He’s hanging in there but there’s no denying Stan’s health is plummeting.
“Tiger Bread Head”, as Danny Dyer calls his screen dad and EastEnders Carter clan patriarch , causes panic when he collapses at The Vic.
He’s rushed to hospital but as the Carter clan rally around there’s further bad news when the old grouch bag says he’s got no feeling in his legs.
Tina’s the one who’s hit hardest by her dad’s decline. When Stan says he wants to be moved to a hospice, she breaks down and flees the hospital.
Fair enough, but we think Stan’s got a point – at least he’d get some respite from the punch-ups and spats that erupt at home.
The poor bloke can’t even escape the rowing in hospital.
His visitors Aunt Babe and Cora are soon locked in a bitter war of words, both thinking they know what’s best for him, and his irritating hospital neigbour, Cyril, played by Fawlty Towers’ Andrew Sachs, isn’t helping much either.
Still there’s life in Stan yet. Cora is stunned when her old drinking mucker w
hips out a sparkly ring from under his hospital sheets and proposes to her.
Will she say yes? She may as well, it’s not like he’s going to be around too long.
Meanwhile, Tina is struggling to cope so hurray for nurse Sonia who’s there to bolster her with some emotional support. However, it’s not long before the pair pick up where they left off last time and lean in for a kiss.
Oh dear. Don’t tell Martin… oh hang on a minute. Too late!
It's all kicking off in the Vic. Again...
Martin continues to believe that he and Sonia have a chance to save their marriage.
Oh, dear... what a poor deluded fool. However, when things don’t pan out quite the way he wanted with his estranged wife, he decides to drown his sorrows at the Vic where Donna is having her birthday party.
Donna’s clearly quite chuffed when Martin starts flirting with her but her smile quickly fades when FatBoy reveals it’s all part of a bet.
Fists soon start flying as FatBoy and Martin come to blows. Thank goodness for Pam who’s on hand to rescue the evening and give the birthday girl a very big surprise present.
Meanwhile, Miss Snippy aka Shabnam, is perturbed when she finds Kush knocking back the booze, but her annoyance turns to sympathy when the market trader shares a devastating secret that melts her heart.
What on earth can it be that Kush has been hiding?
Once a loser...
What’s this? Masood with a bunch of banknotes. It can mean only one thing, the former gambling addict is back to his reckless ways.
Mas has got his eye on buying back the Argee Bhajee, although why he’d want to touch that money pit with a bargepole is beyond us.
Still, if he can’t get a loan from his bank manager there’s always Plan B. Don’t do it!
Who's that Goth?
What’s happened to the sweet smiley girl who bowled over the punters of the Vic with her soulful crooning and Ed Sheeran-like guitar skills?
Sonia and Martin are horrified when their daughter, Rebecca, returns from music college in Cardiff transformed into a Goth with a taste for alcohol and an even bigger grudge against her mum. Kids, eh?
