Season 9 Episode 25

Episode 381

 

Sky One Transmission Date:

Sunday 9th April 2006

 

Directed By

Maurice Hutchinson

 

HUFC mystery owner? No, but

he knows who is…

 

 

“Have I overdone it on the pink Gav, or should I add a bit more?”

 

 

The team let Gavin deliver his punishment

 

 

HMP Harchester beckons for Lynda once more

 

 

Ryan calls out to Clyde

GS: Duval (William Travis)  FA Official (Vas Constanti)

 

The team gathers to hear the result of the FA inquiry against Ryan and Gavin. The FA finds Ryan more responsible, and he is banned for the next four matches. Gavin himself is banned for just one game, and the scene is interrupted by a brooding man who announces he wants Ryan and Gavin in his office, which "used to be Lynda Block's”. Duval reveals he is a representative of DragonsCorp, and tells Ryan he believes the ban is justified, adding he and Gavin will sit with each other at the Aston Villa game on Saturday for good publicity. Alex tells Amy the police believe Lynda came up with the Lenny plot after an attempt to defraud the club a couple of months ago, when the club paid her £1M for no apparent reason. Amy believes Lynda and says she is still going to support her now. A remorseful Cindi gets into bed for the night but is horrified to find Ryan sitting in the dark. He talks of how after all he’s done it was one stupid fling that brought him down.

 

Alex gets to Studs where Gavin is being held off from pounding Ryan. Alex pins Ryan down and warns him he will take him apart himself if he goes near Cindi again. Alex asks Duval whether DragonsCorp will be paying Lynda's bail, to which he is told straight away no. The lads decide that Ryan must be taught a lesson, and follow Gavin into the showers where he punches Ryan to the ground. Ryan asks Sully and Tys if they are just going to stand there, and Danny replies that Ryan has been bailed out once too many. Alex finally goes to visit Lynda, but when he questions her about the money the club paid her, Lynda realises he is doubting her innocence now. Ryan tells Hector he cannot understand how Sully and Tyson could just watch Gavin beat him after knowing them for years. Hector reminds him that after Ryan already slept with Cindi and then broke into her house, what else could Gavin do?

 

On the day of the game, the Harchester Supporters Association has organised a boycott, and the Lair is half empty with fans. As the game kicks off, Ryan is the subject of chanting and abuse from fans, and after missiles are hurled in Ryan's direction, he gets up and leaves the box, telling Gavin he is going to see Clyde. It is only afterwards that Gavin realises the significance of Ryan's words, and dashes off to find him. Gavin climbs up onto the roof, and sees Ryan sitting way out on the gantry, but is too far to reach him, so goes to get help. As Gavin fetches Ashleigh from the bench, Ryan begins talking out loud to Clyde, on what would have been his birthday. He says he called Clyde’s mom earlier who mentioned starting up a charity game in Clyde's memory. Ryan asks Clyde how bad it had to get for him, before screaming Clyde’s name into the distance. Ashleigh makes it up to Ryan just as Eugene equalises the score against Villa. Ashleigh tells Ryan to think about what his dad would think when he hears his son has killed himself. This gets through to Ryan and he steps down.

 

Ashleigh tells Ryan she is taking him back to her room at the Grange where she can look after him. Alex goes back to see Lynda at the prison, and tells her he knows he was wrong, and believes she was innocent. He promises Lynda they'll find a way out of this. Ryan takes advantage of the mini bar, while Ashleigh informs him she doesn't drink. Ryan asks her to join him to help him feel better and she cannot resist. Before long they are ordering drinks from downstairs and Ryan showing off his barman skills. Casper learns from reception that Ashleigh returned to her room with Mr. Naysmith. Hearing the commotion going on inside Ashleigh's room, Casper believes Ashleigh and Ryan are getting off together! In fact, they spend the night doing nothing more than making drinks to get smashed by. The next morning Ashleigh is awoken by banging on her door, and tells Ryan, who has slept beside her, to hide in the bathroom. She opens the door to Casper, who is clearly interested in what story she will have prepared. Ash manages to brush him off and back inside, turns to Ryan and asks him what they did last night?

 

Notes:

 

Best Known For: Across his career William Travis had a regular role on "Where the Heart Is", playing Dick Lampard for more than 70 episodes between 1997-2002.

 

The Best: Eugene’s goal celebration with Franco “Lonyo” Rossi. The mentioning of past characters by current characters who never knew them; Gavin, Ashleigh and Chloe all involved with dialogue surrounding Clyde, while Ash also gets to talk about Stuart.

 

Quotes: Alex (to Duval): "Excuse me but how do we know you are who you say you are? I mean around here you could be the cleaner!". Ashleigh tells Ryan the lads will move on from this Cindi business, and how Eugene will probably rob an old lady tomorrow!

 

Logic: One would think that Ryan revealing to Cindi that he’d killed a man and got away with it (7.5 The Call Up) would be the start of something, as no-one else present or still alive in Harchester was aware of what he’d done. But it goes nowhere.

 

Continuity: Alex reminds Amy that Lynda killed a man (#4.26) and let someone else take the blame for six months (5.14 Judgment Day). Ryan shares amongst his badboy list with Cindi; sleeping with another man's wife (8.5 El Burro) and blaming another man for it (8.8 Blame).

 

What Was The Score?: An equaliser from Eugene finishes the match with Villa 1-1.

 

Soundtrack: Arctic Monkeys: "Knock The Door And Run",  City Smoke: "Underwater Lover",  RJD2: "Ghostwriter",  Rob Dougan: "Clubbed to Death",  The Prodigy: "The Way It Is"

 

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