In this episode of Platt Family Values, Nick decides he's doing an aggressive takeover of the factory, much to Sarah's disgust and the "girls"' approbation, and David goes to work at Trim Up The North under Maria (I hope she gets rid of the stupid motorcycle but she touches Vin Weasel at her own risk). Nick, disgusted that David has handed over the business "lock, stock and beard oil" to Audrey, waits 'til Maria has gone on lunch, then locks David in the shop and it's not to form a barbershop
Meanwhile, Sarah does what she does best, persuades a man to do her bidding and Adam tells Nasty Nick he can't represent him re: the factory takeover and that he's asked Peter to speak to Carla about Sarah officially running Underworld 2.0.
It's Yasmeen's turn to do the mucking out of this ongoing horse storyline. Tim isn't happy because he wants to see Tiny and Geoff is annoyed because he's a control freak. He goes behind Yasmeen's back to tell Sally that she wants out of the syndicate, and, drowning in vet's bills, Sally sells the horse. Tim is upset, reminded of the time his dad got rid of his pooch Mr Biscuits because he cost too much to feed. That is very on-brand for Geoff. So Sally buys back the horse again. What exactly is the point of this shaggy pony story?
Chesney is on the abacus working out how much it's going to cost to raise four babies. The nappies alone are going to bankrupt them. What about re-useable cloth ones, Ches? Gemma has already spent some of the whip-round on super-stretchy leggings. I don't mean to be morbid, but the doctor told them that they might lose one or more of the babies if they don't selectively abort, so is there really a strong chance of Gemma carrying all four to term? I mean, if this were real life and not a soap.
Meanwhile, the Baileys take ownership of number 3. Ken, with his unconscious bias, assumes that the black man moving Norris's belongings into a skip is a builder and not the new owner. Ed winds him up, telling him the new owner has ten kids and practices for a brass band. Looking forward to Ken's face when he realises that he's a racist.
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