervously, with coffins (empty, of course) littered around the place. A scrawny elder man sits on a stool in the corner of the room, reading a newspaper. “Ah, hello.” The man says, removing the spectacles he has on to read and setting the newspaper down, strolling over to Louise and Shark. “Um, hi. We’re The Thompsons, we just want to see our brother…before the funeral, on Monday.” Louise admits, as the man nods and then leads them over to a room adjacent the main room, with a staircase to the right hand side of it. “He’s through there, take all the time you need.” The man says, before pushing open the door for Louise and Shark to enter. They grimace and then enter, before he pulls the door closed and walks back to the stool to read his newspaper to give them some privacy. “I don’t…I don’t think I want to.” Shark tries to admit, as Louise sighs and quivers in the corner of the room beside the door. She then takes a deep breath and walks over to the open casket, as Lucas’ charred remains are covered with embalmment and covered with sheeting. She takes a deep breath and then looks away, struggling to regain composure. “What…What is it?” Shark questions, as he shakes her head through her sobs. “He’s not even our Lucas Shark…he’s just…he’s just some carcass. Some burnt piece of meat!” She shouts, before stumbling over to the door, attempting to pull it open but being stopped by Shark. “Where are you going?” He demands, but she shakes her head. “I can’t do this…I need fresh air-“She tries to say, but he grabs her shoulders and makes her sit still. “Calm down…you’re moving everything too quickly. Just take some deep breaths, we can do this…do this together.” He urges as she looks at him for a moment and then looks back at the open casket. “Oh, oh-okay.” She tries to say, swallowing deeply to remove the lump in her throat as Shark gives her a reassuring smile and then grips her hand, squeezing it tight. They slowly make their way over to the open casket and take a look at it, with Louise shaking and Shark trying to keep a straight face. “The funeral…you don’t think we’re being too hasty do you? On Monday we didn’t have even have a date.” Shark sighs, as Louise looks away as he makes his way across from the casket and wishes to change the subject. “No, no it feels right.” She admits, before looking back at the casket again. “We don’t need that memory, not of him. That’s not Lucas, that’s his shell…his ruined shell.” Shark adds, before shaking his head with distress as he grips the door handle of the room. “We don’t say goodbye here, we’ll say that on Monday…me and you, Louise, we’ll do it together.” He admits, before she nods and then walks out of the room. They emerge back into the room, where the man is nowhere to be seen. “Hello?” Louise asks, but he does not answer. “Let’s just go.” Shark sighs, before leading Louise to the door. “Well bye then!” Louise shouts to the empty looking funeral parlour, as they both walk out into the street.

“Well it’s no four bedroom in the city centre, but it’ll do, I guess.” Patience Evans sighs, as she stands in the living room with her arms folded as moving men put the boxes in. Her husband John stands in a suit looking very official and stern, and shakes his head at her slightly. “This move, it’ll be good. I know my stuff Patience, this place, it’s in a really good development state at the moment.” He vows, causing her to tut and then open a box. “Ah, kitchen china. Just what I want when I have no kitchen cabinets.” She sighs, before walking over to the open front door and looking out onto Digital Way to watch the moving men moving the boxes. “I don’t know how we’re expected to do this Halloween house warming party.” John sighs, walking around the boxes as Patience then looks back at him and nods. “Whatever keeps the kids happy though I guess, I notice they’ve cleared off pretty quickly.” Patience nods, before moving out of the way of a moving man. Christian then strolls in from the kitchen and raises his eyebrow at his mother, who seems embarrassed. “Didn’t know you were here, but where are the girls?” Patience asks, as Christian shrugs. “I dunno, Lake says she was going to do something and Krista is out with them two friends of hers.” Christian sighs, before digging into a sandwich we hadn’t noticed was in his hand. “Never mind eating, we need these boxes cleared and unpacked and quickly, we’ve got the party to organize as well.” John instructs, clicking and pointing to boxes, before his phone makes a noise. He takes it out and then puts his finger out to Patience, clicking on a button and then pressing it to his ear, gesturing that he is only going to be a minute. Patience rolls her eyes, before walking over to a box and picking it up, it’s marked ‘Krista’s Bedroom’. She smiles, before gripping it with both hands and walking up the staircase with it. She reaches the top hallway and looks around, there’s 3 bedrooms, a master bedroom and two medium sized bedrooms, before a ladder coming from a hole in the ceiling is seen at the bottom of the hallway, signalling a loft conversion. Patience steps into one room, Krista’s room, which has already been slightly decorated and already has a bed placed in it from preparation over the week which we haven’t seen. She sighs and sits the box down, before taking a seat on the bed and rubbing her knees worriedly, looking around with a slightly upset expression on her face.

“Hey you.” Lake smirks, appearing behind Danny outside The Ink Spot. He spins around and smiles at her presence. “Hey! Was wandering where you had got to actually, come back for more?” He jokes, as she rolls her eyes. “Don’t think so, not yet anyway, but I wanted to invite you to a Halloween party we’re having tonight, at number 10 on Digital Way.” Lake says, as Danny raises an eyebrow. “Why there?” He questions, as she laughs and raises an eyebrow. “Maybe because we live there?” Lake laughs, as Danny looks surprised. “No way!” He says with surprise, as she nods. Sacha and Jamie walk along shortly, and Lake waves at Jamie. “Hey Jamie, you going this girl’s Halloween party tonight?” Danny asks, as Lake looks shocked. “Um, ‘this girl’?” She demands, taking a dignified step forward and smiling. “Ah, Lake, Lake Evans…are you going to her party tonight?” Danny rectifies, fiddling with the sign outside the parlour awkwardly. Lake smirks and then smiles reassuringly at Jamie and Sacha. “You’re invited, the more the merrier…it’s just to get me and my family known around here…we’re at number 10!” Lake giggles, and Jamie nods and then puts a thumb up to Danny. Him and Sacha continue on, as Lake then smiles at Danny again. “So…I guess I’ll see you at the party?” She says, causing him to nod. “I guess so, I can’t promise I won’t be bringing Kendall though, she’s like an annoying little dog sometimes.” He smirks. “Ah, don’t worry about it. The more the merrier, she’s about the same age as my sister anyway.” Lake explains, before putting her hand on Danny’s shoulder. “Just…don’t show up with another girl…okay?” Lake laughs and Danny smiles, before she turns on her heels and walks away from Digital Parade. He watches her leave with a slight smile on his face, before turning on his heels and walking back into the tattoo parlour.

Karen sets down a pumpkin on the bar of The Vine as Nate and Ryan sit at the bar on stools. She smiles at them, before glancing to the door as Patience and Christian enter awkwardly. Patience locks eyes with Karen, and they stare at each other for a brief moment. “Mind explaining what the hell you’re doing in my pub?” Karen shouts loudly, as Patience rolls her eyes and then walks over to the bar, with Christian trailing behind her apprehensively. “What the hell are you doing here? If I’d bloody known I’d never come anywhere near!” Patience sighs, as Christian shrugs and drums his fingers on the bar counter. “I tried telling you countless times, you were adamant that they lived on Greenscots Way.” He explains, but Karen continues to glare at them. “Do you realize what your family has done to mine? That little witch of yours better stay well away from my niece…she’s recovering from surgery, she doesn’t need any trouble.” Karen says, which makes Patience chuckle and then look at Karen coldly. “My daughter didn’t do nothing bad, the police may have gotten involved but it was just a disagreement between friends…that’s all.” Patience defends, causing Karen to look shocked and then grab Ryan’s drink from his hand. “I’m drinking that!” Ryan shouts, but Karen shoves it in Patience’s face. She gasps loudly and the pub falls silent, as Evie and Tom emerge from the back. Evie’s dressed, and Tom supports her by the shoulder as she is still not right on her feet. “Karen what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Tom demands, as he notices Patience under the alcohol. “With my gin and tonic as well!” Ryan urges, as Patience is still shocked with what had happened. “That’s out of order!” Christian shouts to Karen, as Tom raises his eyebrow. “Listen mate, don’t be getting cocky. She deserved that.” Tom spits, before supporting an apprehensive looking Evie around the side of the bar. “I didn’t deserve anything! You better keep that wife of yours on a leash, and count yourselves officially uninvited from my homecoming Halloween party.” Patience snipes, before storming out of The Vine with Christian in tow. Karen scorns at the closed door, as Tom smiles and escorts Evie to the door, where Kendall and Corbin are waiting for her.

“You ready to drop your crazy plan yet?” Carmen asks, stepping into Sunrise and looking around it with a disgusted look on her face. Luna doesn’t break his concentration from cleaning the oven to look at her. “No, I’ve made my decision Carmen. The other night, with Carla-can you imagine what would have happened if she didn’t already know about it? She would have called the police!” Luna urges, smacking the cloth he is cleaning against the side in frustration and then taking off his apron, finally looking at Carmen. “But I think you’re missing something here dad…if you let the police know, we both go down!” She cries out worriedly, rubbing her baby bump to stress the point. “No, you call the police…say you found a body and that you think I killed the person whose dead-“Luna tries to explain, but Carmen shakes her head. “I don’t think so. I’m not sending you down!” She cries out, as Luna sighs again. “But I did it!” He tries to explain, but she doesn’t move her unimpressed gaze and instead walks slowly around behind the counter. “Do you think I care? It was my plan…and I helped you clean up the body, if Rishi was here now, he’d say the same thing…we all deserve to pay for what we did…or none of us.” She admits, before getting her apron and putting it over her shoulder. “Carmen, we need to get the police knowing about Hashee…we can’t go on any longer with that in our cellar!” He cries out, but she ignores him and picks up the cloth he discarded. “Well…what about if I was in Pakistan when you called the police? It’s not like they’d find me there-“He tries to say, as her face goes pale. “You mean go on the run? You’re full of good ideas today!” She scoffs, as he sighs and then kicks the mop bucket in frustration. “Carmen, I’m your dad…it’s my job to protect you and if it means I have to go back to Pakistan where the police can’t find me, then so be it.” He explains but she shakes her head. “No, it’s not what you have to do. There’s plenty of things we could do to get rid of that body, you’re just not willing to try them! Do you really want to go on the run? Do you realise that once you do that, that’s it? You can’t erase it, you have to hide and constantly look over your shoulder for the rest of your life-miss the birth of your grandchild?” Carmen snaps, and Luna looks away. “If it’s what it takes to ensure that you and my grandchild have a bright future, I’m willing to do it. You’ll understand Carmen, when you become a mother, what you’d do for your child.” Luna says, and Carmen shakes her head. “What is the real reason for this dad? No sane person would willingly do this!” Carmen says, and Luna sighs, glancing at her worriedly.

At Digital Way Parade Park, Evie sits on a bench as Kendall has her arm around her and Corbin sits on the grass, picking orange leaves from the ground and examining them. “So are you fully recovered now?” Kendall questions and Evie nods. “I had a hole in my chest apparently, and it could have killed me but it’s all mended now…I don’t really want to talk about it-“Evie tries to say, as Corbin raises an eyebrow. “You probably came off worse than everybody else, besides Lucas of course.” Corbin explains, and Evie looks awkward, before her face goes pale. Across the park, Krista, Fern and Lucy emerge on the pathway. “Crap.” Evie says bluntly, as Kendall shakes her head. “They know not to mess with you, not whilst I’m here.” Kendall explains, just as Krista and the two other girls head straight for them. “Looks like they don’t know-“Corbin tries to say, as Krista’s voice is heard. “Corbin, what are you doing with these two tramps?” Krista demands, coming to walk close to him. Kendall scowls and immediately climbs to her feet. “I suggest you shut your mouth and turn around!” Kendall snaps, as Krista raises her eyebrow at her. “Don’t even try and start on me again, you’re pretty sad aren’t you? I heard you left high school last year, according to Corbin’s mates, and you’re starting on Year 10 girls? Pathetic!” Krista laughs, as Fern and Lucy giggle. “Only by a few months, it’s called giving little girls the dressing down they need! You think you’re so good and perfect…but the truth is- none of you will last two seconds in the real world.” Kendall laughs, as Fern tries to smile at Evie but she looks away. “And you?” Krista demands, looking at Evie. “Don’t speak to me Krista, you know I don’t want to talk to you.” Evie says, causing Krista to scowl. “Well make sure you don’t drag me in a police station again, just wanted to tell you I live here now…so you’re all going to be seeing a lot more of me.” Krista laughs, before glancing down at Corbin and then turning on her heels. “And you try anything with Krista and I’ll make sure you’re black and blue!” Lucy shouts to Kendall, who rolls her eyes and then sits down. “They really are pathetic.” Kendall says, as Corbin looks down at his phone awkwardly, as a text message from Krista comes up, showing a revealing picture of her. The camera cuts back to Krista, who smirks down at her phone and is hiding it from Fern and Lucy.

Darkness falls on Digital Way as the glimmering lights from tea tree candles in pumpkins are all that can be seen, as well as the street lamps. Various children in costumes walk around Digital Way, knocking on doors for sweets and singing ‘Trick or Treat’ in unison. The camera pans to Aphrodite, which is busy with a few couples sitting drinking some wine among Halloween decorations. Carla is serving in a red dress with devil horns, and so is Katy, having been revealed to have been dressing up for her shift at Aphrodite. Henry sits at the bar with a glass of cider, and he watches Carla from afar. She notices him staring and walks over to him, taking his cider from him. “What are you doing?” He demands, and she rolls her eyes. “You want a drink like that? Go to the pub, I’m sick of you lingering around here like a bad smell…literally.” Carla says, as Henry looks confused. “You said you were going to get me help!” Henry says and Carla scowls at him. “I am, I’m letting you stay in the flat ain’t I? Do you think I’m being unreasonable, because I’m being overly kind from where I’m standing! Just because I’m helping you with…whatever…doesn’t mean that I’m going to welcome you with open arms and suddenly forget what you did to me, I’d tread carefully if I were you, very carefully.” She snaps, just as Nate and Ryan enter the bar. Carla smiles and walks over to them, causing Henry to scowl into his drink. “Hey boys, you coming here for the night?” She asks, and they smile. “Yeah, no use staying in, is there?” Nate says as Carla laughs and leads them over to a table. “We left my dad in charge of the trick or treaters, he’s going mental at the noise from the party a few doors down!” Ryan laughs, as Carla raises an eyebrow. “Whose party?” She quizzes, as Nate shrugs innocently. “Some new people have moved in, the Evans’, I think. They’re having a Halloween party, of course.” Nate explains and Carla nods, looking interested before handing Nate and Ryan a wine menu. Katy appears beside the table too, crossing her arms and smiling at them. “You told me you were too busy to go to Scarefest with me at the beginning of the month!” Katy sighs, as Carla rolls her eyes. “Well you’re working anyway, so you couldn’t have gone.” Carla winks, as Katy rolls her eyes. “And we thought we’d be on our honeymoon, funnily enough we weren’t counting on a bomb exploding at our wedding reception.” Nate sighs, and Katy ruffles his hair. “I know it’s been hard, but you’ve handled it really well.” Carla says to them, and Nate smiles, before she turns on her heels and walks towards the door to welcome more guests.
Inside flat 4G, Louise drinks a cup of water as Shark sits on the sofa, looking down at his phone. “Well Carmen isn’t coming over, she has some things to sort out with her dad, so I think I’m going to have an early night…today’s been…emotionally draining.” He says, before heaving himself off of the sofa. Louise smiles and walks over to him, giving him a hug. She looks over at a picture of Lucas, which has been put up on the wall above the television and smiles. “I miss him so much.” She sighs, and he nods, pulling away. “I know, it’s hard…and as soon as I find out who caused the explosion, they’re going to pay.” He promises, as the scene cuts to Barbara and Chris sitting on the sofa alone in Digital Way House. “How are we going to tell them all about Diane?” Chris sighs, as Barbara rubs her forehead and then shrugs. “I don’t know…I really don’t. But they’re going to start asking questions, why she’s not here after the explosion, Shark and Louise included.” Barbara sighs, causing Chris to nod and then get up from the sofa. He looks into the dark hallway which is gently lit by a glowing pumpkin, before shutting the door behind him. “No one’s in anyway, Jamie and Sacha are off at some party, Katy’s working and Nikki’s at the club.” Barbara says, and Chris paces and rubs his chin. “Well I have no way of getting in touch with her, her phones lost…we just got to hope she comes back.” He explains, and Barbara scoffs and then gets up, going to get a drink from the small bar in the living room which we have grown to know. “You’re joking? She’s out of control Chris…she tried to kill me…twice, in the space of 24 hours! She could have killed anyone on this way, and she killed somebody. You’ve got to pray she doesn’t come back, because if so, she won’t stop blabbing to anyone who will listen, and Shark will want to kill you.” Barbara explains, looking at an increasingly worried Chris as she takes a drink from the whiskey she has poured. The scene then cuts back to flat 4G, where Shark walks into his bedroom and shuts the door behind him, leaving Louise alone in the flat. She suddenly breaks down in silent hysterics and drops to her knees, looking up at the picture of Lucas and not wanting to make her cries known to Shark.

‘Thriller – Michael Jackson’ blasts through the stereo, as people dance dressed in Halloween costumes. Danny, Jamie, Freya, Lake, Christian and Sacha all stand at a drink’s table, picking a variety of beers to drink. “Great party.” Sacha awkwardly says to Lake, who smiles and then hands her a beer. “I know beer isn’t very ladylike, but you know, it’s nice and it’s alcoholic.” Lake laughs, and Jamie scoffs as she says this to Sacha. “Sacha isn’t ladylike anyway!” Jamie laughs, and Sacha giggles and rips the top of the bottle with her teeth, which confuses Lake. “What you getting at?” She asks, as Freya laughs too. “Sacha’s gay!” Freya laughs, and Christian smiles. “Me too.” Christian winks and Sacha gives him a high five. “I didn’t know that!” Freya says, and Christian smiles briefly. “I came out a few years ago…it was quite awkward at first but now it doesn’t bother me.” He explains, and Lake smiles and gives him a reassuring glance. “There’s more beer right?” Danny asks, and Jamie and Freya scowl at him, and Christian looks awkwardly. “What’s that meant to mean?” Lake asks, and Christian puts his hand up to stop her. “Nothing…the topic of conversation was just a little boring for my taste.” He slurs, and Lake scowls. “Let’s hope you mean that, aye? Nothing comes between me and my brother, have you got that?” Lake threatens, and Danny nods and then goes wide eyed to Jamie and Freya. “It did sound rude.” Freya says, as they observe Lake wandering off and Christian following her. In the hallway, Krista, Fern and Lucy laugh and takes swigs from bottles of beer, as John strolls through the crowd and grabs the bottles, handing them to other people. “Dad!” Krista exclaims, as John looks at her angrily. “I said one beer each, you’ve had at least 8 between you! I don’t like you drinking!” He snaps, before storming off. Patience then watches him from across the room and rolls her eyes, getting three new bottles out of the crate in the corner and walking over and handing them to the girls. “Drink as much as you want, just don’t tell him I gave it to you.” Patience laughs, before disappearing into the crowd. The camera pans through the crowd to see John observe this and angrily shake his head, before walking off. Outside, Kendall and Evie rush up the garden steps with Corbin’s phone in their hands as Corbin follows behind. “Kendall, it was just a picture!” Corbin shouts, but Kendall ignores him and pushes her way through the open front door, spotting Krista straight away. Kendall knocks the bottle of beer out of her hand and quickly grabs onto Krista’s hair, ragging it and smacking her into the wall. Krista screams and Fern and Lucy scatter up the staircase, throwing beer at Kendall to get her off of her. “KENDALL GET OFF!” Corbin shouts, pulling Kendall off of Krista who screams and then looks up. “Who the hell do you think you are?” Krista screams, kicking Kendall in the stomach as she is restrained by Corbin. “DON’T SEND PICTURES OF YOUR FLAT CHEST TO MY BOYFRIEND!” Kendall screams, as Corbin drags her out onto the garden. “What a pathetic cow!” Krista shouts, as the door is kicked closed. She rolls her eyes and takes a look at the other girls, who giggle with her as Kendall storms away from the house with Evie to The Vine Inn, leaving Corbin alone, upset.

In Sunrise, Luna and Carmen still remain, in the dark of the takeaway shop as people wait outside. “You’re not going to open?” Luna asks to Carmen, who sits on one of the waiting chairs staring into space. “I don’t want to open…I want to talk about you…leaving me.” Carmen sighs, as Luna comes and sits next to her, putting his hand on her back. “It’s for the best Carmen.” He agrees, but she shakes her head. “No, you still haven’t answered my question…no one willingly would want to go on the run dad, so what is this?” She demands, and Luna sighs and shuffles his feet. “I can’t do this anymore Carmen…I can’t…this place, its getting to me, everything that’s happened to us since we got here, it’s all just a constant bitter reminder of what I’ve lost and I don’t want that anymore. I think about Hashee’s death, and Rishi’s suicide all of the time, and it’s like I can’t find an escape. You have a new family now Carmen…with Shark and the baby, and me? What do I have?” Luna says, tears beginning to form in both his and his daughter’s eyes. “You have me.” She cries out, and he smiles and makes his way over to her, stroking her head. “I know I do…but you need to focus on your new family, not worrying about how I’m doing…I’ll leave you this place Carmen and I can head back to Pakistan with the rest of the family-“ He tries to say, as she sighs. “And you’ll be able to do that will you? Look them all in the eye knowing you’ve killed Hashee?” She demands, and he nods. “It’ll be hard but it’s better than this place!” He sighs, gesturing to the whole of Digital Way. Carmen sniffles and then looks down at the ground. “I knew it would end this way, right from when you told me that Danny reminded you of Rishi…and I’m only keeping you here for selfish reasons, so if you want to leave, I’m not going to get in your way, but…but I’m not letting you go on the run dad. We’ll face this together or not at all.” She sighs, and he shakes his head. “I can’t make you confess, you’re pregnant, and you can’t go on the run, so what do you suggest?” He asks, causing her to sigh and then put her head in her hands. “What if you left for Pakistan anyway? Left me here?” She asks, and Luna shakes his head. “And what happens if the body is discovered? You’ll get arrested and it’ll be over for you!” He admits, but she shakes her head. “You’re forgetting about who knows. Shark and Carla…and you heard what she said, she doesn’t want her name dragged into it, she won’t blab, but Shark, he’s got connections, he’ll get rid of the body somehow, I could ask him in a few weeks, when you’re long gone, he’s not so hung up on Lucas’ death and the police have stopped sniffing around looking for the person who blew up Digital Way Estate.” Carmen says, getting up from her chair excitedly with her idea. Luna looks at her, not convinced. “Carmen-“ He tries to say, but she shakes her head. “This is my decision, let me handle this for once dad. You just concentrate on getting away from here…if that’s what you need.” She explains, and he nods slightly and then gives her a hug. “Thank you.” He says softly, as the camera zooms outside to a pumpkin, glowing in the darkness of Digital Parade. The episode ends.

NOTE: First appearance of John and Patience Evans (Terence Maynard and Diane Parish) as regulars.

Cast and Crew (21 Regulars, 0 Recurring, 0 Guests, 2 New)

Opening Titles

The episode begins with a black hearse driving through Digital Way, as Nikki stands outside Digital Way House in a short black dress with her arms folded. Lucas’ coffin is in the back of the funeral car, with ‘BROTHER’ aligned across the coffin in flowers. Emma and Freya step out of The Vine wearing respective black clothing, with Karen cleaning the doorway to the pub as they leave. “Still don’t understand why you’d bother to go, I mean, other than the fact he was good looking he had nothing else going for him, in fact he was a burden on the community if anything.” Karen murmurs to them, as Emma and Freya both roll their eyes. “Well I thought I’d go to support Shark, you know, the father of my baby?” Freya says sarcastically, as Karen tuts and then wipes the doorway furiously with a cloth. “And I had a thing with him didn’t I? It’s only right that I go.” Emma sighs, as she looks down when the coffin passes the pub and then makes a U-Turn to drive back down the way. “Why did they have to have a hearse? It’s just attention seeking if you ask me.” Karen says, as Tom appears behind her, looking rough. “What is?” He asks, as Emma turns and glares at him briefly. “Lucas Thompson’s funeral…they have a hearse, just think it’s attention seeking to have it paraded around the community when he never gave anything and wasn’t a particularly pleasant man. None of this happened when poor Rishi Luna died back in June.” Karen adds, before walking into the pub. Freya glances at Tom worriedly. “You need to have a word with her, she’s woken up in a foul mood.” Freya explains, as Tom shrugs. “It’s them Evans’ moving in down the way that’s set her off.” Tom explains, before following Karen into the pub as Emma and Freya observe the collection of cars leaving one final time before Emma pulls out her phone to call a taxi.

Inside flat 4G, Louise applies some lipstick and then rubs it off as she observes her complexion in her dresser mirror, whilst Shark and Carmen lounge around in the doorway to the bedroom, both waiting for her to finish as they are both dressed. “You know this funeral has to go on time Louise, it ain’t like a wedding when the bride can be late. Chief mourners don’t get a special arrival.” Shark says, as Carmen slaps him playfully on the chest and Louise glares at him. “I just don’t know…I don’t want to make too much of an effort encase people think I’m capitalizing on my brother’s death, but I don’t want to make too little of an effort encase people don’t think I care.” Louise sighs, before slamming the lid down on her make-up pallet and climbing to her feet. “You know what? I don’t care what people think of me! Today is a day to celebrate the life of my late loving brother, and I’ll act accordingly.” Louise explains, before shoving passed Shark and Carmen to go and collect her shoes from the living area. He smiles briefly and follows her, whilst Carmen hangs back as her phone begins to ring. She pulls it out of her handbag and quickly answers it. “We agreed we’d wait until after the funeral to sort this out!” She snaps, as the scene changes to Luna, who sits on the sofa with his suitcases around him with his phone pressed to his ear. “I know we did, but I’ve booked my plane ticket now. I’m going Carmen, I can’t wait-you think I’m ready to go to a funeral especially with the way I’m feeling? I need to just slip away, no fuss, no goodbyes.” He explains, as Carmen raises her eyebrow on the other end worriedly. “What do you mean no goodbyes?” She hurriedly questions, but the line cuts dead. Dread fills her face as she hurriedly rushes through the living area of her flat. “Where are you going?” Shark demands as she reaches the door. “I’ll meet you at the church!” She says, before rushing out. Shark and Louise glance at each worriedly, as the scene changes to Luna climbing into a taxi as the driver puts his suitcase into the boot. Carmen rushes out of the block of flats doorway, noticing the taxi. The driver gets into the front, as Carmen reaches the cab and begins banging on the window. “DAD! DAD!” She screams, and Luna mouths ‘I’m sorry’ to her, before urging the taxi driver to drive. The cab pulls away and speeds down the way, as the collection of funeral cars wait on the way. Carmen watches them drive away helplessly, before hurriedly getting her phone out of her handbag.

Danny sits on a stool inside The Ink Spot, as the bell above the door signals out, signifying a customer has entered. Lake enters and smiles at him, and he smiles back at her, looking a little worried. “What’s wrong with you?” She questions, as he shrugs and then shakes his head. “Nothing, it’s just, um, we didn’t really part on good terms on Friday.” He admits, as she smiles and then sits on the chair where Danny normally performs the tattoos. “Yes, well that’s in the past, I don’t believe for one second you were trying to insult Christian, I just like to pick fights when I’m drunk.” She chuckles, causing him to smile briefly. “So you have a good bond with your brother then?” He questions, and she nods vigorously. “When he, um, came out, I was the only one there for him at the start. Well, Krista was only about 9 so she didn’t really understand what was going on, but my dad was so horrified by the fact that his only son was gay and it didn’t help that mum was pretty AWOL at the time so…I was his support link. I remember the night after he just came into my room and cried on me, it was horrible, and he puts on a confident and brassy exterior now…but I know that inside he’s frightened and terrified that somebody isn’t going to accept him.” She explains, as Danny sits, transfixed by her story. “Why…why was your mum AWOL?” He asks, cleaning his throat. Lake turns away and looks down. “Let’s not talk about that? Let’s talk about the fact we’ve known each other for a week or two and you still haven’t asked me out.” She giggles and he smirks. “You’d like it if I asked you out?” He questions, and she nods. “You’re cute, nice and thoughtful…what’s not to like?” She teases and he smiles, leaning in to give her a kiss. “Save it, I’ll meet you at Aphrodite tomorrow, 7 PM?” She says and he nods, before she gets up out of the chair and leaves the tattoo parlour, leaving Danny smiling by himself.

Louise and Shark sit in the funeral car in awkward silence, as Louise traces the patterns of the seat with tears in her eyes. “I’m glad I aren’t wearing make-up…I’ve only just thought about what today is…what it’s going to entail. I’m-I’m scared Shark.” She tries to stammer in between her increasingly frequent tears. He leans over and takes her hand, smiling at her with reassurance. “You’ve got nothing to be scared about Louise, we’ve got each other…and we know we’re going to miss Lucas with all our hearts, but we’ve got each other to get us through the darkest days.” He promises, and she smiles at him, clutching his hand. “I don’t want to do the eulogy, I want you to do it Shark.” She explains, as he looks awkward. “M-Me?” He asks, and she nods. “You were closer to him than me, more than ever these past few months. You and him, you were always together. Yes, he was my brother, but he was yours too…and you guys, you’ve always been partners in crime, whether it be drawing on the walls when you were both toddlers or doing your dodgy dealings now.” She says, causing Shark to give her a hug in the car. They look through the window as the car approaches the church, and Shark goes smug, thinking of a joke. “You stay strong if I’m up there doing my speech you know? I can’t have you ruining my reputation.” He tries to joke and she smiles through her tears, wiping them away as the church approaches the front door. “It doesn’t seem like it’s going to be a big turn out.” Louise says, and Shark nods, looking down at the floor. “I wouldn’t get your hopes up, about, you know…mum coming.” He says, and Louise raises her eyebrows. “Why not?” She demands, as the car comes to a standstill. “You know she hadn’t spoken to Lucas for 4 years, or me for that matter.” He explains, causing Louise to climb out of the car with annoyance on her face.

“DAD!” Carmen screams, leaping out of a taxi at the airport and throwing money through the front window for the cab driver. She continues to scream and rushes through the doors frantically, one hand on her protruding bump to prevent her from losing her balance, desperately searching for her father. Luna sits at a seat in one of the airport cafes as he waits for his plane to start boarding, looking down at a stale cup of coffee on the table with nervousness written all over his face. Carmen rushes through the busy hallways of the airport, screaming Luna’s name. She cannot run fast enough in her high heels so takes them off her feet and throws them to the floor, rushing around the airport. Luna hears his name and gets up, looking around the busy crowd and scanning it minutely. Carmen’s face stands out to him and he stops, locking eyes on her. She does the same to him, and slowly steps forward, tears strolling down her face. “You were going to leave without saying goodbye.” She says with hurt and venom in her voice, as Luna looks away with worry. “I’m sorry…I didn’t want to say goodbye Carmen…it’d be too hard.” Luna tries to say, but ends up breaking down in tears towards the end of his sentence. Carmen bites her lip with pity and then steps into hugging him, and they hold each other for a moment in the middle of the burning building. “Why were you going to leave me? I thought we said we’d talk about it more…” She tries to say, but he shakes his head when he pulls away from her grasp. “I can’t, I don’t want to be stuck in Digital Way anymore. I told you this on Monday, too many memories…harsh memories to contend with. Do you think that’s what I want? It’s okay for you, you have Shark and the little one on the way, and you have Sunrise now to do whatever you want with, I’m just a spare part. You don’t need me around anymore.” He says to her and she looks at him for a brief moment, before leading him to the table at the café. He sits down and looks back at the stale coffee as Carmen comes to sit opposite of him. “I just want to talk to you…before you fully make up your mind on what you want to do.” She says.

In Krista’s bedroom, she lies sprawled out on her bed with Fern and Lucy on the floor, the latter two looking through a magazine. “Do you think Cheryl is even that pretty?” Fern asks innocently, as Lucy raises an eyebrow. “Um yes, don’t you see her on X-Factor live shows? She’s gorgeous!” Lucy protests, whilst Krista scoffs and gets to her feet, sorting out her hair in the mirror as she does so. “What’s up?” Lucy asks to Krista, who scowls at her. “Corbin…I just asked him to meet us, guess what he said?” She suggests, as Fern and Lucy look at each other with confusion. “What?” They both ask in unison, as Krista scowls again and then makes her way over to her dresser, sitting down. “He said no, and he told me to leave him alone. Clearly his sketty girlfriend hasn’t got the message, he’s mine.” She vows, before applying some lip gloss to her lips. Fern and Lucy giggle, and then both clamber to their feet to make their way over to her. “Maybe you should do something different with your hair on Monday at school. I mean, today him and the other Year 11 boys didn’t even notice us.” Lucy suggests, and Fern nods as Krista examines a spot on her nose in the mirror. “Yeah maybe…or I could just amp up the pressure. Before I’ve played pretty nicely, but I could go full out slutty on him next week. If I throw myself at him…he’s hardly going to say no is he?” Krista says, and Lucy shrugs, observing on awkward looking Fern, who has sat down on Krista’s bed. “Are you sure you’re just doing this because you want Corbin and not because you hate that Kendall girl? Everything we went through with Evie earlier this year…I don’t want it to be repeated.” Fern tries to say to an oblivious Krista and Lucy. “Well it won’t…Kendall can handle herself and Corbin was mine before he was hers, I’ll keep Evie out of it as long as she keeps herself out of my business.” Krista vows, before turning away from the mirror and getting up from her dresser stool, grabbing her phone from the bed and shoving it in her pocket. “Come on, we’re going out.” She says, walking out of her room with a final hair flick as the other two follow behind her like puppies.

‘Emelie Sande – Read All About It’ plays as the camera shows Shark and Louise sitting in the first row of the church, whilst other guests including Carla, Henry, Emma and Freya sit in the sparsely allocated seats. It’s not a very packed funeral. They are then told to stand, as the doors open and the concession carries Lucas’ coffin through the aisle. Louise closes her eyes as tears fall down her cheeks and she looks over to Shark as the music stops. “Where is she?” Shark says through gritted teeth, referencing Carmen. “She’ll be here…she won’t let you down. She’s done a lot of bad things, but you were there for her when her brother died, she wouldn’t not do the same for you.” Louise murmurs, as Shark rolls his eyes and then looks to the front as the coffin comes to rest on the staging area and the vicar comes to stand at the front. “It’s not looking god from where I’m standing.” Shark sighs, as the camera pans over to Carla and Henry, and the sound of the vicar speaking is drowned out. “You left the flat in a tip this morning, do you realise what I’m doing for you and you’re just throwing it back in my face?” Carla demands, causing Henry to tut and look down at his funeral programme. “Bloody typical of you isn’t it? Someone dies and all’s you care about is yourself, again.” He says sarcastically, which angers Carla and makes her close her eyes and breathe heavily in frustration. “I aren’t going to do this now, but just remember that you are on a lifeline here, I’m the one in charge…I may be letting you stay with me to prevent some other poor girls going through what you put me through-“ She tries to say, but he interjects her. “Oh shut up about you! What I did to you was so long ago, you need to just stop playing the victim and bloody forget about it!” Henry snaps, which causes Carla to look at him coldly. She stops herself from hitting him, before throwing her programme at him and storming out of her seat, leaving the church in a hurry. Shark and Louise notice this, and then look back at each other. “Shows how much of an impact he had around Digital Way…she couldn’t even be arsed stay for the full funeral.” Louise sighs, as Shark pats her on the arm. “And I’d like to welcome Lucas’ brother Shark to come and share some memories and celebrate the life of Lucas.” The vicar says, his voice now loud and clear as Shark looks worriedly and slowly gets to his feet, making his way slowly to the stage and looking back at Louise and then at Freya for support.

At number 10, Christian sits, sprawled over the sofa, as John enters the room looking dusty in some tattered old clothes. “Oh, there you are, thought you’d be at work?” Christian asks, as John shakes his head and takes a seat on the sofa, which is covered in plastic. “Nah, I took the week off to move in, but I need your help. I’d ask your mother but she’s out spending money, Lake’s nowhere to be seen and Krista trotted off with those friends with hers.” John says, as Christian rolls his eyes and turns the television off with the remote beside him, before getting to his feet. “What do you need me to do?” He questions, as John smiles and then ruffles his hair, gesturing for him to go through the doorway. Christian does and the pair walk through, and John leads him to a cupboard full of scrap material…every single bit and bob you could think of. “Are you kidding me?” Christian says, as John laughs out loud. “Oh come on! It’ll take five minutes with us both doing it, and you never know what we might find!” John winks, causing Christian to look at him with a dry look on his face and then begin clearing out the scrap from the cupboard, placing it into black bags which lie open on the floor. “So, do you like it here?” John asks, and Christian nods. “A lot better than the old place, not many ponces around here.” Christian laughs, causing John to smirk and unload another bit of scrap into a black bag. “I agree, which is exactly why I pushed for the move…your mother on the other hand-“John tries to say, but is cut in by his son. “Is not too keen, yeah I know. But she doesn’t seem to think that you wanted to downgrade because you were sick of the rich area…she just thinks you’re counting your pennies.” The son says to his dad, who laughs. “A bit of both really son…but what about the area? You met any locals…any nice looking…boys?” John says, forcing the last bit out of his mouth. Christian looks awkwardly and dumps another heap of scrap into a black bag. “You don’t have to do this.” Christian says, shaking his head to a dumbfounded John. “Well I’d say this if you liked girls…Christian, you’re my son, and I love you for who you are. It took a bit of adjusting to, but I’m over it…you don’t have to panic every time the subjects brought up.” John says reassuringly, causing his son to smile at him.

“Lucas was…well he wasn’t the most law abiding citizen. He did a lot of bad things, but nobody has a completely clean conscience. Lucas was just more upfront about it, I guess. He was honest and he owned up when he did something wrong, which is something I admire about him. He didn’t run away and hide, and he wasn’t a coward. He was confident, and even though he knew he could get any girl he wanted, he didn’t let it go to his head.” Shark says, before adding – “…Too much.” The few people in the church have a murmur of laughter as they remember Lucas, and Shark smiles fondly. “Now, for whatever reason, Lucas doesn’t have a lot of people coming to see him today, not his good friend Carmen, or his mum Carole, and not many neighbours. I mean, Carla’s just stormed out…but I can’t imagine Lucas wanting a packed hall with a choir singing to the lord. That’s just not who he was…but he was mine and Louise’s brother, and he was perfect in every way to both of us. Goodnight, and god bless.” Shark says, before kissing his finger and placing it to the coffin. Louise begins crying and Shark makes his way down to her, hugging her tightly. “You’re so brave!” Louise says, and Shark cries into her shoulder, looking momentarily at Freya, who looks supportive for him in the row behind them with Emma, who sits awkwardly playing with her hair. “I’ll kill both of them for not being here today.” Shark says with venom, as Louise pulls away. “Who?” She asks inquisitively. “You know…Carmen and mum.” He says, before walking out of the church as Louise stands at the front, shocked and now alone. “Now if you’ll all join me in walking down to the cemetery, where we’ll commit Lucas’ body to the ground.” The vicar says, as the guests stand up and the concession re-enter the church to take the coffin out of it. “That wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be.” Freya murmurs to Emma, who nods back to her. “Yeah, makes me want to make a lot more friends around here though…Lucas had none today.” Emma sighs, as they walk out of the church behind the coffin. It’s now empty, besides Louise and Henry, who both sit in their respective seats silently. “I’ve lost a lot of people you know- well you do as you get older.” Henry says, his voice ringing out across the silent church. “I’m not old, and I didn’t deserve to lose anybody. Let alone my brother.” Louise replies back, before getting up and leaving the church as Henry raises an eyebrow and continues to sit alone.

“Please dad, just hear me out.” Carmen vows to Luna, with the pair of them still sitting in the airport café. “I heard everything you had to say sweetheart, I know you want me to stay, but it’s not going to do me any good. You may not need to be surrounded by people who don’t know what you did, but I do.” Luna says, before getting up from the table and grabbing his suitcase from the floor. “You walk away from me now, and you’ll never see me or the baby again.” Carmen says to him, causing him to stop and turn around to face her. “Well that’s good, because you’ll probably be better off without me. Both of you.” Luna says, causing Carmen’s eyes to well up with tears. “Please dad, just stay!” She cries out, and he shakes his head. “I can’t, you know I can’t! But you can visit me…whenever you can.” He says, which makes her scoff and wipe away her tears. “With everything going on around there? You must be joking if you think I’m taking me or the baby anywhere near there again…I would rather you in prison here than over there.” Carmen says, causing Luna to shake his head. “You were the one who talked me out of going to prison and to just leave the country.” He says, which makes her look away. “Well I’ve changed my mind, please, don’t get on that plane.” She requests, but he bites his lip as an announcement is read out informing that his plane is beginning to board. “I’ve got to go, they’re boarding.” He says, which makes Carmen shake her head and make her way over to him, grabbing his hands. “Don’t leave me, I need you! I need you! You’re the only person who’s got me through this year, if you leave I’ll be nothing, absolutely nothing!” She wails frantically, trying to stop him from leaving as he pulls away from her. “You’ll always be my baby, but I can’t go back to Digital Way. I’ve put the house on the market…Sunrise, it’s all yours, say goodbye to Danny for me, because I’m not going back there again.” He vows, before shrugging away from her and turning on his heels, walking towards the boarding section. “DAD!” She screams, standing in the café holding her baby bump, which makes Luna shut his eyes to prevent tears falling down his cheeks. He doesn’t look back, and continues walking as she continues to wail for him and people begin to notice.

“We commit Lucas’ body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes-“The vicar says, as his speech is drowned out yet again as the camera pans to the faces of the people who stand around the coffin. Louise, Henry, Carla, Emma and Freya. They all look down at the whole in the ground as the coffin is lowered in, and Louise shuts her eyes as tears fall softly down her cheeks, exposing the fact she isn’t wearing any make-up. The scene changes to Shark, who crouches down next to a grave in the cemetery, Rishi Luna’s. “I was there for her when you died…and you know what? She couldn’t even do the same for me. I let her in when Lucas died, and where is she now? God knows where!” Shark sighs, before collapsing to his knees and sighing. Footsteps come about behind him, and he turns to face the person…Diane Whiting. She’s dressed in all black, and carries an umbrella with her. “Wha-What are you doing here?” Shark demands, as Diane sighs. “I came to see him off, I heard about his death, didn’t really want to come anywhere near this place, but thought I’d come by when everybody had gone…didn’t realise everybody was still around.” Diane explains, as Shark looks at her venomously. “Where did you even go? You disappeared after the explosion!” He shouts, as she sighs and runs her hand through her hair. “I realised that Digital Way was no good, and whoever caused that explosion really wanted my family gone…they didn’t get rid of any of us though.” Diane lies, looking down at the ground as Shark narrows his eyes suspiciously. “Just seems strange, there’s an explosion caused by an unidentified person and you go missing…thought you’d show up to gain some sick satisfaction from your victim’s funeral?” Shark shouts, getting to his feet and trying to confront Diane, who backs away from him, submissively. “No, that’s not how it is!” She objects and he looks at her with fury. “You better start talking.” He instructs, but she shakes her head. “I’ve done what I came here to do, pay my respects…I know I shouldn’t have come back because all you have done is question me about the explosion when it wasn’t me Shark!” She says, before turning on her heels as he tries to stop her from leaving. “Don’t go, just please talk!” He begs, but she shakes her head and storms down the pathway. “I’m sorry for your loss.” She says, before getting in her car and putting the keys in the ignition. Shark races after the car and jumps onto the bonnet but Diane doesn’t relent and reverses the car, driving away from the church and throwing Shark to the ground in the process. He lies on the floor, crying, as Diane drives away.

The episode ends with a closing montage of events, with the song ‘Read All About It – Emelie Sande’ playing over it like the church scene. Louise cries at the gravesite of Lucas, whilst Shark lies on the pathway, crying to himself. Diane wipes her tears away as she drives her car into the heart of Birmingham. Elsewhere in the cemetery, Carla has walked away from the gravesite and is looking at the graves with a look of fury on her face, whilst Krista, Fern and Lucy laugh at text messages they are sending to Corbin, who in turn is sitting on his own in the flat doing his homework and trying to ignore the text messages. At the airport, Carmen stands at the window overlooking the planes holding her baby bump as she watches one of the planes glide down the runway, preparing to take off. It takes off into the sky vertically, and the camera shows Luna sitting on it, smiling as he looks out of the window down at the airport. He puts his head back against his chair and sighs to himself, before closing his eyes and taking a gulp of air. The screen cuts black, before cutting back into later, where the music has stopped and the plane flies through the air. Luna sits on his own, as a hostess walks passed. “Hello sir, would you like anything from the trolley?” She asks, and Luna looks and then smiles. “No thank you.” He says, as she smiles. “Why you going to Pakistan anyway?” She asks and he looks straight ahead, searching for an answer. “I don’t know…it’s certainly not the perfect place, but maybe it’s just the only place I can see myself getting by.” He explains, and she smiles before walking further down the aisle. He looks down as he recalls his conversation with the hostess, before looking out of the window again down at the ground, as the episode ends fully here and the credits begin to roll.

NOTE: Final appearance of Luna Kapoor (Kulvinder Ghir) and Diane Whiting (Gemma Bissix)

Cast and Crew (16 Regulars, 2 Recurring, 0 Guests, 2 Departed)-

I know we don't speak anymore and you probably don't like me much but thank you so much for the mention digital way has had an amazing run for over a year and I feel so proud to have been a part of it what you've done with the show is inspirational to anyone who wants to start a fanfic I'll never ever forget digital way it's been my favourite soap ever! You've also been a great friend to me and you should be truly truly proud of yourself you know how to make a mean fanfic and nobody will ever be able to top what you did. Im really sad it's going on hiatus but I understand fully and wish you all the bets in the future if digital way ever does return you know where to look for me if you want an inject of new blood running through the show I'm getting slightly teary writing this but you've done so so well your a perfect example of a fanfic writer and new member should look at this fanfic to get inspiration well done Cal! I'll miss digital way

I don't really know when this will be returning, all my time and energy is going into my Hollyoaks fanfiction.

Digital Way -

21st October 2013 - 7th November 2014