Richie settles into the Sugdens and makes an immediate impact rustling up a first-rate lasagne. Emily confides in Butch that she is worried about her father spending Christmas alone. Ashley admits kids like night clubs not youth clubs, after the previous episode's troubles. Bernice tells him to try running a disco. Ashley visits Sean and Angie to say Ollie is welcome back so long as she's made to realise he will stand no more of her bad behaviour. And DI Spalding discovers new evidence he believes might help him unravel exactly what did happen at the end of the hostage drama.