Donna (Verity Rushworth) and Ross (Samuel Anderson) agree to help Viv (Deena Payne) and are pointed to an empty house belonging to Freddie. They find a pile of unopened bills addressed to Viv. Donna is desperate to inform CID but Ross urges her to play it down as they weren’t on duty. Nevertheless, Donna tells Viv of her intention to tell the investigating officer and asks her mum to stay put.
Viv panics and heads to the house with Bob (Tony Audenshaw) to retrieve the post. Bob gets the post but on leaving is met by a police officer who arrests him for breaking and entering. At the police station, Bob is surprised to hear they are dropping the charge as they have just found out that the house was being rented to a Viv and Bob Hope. After Viv has also been arrested the couple have to take place in a line up. Will they be cleared or left bang to rights?
Elsewhere Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) is unimpressed on her 30th birthday and Paddy (Dominic Brunt) shocks her by saying her services at the vets are no longer required. Nicola tries to convince Paddy to keep her working at the vets but Paddy won't budge. However, outside Nicola accidentally traps Paddy’s hand in the car boot, leaving him screaming in pain. With Paddy’s hand out of action, Nicola reiterates her usefulness to him. Can the wily minx get the wounded vet back on side?