Events soon take a sinister turn when the Mitchells and Beales spend Christmas together. Jane and Ian are still desperately trying to protect Bobby's secret, as Sharon tries to protect her own. The adults are that caught up in their secrets, they don't see the series of events that occurs between Bobby and Dennis, which soon leaves lives hanging in the balance.

As Mick's stag do gets underway, Billy makes a drunken move on Honey.