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Season 9 Episode 27Episode 383 Sky One Transmission Date: Directed By Riita-Leena |
Lynda, Ryan
Hankin has one last go
Maggie
Gavin, Cindi
Getting closer to the truth |
GS: Paul Hankin (Leigh Cranston) Duval (William Travis) Ian Finch (Sam James) Maggie (Nadine Lewington) Lynda and Ryan catch up with Finch, and bring up the one-hundred grand Jimmy was supposed to be paying him. Finch tells them he doesn't have a brother, or know anyone called Jimmy. Lynda and Ryan now believe Ryan was about to be conned and had a lucky escape. Gavin finds Cindi partying the win away in Studs. He tells her he wants the wedding to go ahead tomorrow as planned, even though she has now cancelled everything. Gavin appoints Chloe as his agent to take charge. Ryan hands Lynda £100K of his fix money to help her continue to pay back the fans. He adds this is the beginning of his promise to turn his life around. Chloe brings Cindi some of the designer wedding dresses for her to choose. Cindi asks Chloe why she's doing this, as they've clearly never been friends. Chloe replies that's true, but after the game yesterday Gavin is looking like her most valuable client, and tthey are the two people who have the most to gain from a happy and successful Gavin Moody. To Ryan’s shock Hankin informs him that he knows all about Ryan being in the ref's room at yesterday's match, and a source has informed him that Ryan was involved in a fix due to his worries of not being able to impress Sven while he's out. Ryan immediately assumes "the source" is Gavin, as he witnessed the altercation with Finch. Gavin and Cindi’s ceremony is held at The Grange, and at the part of if they shouldn't be joined in holy matrimony, Ryan storms in with he does, before walloping Gavin! The room erupts, with Ryan revealing the fix out loud, until Lynda douses him with an ice bucket to shut him up. Ryan with Alex and Lynda establish that they need to find Birdman. Ryan shows them the Groondsparc website where he watched the game with Jimmy and Marek. When Ryan notices the exact same game from before playing on the screen, they realise it is an old match and Jimmy and Marek already knew the result. Ryan realises there's another way of finding Jimmy, and goes outside to the bins where he threw away his address book. Having obtained the info from Ryan himself, Hankin taunts Gavin over what he knows about Ryan; a banned player being seen with the ref at a game he wasn't playing in. Gavin returns to Cindi and reveals he proved to himself that he can let what happened between she and Ryan go - he had the chance to tell Hankin what he saw but didn't, as it would only make him feel good for five minutes. Ryan arrives at Jimmy’s sister Maggie’s address, where, as expected, she is none-too-pleased to see Naysmith. Before they can get onto the subject of Jimmy, Maggie takes control and reminds Ryan he hasn't tried to contact her for two years and now he wants to see her. She coolly tells him no and shuts the door. From their hotel room, Gavin and Cindi decide to tie the knot, with only the receptionist and a cleaner acting as witnesses. They are both unable to control their laughter as the minister refers to Cindi by her full name, Lucinda. Back at Studs, as Amy continues to link websites from Groondsparc, Lynda notices that the word, under anagram, transforms into ‘Dragonscorp’. The three are confused, as this means that the owners of Harchester United have tried to frame their star player for match fixing… Notes: Leigh Cranston makes his final appearance as Paul Hankin in this episode, having been DT’s longest running recurring character across seven seasons since 3.20 (#160) Best Known For: Having appeared on "Family Affairs" (2005), Nadine Lewington landed her breakthrough role on “Holby City” with the regular character Maddy Young from 2007-2009. Her other credits include “Containment” (2016), “The Originals” (2018) and “Mayfair Witches” (2023) The Best: Hankin’s final bow, stirring up shit at HUFC to the very end. Gavin and Cindi’s (first and second) reception - what a punch from Ryan (“You bastard!”) Quotes: SuperLynda(TM) announcing whenever this club has a problem it will always be down to her to sort it! Foreshadowing: When Lynda says if this gets out about the match fixing attempt, the club could be chucked out of the FA Cup, and Alex adds if that happens he will kill Ryan (9.29 The Precious) Continuity: Ryan tells Lynda of how he now understands where Curtis was coming from and wants to turn his life around. Additional Info: Gavin’s home town is Cass Clues #10: As Eugene is looking to tell What Was The Score?: Harchester go 1-up from Gavin. Into 2 mins of stoppage time, |
