Driven by the poor showing for his house, Lucas joins a high stakes poker game. But when the game turns out to be Robbo's, he baulks. Goaded into staying, Lucas wins a huge hand and despite Robbo's attempts to get him to stay, Lucas manages to tear himself away. Lucas is racked with guilt over his gambling, and struggles to hide his conflict from Vanessa, feeling terrible for lying to her.

With Karl back from his London trip, Susan is quick to confide her fear that one of her students (Imogen) could have an eating disorder. Karl advises her to talk to someone close to the student for more facts before making any firm accusations, so Susan goes to Terese. But in her efforts to make subtle enquiries about Imogen's recent behaviour, she puts Terese off-side.