Female First brings you a first look at all the goings on in the 'Oaks next week.Following the previous nights antics, Zoe leaves the Barnes’ after an argument with Mike who ends up chatting to Darren in Washed Up, as Darren moans about how much he regrets losing Zoe, this only makes Mike realise how much he actually likes her prompting him to go and find her and confess his true feelings and is delighted when she hints that she feels the same way. Little do they know that Kris has a sneaky suspiscion about what’s going on.
After seeing Darren homeless, pitiful and starving in the villiage, Newt decides it time to get the pub back off Warren and make everything right in the Osbourne household. After convincing Darren to help, despite his self-pitying attitude, the pair agree to set Warren up.
Following a night of sleeping on the streets, Darren is grateful when Newt steals Jack's car keys to give him somewhere warm to kip. Jack is in a bad mood after he's refused a loan due to his heart condition, and is unimpressed to find a battered Darren asleep in his car. So he hands him a wad of notes and orders him to leave for good, before telling Newt off for helping Darren, but Newt lays on a heavy guilt-trip about Jack disowning his son, using ammunition from his own experiences of being abandoned by his mum in order to try and bring the family back together.
Michaela gets stoned over at Ste’s before marching into Evissa to see Niall as she can’t be bothered to go to school again. However, in Evissa, Niall is treating Myra to a pamper session so when Michaela enters, rambling about being stoned, she doesn't realise that her mother is the person wrapped up in towels in front of Niall. Michaela is well and truly rumbled but quickly passes the buck onto Ste, claiming that he coaxed her into it.
Despite getting caught by her mum it doesn’t deter Michaela from getting drunk round at Amy's the next day. She staggers home in the middle of the day, and Myra catches her upstairs throwing up. Fuming, Myra lashes out and slaps her daughter causing Michaela to scream that she’s moving out.
A guilty Myra regrets hitting Michaela, but is sure her youngest daughter will be back when she is skint and hungry. This is until Ste comes to collect Michaela's stuff, informing her that Michaela is moving in with him and Amy.
Dom tried to build bridges with his brother Dom by giving him an expensive bottle of wine for his birthday. They make awkward conversation but they both know what's really on each other's minds, but can't bring themselves to talk about it.
When Tina and Dom meet up for his birthday surprise, it's clear they still have feelings for each other. It could be the start of something new for them, but when a pregancy test reveals that Tina is pregnant their future is thrown into turmoil as Dom makes an ultimatum that is sure to tear them apart again…it's either him or the baby.
When Russ sees Nancy making sketches of ideas to help Jake get his career back on track, he tells her he feels she should be fighting to get her own career back.
Following a drunken night out with Jake, Russ begins to realise that Jake manipulates Nancy, and warns her against being defeatist. Nancy's shocked to find out her name has been cleared, but Jake convinces her it's not a good idea to go back to college and leads Nancy off for a sudden holiday to the Peak District.
Police officer in training, Carmel thinks it is a bad omen when the blender dies on her as she is trying to make a food supplement in preparation for her fitness test to get into the police force. Even though Tina reassures her she will make a fine police woman, she is still very nervous. Mercedes is so dismissive of Carmel's ability she even bets Calvin drinks at The Dog that Carmel will fail the test and when Carmel announces she's passed, Mercedes is forced to buy the drinks, although she still doesn't stop mocking Carmel. As it all gets too much for Carmel, she reveals to Calvin that she was too scared to even look at her results.