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Season 7 Episode 8
Episode 300 Sky One Transmission Date: Directed by Marcus D F White
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Jeff, Lee
Ryan, Grace, Curtis
Sandra, Grace
Jeff, Nikki
Stuart, Ryan |
GS: Christopher Hill (Jacob Lloyd) Joyce Richards (Brett O’Brien) Whilst coaching an under-elevens Sunday team, Jeff looks over to a neighbouring game and spots a teenage lad with incredible potential. He and Matt follow the mini bus the teenager, Lee, is travelling on and discover that he is in a detention centre. With his football credentials, Jeff gives a talk at the centre, where Lee is on board with him provided Jeff can get him out of there. Jeff then goes to see Lee’s social worker and lies about having a fiancée to help his chances. When Nikki arrives with a letter from Pilar informing Jeff he must leave the Barrons, he approaches Matt about moving in with him. Meanwhile, Stuart asks Curtis to give Ryan one of his bedrooms as he moves into Jeff’s house. Curtis is more interested in whether he will be playing in the upcoming Bolton match. When he thinks he hears Stuart denouncing him to Pilar, Curtis takes his frustration out on Ryan, who has been having recurring nightmares following Steve’s death. Jeff meanwhile, manages to convince Nikki that she has what it takes to be a football agent, and that the two of them could run an agenting business with he a consultant. Nikki immediately hands in her notice to Pilar, but gets a shock the next day when they meet with Joyce and Jeff tells her Nikki is his fiancée. After the meeting Nikki slaps Jeff and storms off whilst a furious Matt throws him out of his house, leaving Jeff sure he’s blown his Lee chances. Grace gets Nikki’s job as team co-ordinator, but as a term she has to agree not to get involved with any of the players, to Curtis’s annoyance. Following the fiasco with Jeff, Nikki sheepishly asks Pilar for her job back. Pilar instead humiliates Nikki by demoting her to Grace’s old job on reception. Joyce tells Jeff that they will allow him a trial week with Lee, so he attempts to get Nikki back on side. They take Lee back to Matt’s but it’s not until Matt sees Lee’s talent with a football that he agrees to let him stay. Ryan manipulates Grace, and without knowing about his medical history she gets him sleeping pills. Curtis takes the blame when Stuart walks in on the doctor bringing Ryan round and is dropped from the next day’s game. When the team perform poorly against Bolton, a furious Pilar orders Stuart to put Curtis on. Grace gives Curtis her cross and chain to help him believe in himself during the game. Harchester suffer a humiliating defeat. After Lee fails to return at the end of the game, Jeff discovers that his wallet is missing. He, Matt and Chris then return to the house to find that Lee has robbed them and taken off, to Jeff’s anguish. Notes: First appearance of Lee Presley (James Watts) Best Known For: Brett O’Brien was an early regular on “Hollyoaks” as Louise Taylor from 1995-96. The Best: Jeff’s story to the young offenders about a deal he once did with Alex Ferguson, and the accompanying Sir Alex impression he puts on. Nikki snapping at Sandra: “You can finally get your hands on my job now!”. The spilt-screen shots of Pilar interviewing Sandra and Grace for the team co-ordinator position, and Sandra’s gushing over Marcel to Pilar’s obvious disgust. Pilar bursting into the dressing room at half time and yelling “What the hell was that supposed to be huh?! One-nil down to Bolton!!” Quotes: Pilar, upon Nikki telling her that she’s going to be a football agent: “You are hardly what I would call agent material…” Nikki: “Well I can’t make more of a hash of it than you did!” to which Pilar retorts: “Well at least you’d be leaving your job in the same manner in which you did it” Nikki: “How’s that?” Pilar: “Totally unprofessionally” before binning Nikki’s resignation letter. More Nikki (on the phone to Jeff about Lee putting his hands on her in Studs): “No I will not play along!” Continuity: Jeff telling Nikki about how hard it will be re-building the business without Tash, who is still in America. Curtis tells the doctor of Ryan’s spleen-ectomy last season. Additional Info: Writer Martin Stone also wrote for “Doctors” between 2001-07. Clyde and Donna are on honeymoon in Las Vegas. Lee’s criminal history includes two convictions for shoplifting, demanding money with menaces and twelve counts of burglary and aggravated T.D.A. Jeff is 48 years old and his date of birth is shown as 2/5/55. Ryan Lee makes his first appearance sitting in on Jeff’s speech at the detention centre. Before long, he will be playing for the first team in the background role of Charlie Taylor. What Was The Score?: A Harchester defeat to Bolton 2-0. Soundtrack: The Coral: “Bill McCai”, Misteeq: “Scandalous”, Ronan Keating: “The Long Goodbye”, roykksop: “eple”, The Strokes: “Hard to Explain” |
