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Season 8 Episode 21
Episode 345 Sky One Transmission Date: Directed by Emma Bodger
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Andy, Fletch
Viv, Naomi
Escort, Fletch
Jodie, Frank
Nathan, Viv |
GS: Nathan Woods (Ike Hamilton) Naomi Wyatt (Rebecca Loos) Mrs Woods (Jacqueline Kington) Male Escort ( Following his tactics at the Lazio game, Fletch goes to Don and says he wants a role in training - to be Assistant Manager in fact. To his surprise, Don agrees, as the doctor has told him he needs time off work anyway. He gives Fletch the week, and his first task - that Frank won’t be his happiest player as Jodie isn’t pregnant anymore, which Fletch takes as Jodie having lost the baby. Gina tells Fletch Viv and his psychologist are waiting to see him. Naomi explains to Fletch that being part of the team would help Viv in his recovery and to be allowed back in training, to which Fletch awkwardly agrees. Fletch is about to enter the dressing room with Viv when Andy comes out and hands Fletch his resignation. Fletch is told it's the last straw after Andy was passed over before with Curtis. Fletch next has to deal with the players being up in arms over Don's decision to appoint him, and in an attempt to get the team off his back announces there's someone rejoining the team and pulls in Viv. The team have now seen it all and Fletch takes Frank aside to explain he understands if he wants some time off over the baby. Frank had no idea and tells Fletch Jodie didn't lose the baby but Barker made her get rid of it. As they stand on the sidelines Viv tells Naomi he thought this would help but he was wrong - this is worse. When Gina learns what Fletch told Frank, she informs him Jodie is keeping the baby. Frank continues to drink before phoning for "someone to come round" to his house. Viv attempts to unsuccessfully communicate with the lads, while Nathan is impressed to properly meet Viv whom he has admired since childhood. Jodie arrives home looking for Frank, and he panics and tells the escort to stay upstairs. Frank accuses Jodie of aborting his kid, until she tells him she didn't and gets a head start up the stairs to collect her things. The escort hides in the En Suite as Frank manages to persuade Jodie they can go to The Grange to bring the rest of her things back. The escort finds jewellery Jodie was packing and swipes it before making a break out the window. Fletch witnesses him climbing down and wrestles him to the ground. The escort tells Fletch he was invited and the other half came home, and Fletch believes the man was there for Jodie. After a visit from Naomi, Nathan asks Viv to join him as he does some practice sessions on the training pitch. Viv invites Nathan to Studs as he's reopening, but Nathan has already made plans to eat at home and invites Viv to join him which he agrees. At the dinner Nathan's mom gives a motherly speech on how the team wouldn't still be in the Champions League if it wasn't for her son. Mrs Woods drops that Naomi paid Nathan a visit earlier, and Viv's mind goes into overdrive again where he goes back to Studs and bins the remainder of his pills. During training, Viv sees Fletch yell at Nathan whether he wants to be his Number 1 to which Nathan answers yes. Fletch tells the team Viv is working really hard to get himself back in the game, and they should go to Studs tonight to have a drink with him. Viv is surprised when the lads turn up. Fletch warns Jodie he doesn't want Frank's head messed with. Jodie is confused and Fletch tells her about the bloke he caught legging it out of her window. Jodie leaves and Fletch explains to Frank how if it was his wife he'd want to know. When Jodie finds her jewellery gone she is relieved, believing it was a burglar. Frank, believing Jodie knows, rambles that he thought she'd had the abortion and would never have done it if he’d known. Jodie coolly tells Frank his boyfriend nicked her jewellery, and she was just reporting it stolen. At Studs, Nathan stays behind to help Viv and suddenly Viv smashes two glasses out of Nathan's hand before forcing his head down onto the bar. Viv warns Nathan he knows what he's doing and if he tries to take his place he will kill him. A petrified Nathan then runs out for his life. Notes: Last appearance of Andy Ansah. In a touching dialogue which also reflects Ans’s input off-screen, Fletch (Terry Kiely) says the Lair won’t be Harchester without him. Darren “Tyson” White replaces Andy as Football Consultant. Best Known For: Jacqueline Kington played Nurse Molly Hardcastle on " The Best: Jodie’s hospital scan with Frank, and they are both elated to see their baby on the screen. Frank guesses it's a boy with “those striker-like legs” Continuity: When he refuses to train whilst Viv is at the club, Fletch reminds Lee of where he would be if Jeff Stein hadn't taken a chance with him [7.8 (#300) Catch Me If You Can]. Curtis reminds Fletch he got the team to fourth place at the end of last season [7.32 (#324) A Matter Of Life And Death] and they hadn't lost a game under Ans. Fletch sees the photo of Jodie's baby scan and says he never saw one for Louis or Byron. Additional Info: Frank and Jodie married three years ago. Soundtrack: Amon Tobin: "Deo" and "Get Your Snack On", Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll (punk song)" and "White Palms", Tilt: "12", The Hives: "Antidote” |
