Season 10 Episode 24

Episode 411

 

Sky One Transmission Date:

Sunday 8th April 2007

 

Directed By

Joss Agnew

 

Jimmy, DC Lorimar

 

 

Emma, Jason

 

 

The other Harchester.net...

 

 

...and the other Gareth!

 

 

Fletch is back... that's something put right from Season 8's finale!

GS: Karl Fletcher (Terry Kiely)  Emma Collison (Anya Lahiri)  Gareth (James Marchant)  DC Lorimar (Jemma Keys)

 

The boys are suspicious when Jimmy calls an unusual meeting following training, and are rattled when he introduces Detective Constable Lorimar, who asks for assistance from the players who were clients at J.F's casino. When Sean adds he heard J.F died of natural causes, DC Lorimar informs him new evidence has come to light that J.F might not have been alone on the night he died. Sully has started spending time on Harchester.net’s forums, and listens as Jimmy tells Amy how certain information is being leaked on there. After DC Lorimar visits Jason, Katy informs him she got in at half-midnight and he wasn't home. Jason accuses Katy of not trusting him and storms out. After Cindi walks out on him, Gavin socks Miguel one after Sean spills on the money his mom found under Miguel’s bed. Jason says they better back him up for Katy, and outside he encounters an unwelcome blast from the past in Emma, who asks for ten thousand pounds. An already stressed-out enough Jason agrees, just to get her to go away.

 

Cindi goes to Amy and sobs over Gavin caught up in the gambling debacle, with all employees outside the room hearing every word, including Sully. As soon as they are out, Danny is on Amy's computer, typing up the latest from Dragonslayer on Harchester.net. Jimmy unveils Sully as a new coach at training, and is confident the team can bring home the title for the first time in 21 years. Jason has to tell the boys he slept with Emma on the night in London, and if Katy finds out it could jeopardise their alibi further. This makes the guys agree to help Jason with the money to send Emma on her way. Amy receives a call from Tom Magee who informs her of Dragonslayer's posting on Harchester.net. The fans are furious, and Jimmy is worried about how much select information Dragonslayer knows. Amy sets about getting in touch with Gareth who runs the site. Jason tells Katy he has a meeting with Tony at the Grange, and collects the Emma-money from Miguel. Katy then gets a call from Tony himself and learns he isn't in Harchester at all, but in Paris.

 

Amy sits with Gareth as he attempts to locate the IP address of the computer Dragonslayer uses to post. They get a shock when it lists the very computer they are using - Amy's computer - showing that someone at the club is responsible. Jason gets a shock himself when Katy appears behind him, revealing she knows he can't be meeting Tony as he is in Paris. As Jason struggles for an answer, Emma arrives, and in front of Katy Jason pretends she is a fan after his autograph. Stalling Katy, Jason hands over the money only for it to spill out of its envelope, and caught by Katy, she asks Jason whether Emma is his hooker! Jason thinks fast to tell Katy that he owes money to the man Emma works for, after being caught up in the gambling although not as bad as the others. Katy refuses Emma the money, believing it is she and Jason’s own, and Emma warns him this isn't over. Danny is spooked to learn Amy knows Dragonslayer used her computer, but they have no way of telling who it is other than a member of staff. Katy is furious with Jason, and yells at him to look at Fletch's FA Cup winning shirt to remind himself of the man he used to be before he betrayed the old Jason Porter.

 

DC Lorimar reveals to Gavin they are looking to find out how J.F managed to sustain injuries to his ribs and chest. Jason is told by Emma he has forty-eight hours to get her money. Jimmy addresses the lads with how they cannot let this latest media attention affect their game. He reminds the team that not even the greats who have played for the club in the past have been in the position they currently are now - with the chance of winning the title, and nobody out there who wants to stop them should be allowed. Gavin informs the boys of the police's latest inquiries, and Jason is worried the injuries to J.F will be traced back to him, as they are from his attempts to help him. Sean continues to insist as long as they stick to their story they will be fine. Later, as Jason sits alone in the dressing room, a familiar, yet invisible voice begins speaking at him, and he is stunned to turn to his side and see Fletch next to him. Fletch taunts Jason on the mess he is in, and grins that he was never going to cut it here anyway. When Fletch tells Jason he'll lose Katy and was only ever a Tyre Boy anyway, Jason yells at him to shut up, only to find Fletch is gone and he is alone in the dressing room again.

 

Notes:

 

Terry Kiely’s third guest stint as (the un-dead) Karl Fletcher begins here, and lasts until the end of the series.

 

Best Known For: James Marchant’s credits include "All About George" (2005), "Waking the Dead" (2007) and the films "Lake Placid 3” (2010) and “The Life & Death of John F. Donovan” (2018)

 

Jemma Keys appeared in "Hollyoaks" and its spin-off “After Hours” as Stacey Foxx (2004-05) and is also a TV/sports reporter.

 

The Best: The return of Fletch. The continued on-screen use of “Harchester.Net” as a parallel to the real thing.

 

Quotes: Miguel to Sean on what’s behind Jimmy’s sudden calling of a team meeting: "Maybe Jimmy is going to announce your mother is the new team masseuse!"

 

Continuity: Jimmy lists several HUFC legends of years gone by: Rodriguez (1998-2000), Scott Lucas (1999-2001), Ryan Naysmith (2002-2006) and Karl Fletcher (1992-1999, 2000-2003, 2004-2005). Fletch’s line to Jason about it not hurting "as much as a peg to the back of the head" (8.31 The Day Before Tomorrow) is an indication that the full truth of how and where Fletch died at Barker’s hands came out after the coach explosion.

 

Soundtrack: Black Eyed Peas: "Pump It",  Doves: "There Goes The Fear",  Fall Out Boy: "Dance Dance",  Snow Patrol: "You're All I Have"

 

Behind The Scenes: The use of Harchester.Net (the on-screen version with a capital ‘H’) and the casting of James Marchant to play its real life owner Gareth Moore in the series’ big final storyline, was a thank you from the DT producers/writers for the support harchester.net had given to the show since opening in January 2000.

 

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