Stella, meanwhile, is still fretting about Leanne 'forgetting' her birthday. She even considers stopping trying to get close to her estranged daughter, much to the delight of Eva who gives a little smirk... or has indigestion.
Julie makes an announcement about wanting to take it a step further with Brian, to the collective baulk of the nation. Sean, in one of his less annoying moments, makes a great analogy about Eileen being a chipped plate that has been through the washer once to often.
Unfortunately, this less annoying phase doesn't last long as, after that, he makes a 'finger buffet' reference, in relation to Julie's approach to seducing Brian. Hear that? That's the baulking again.
Back in their usual spot in the cafe, Cheryl and Chris are having another chat, this time about his treatment. He has a little moan about not being able to win any beauty competitions after the treatment. This not only implies that he may have won them before but also demonstrates the shocking order of his priorities. Jason interrupts to tell him he has to move out sharpish. Not a great week for Chris, in all honesty.
At the salon, Audrey says that, even though David and Kylie can't run their own bath, let alone a salon, she has booked David onto a business course, without his missus. On hearing this bit of news, Kylie gets a bit miffed.
Another person who is miffed is Leanne. This is because Stella has not thanked Leanne for her card. That'd be the card that she didn't actually get.
Out in the street, on seeing Cheryl's anxiety about Chris, Lloyd offers to help out and says he will take Chris to his hospital appointment, despite him hating Chris. Cheryl is obviously consumed by the news of Chris' tumour because she fails to notice Lloyd's mysterious sunglasses tan-line. He works sitting in a car yet has, somehow, managed to look like the negative of a panda.
Despite Chris getting in a bit narked about Cheryl telling Lloyd about his hospital appointment, he accepts his offer of a lift. The in-car conversation should be a laugh-a-minute.
At the bookies, Stella's boyfriend, whose name is never mentioned (I had to google it for the sake of this blog. Honestly, count how many times they say his name.You won't get off your second finger), tells Leanne to leave Stella alone, because Leanne didn't send that birthday card she actually sent.
Although, if she really didn't send a card, then she would be leaving Stella alone, meaning telling Leanne to leave her alone would be pointless as that's exactly what she would have been aiming for. Duh.
At the hospital, the banter between Lloyd and Chris is a joy to behold. Steve McDonald really should be worried about losing his comedy partner. Lloyd gives Chris a magazine with an article about motown and the new Aston Martin and they almost slightly begin to get along.
That's possibly one of the most bizarre ways of patching up your differences with someone: passing them a shit magazine while they wait to get their brain tumour treated.
Pitching back up at the factory, Carla and Frank have returned from Italy. They go in to see Sally and she tells them that they still have a day left off and they should "get lost". In response to this, Carla gives her a bottle of wine. I'm probably not going to try that with my boss.
Leanne is still angry about Stella's boyfriend (Karl, in case you've forgotten), being angry about Stella being sad about not getting the card that Eva, who is jealous, ripped it up. So much so that she confronts Stella about it. This, inevitably, leads to both learning about what Eva did.
Back with Chris and Cheryl, he mentions that, as a result of his treatment, he'll soon become a slaphead. His audible disappointment goes some way to explain why, after it always being shaved, he's suddenly decided to grow it. Poor timing or what?
Outside, Lloyd bumps into Maria and lets slip that Cheryl and him have been with Chris at the hospital, despite Chris telling Maria he wanted to go through it on his own. Maria is upset and Lloyd realises he's put his foot in it. Expect more of this.
Julie turns up at the Rovers dressed as a "Brian banquet' or, what is more traditionally known as, a dogs dinner. Sean's masterplan for Julie to get into bed with Brian is for her to get pissed and Julie duly obliges in necking a few.
Cheryl tries to talk Lloyd into letting Chris stay with them. She says that, because of his illness, Chris now has new emotions. Presumably she was a fan of Red Dwarf, reasoning that, if anyone can deal with someone with new emotions, it's Lloyd. Particularly after his series of attempts to try and get Kryten to call Rimmer a 'smeg head'.
Her tactic, however, is to no avail as Lloyd is sternly against Chris coming to stay and puts his foot down. I can't see him backing down, to tell the truth. Well, I wouldn't had I not read the synopsis for the next episode.
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