Season 5 Episode 9

Episode 237

 

Sky One Transmission Date:

Sunday 11th November 2001

 

Directed By

Neil Adams

 

Victoria, Andrei, Stevie

 

 

Andrei, Victoria, Monday

 

 

Nick, Danny

 

 

Fletch, Victoria

GS: Charlie Gerard (Lloyd Martin)  Nick Gerard (Adam Levy)

 

Harchester win against Newcastle at The Lair, and with the Rangers cup game coming up, David instructs the team to get an early night fit for training tomorrow. Andrei is annoyed when the lads cry off going out to commemorate his debut goal. There is one exception however - a certain Ms Palmer-Baptiste turns up at the club and accepts his invitation. Andrei is suspicious when Victoria reveals she knows Fletch and Jamie live at The Barrons, and after assuring him she isn’t a journalist, they go to his hotel room to party.

 

Lisa is upset when a photographer snaps shots of she and Charlie with Danny, and isn't coping well with this being a regular part of Danny's lifestyle. Stevie is not pleased when he discovers Andrei's loud party in his room, and unable to get to sleep, storms in and brawls with Andrei to finish the party. The commotion brings The Grange manager up who orders Andrei and Stevie out of his hotel. Stevie can't believe it when David fines him a week's wages, doing the same to Andrei but also moving Andrei in with Monday in an attempt to curtail his wild behaviour!

 

Fletch invites Stevie to move in at his, adding he will probably have the place to himself after Christmas, believing he will be going to prison. Andrei is adamant he won't move into Monday's unless Victoria joins him. Fletch is there to witness Andrei and Victoria's arrival at The Barrons, and a confrontation ensues. Tash and Jamie join them, and when Victoria singles out Jamie with how he surely must understand the predicament she is in, Jamie shocks both Fletch and Tash by siding with Victoria.

 

Victoria repeats her story to Andrei how she saw Fletch standing over Prash's body. Charlie gets Danny to take he and his friends to play football, when Charlie's dad is due to see him today, and Nick Gerard turns up to confront Lisa about she and her new boyfriend spread across the cover of the paper. Danny gets a rude introduction to Nick when he and Charlie arrive home, and Nick is just thrilled to learn Danny has bought Charlie a games console he could never afford.

 

At Dawn's insistence, the Spears hold a soiree for their neighbours at The Barrons - which gets awkward when Fletch, Jamie and Victoria all turn up. Victoria follows Jamie as he uses the bathroom, and makes sure to get passionate with him while Tash sits in the next room. The situation is getting too much for Lisa when Tash presents her with a newspaper interview Nick has given claiming Danny is trying to buy his son. Lisa tells Danny she doesn't think they should see each other anymore after today.

 

Fletch gets a shock when he comes face to face with Victoria in his living room, and she warns him she will be constantly watching him. Victoria does such watching as Fletch and Jamie board the coach to head to Glasgow, and phoning Fletch, demands £100K and she will disappear from his life.

 

Notes:

 

The Best: Andrei’s yell of “You’re all so boring!” at the team when nobody wants to come and celebrate the scoring of his goal. The housemate pairings of wild Andrei with responsible Monday, while Stevie is the first team mate to live with Fletch since the days of he and Sean. Andrei just had to get together with Victoria - the match made in hell!

 

Quotes: David as Stevie enters the changing room: "Oh look it's one of Harchester's very own Gallagher brothers!"

 

Continuity: Fletch still hasn’t upgraded the security at his house when he finds Victoria is still able to break in, as she did in 4.19. And even that was after the Craig debacle.

 

Additional Info: Fletch's trial is four weeks away. Dawn talks of renewing she and a reluctant David's wedding vows, having been together for ten years.

 

What Was The Score?: Harchester face Newcastle at home. Andy Grant leads for The Dragon’s 25 mins in. With 2 mins to go, Andrei scores his first goal for club.

 

Soundtrack: Jamiroquai: "Little L2",  Supermen Lovers: "Starlight",  Kristine Blond: "Love Shy",  Daft Punk: "Aerodynamic" and "Digital Love",  Right Said Fred: "You're My Mate",  Wheatus: "A Little Respect",  Lou Bega: "Mambo No. 5"

 

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