Friday 24th May 2013

Lauren slinks in to the kitchen but SURPRISE! It's not booze!

Kirstie apparently hasn't learned how locks work as Max WALKS IN ON HER IN THE TOILET. Stay classy Max. He also pries the phone from her hand to call the SUPER DEREK CRIME BOSS('s brother) to tell him to stay away and then absconds with his wife's phone despite her protestations.

King Phil deflates as the lack of Lexi gets to him.

Kirstie turns up to get her phone back but Max is not obliging and she only gets it back due to him being distracted.

Cora tells Tanya that Lauren reminds her of her at that age.

Ray has been staying over at the B&B and it seems that Sharon has moved in there too.

Cora gives Lauren a peptalk... she's big on those today!

Jack tries to help Sharon but that's immediately thrown back in his face - no good deed...

Arffffffffffffffuuuur gets roped into cooking due to a family emergency for Ray... because it's totally legal and reasonable to get bar staff in the kitchen.

Max continues to badger The Lips about her evil ex and then he goes to see Jack in the warehouse - which has a couple of people! Jack's expert opinion is that The Lips is all about 'ard men.

Lauren is in the salon and lies to her mother about having friends - no one in Walford has friends! They have A friend (tops).

Ray's family emergency apparently lasted all of five minutes and now Kim is in the mix. Goodness.

Dot has reappeared from nowhere - or whatever creature that has now replaced Dot - someone has been thieving from the local church and inevitably, Dot is

Having done some work at the salon, Tanya hands her alcoholic daughter money and encourages her to have a bottle of wine... GREAT PARENTING!

Ray is under pressure because of his daughter! Isn't she supposed to be staying with her mother? And are the two or three meals the Vic has a week really sufficient to tax a professional  Anyway, he wants to spend time with his daughter but a conveniently placed Patrick is there to tell him it'll break Kim's heart... just as well she's stupid enough to forget it after she sees something shiny.

Max is doing his best to be an 'ard man by turning up to get a beating. Seems as if he remembered what happened last time and had his own back-up in the form of Jack... because that's totally going to put off a criminal low life and not encourage retaliation!

Kim takes the news of Ray's departure pretty well.

Tanya asks Sharon what went wrong with King Phil - lies ensue! Then she tries to get back with Phil, he's having none of it!

Lauren is in the allotments when Patrick comes upon her boozing.

Max seems very pleased with himself when he goes to see The Lips but she tells him he's an idiot.

Ray decides to take Kim away with him... which might be a big deal if she didn't live within easy travel distance.

Lauren reveals to Patrick she has no friends and that her life is terrible and he tells her to go home and tell her mother.

The Lips does her passive aggressive best to show she's unhappy with Max but he promises he can protect her!

Tanya has potentially twigged that Lauren has an alcohol problem (again). Oh and Lauren says she's not going to stop because she likes it.