A letter arrives for Amy.
Clare has received an unconditional offer for law school, but she's
less than pleased about it. Suzie almost catches Maddie pouring booze
into her school drinks, and she's upset when Suzie gives her money
for food in case she isn't back when school finishes.
Lisa is still suffering with her agoraphobia but Tom and Matt persist
with their efforts to persuade her outside. She comes to the door
and manages to take a few tentative steps towards them before it again
becomes too much for her. Josh worries about his forthcoming bar mitzvah,
and Deverill sets Ian to work cleaning graffiti. He summons the web
team and sacks Anika as website editor, installing Leah as editor
and Amy as Year 10 rep. This forces Leah to confess to the Mrs Holmes
article but not the original one. Leah organises another protest with
Anika and Amy - taping their mouths in a silent protest. Deverill
responds by sending them to his new creation - the Pupil Reflection
Unit, where they will spend the rest of the day. With Leah now disqualified
from the editors' job, Kathy is made website editor.
Michael still can't keep control of Year 11 and sends Ian out of the
class for causing disturbance. Ian suspects Deverill was behind this
and conveys his suspicions to Max as Deverill sadistically watches
Ian scrub the walls. Margaret and Emily defend Ian but Michael is
adamant the boy's a troublemaker. When Dai Hard breezes in with the
news about Kathy being website editor, Holmes thinks she's losing
control of the school.
In the toilets, an older girl forces Maddie to hand over her drink.
Impressed that Maddie's bottles are full of booze, the girl takes
Maddie to an off-licence Clare's dad arrives and she tells him she
doesn't want to go to university. Mr Chaplin is incensed by his daughter's
lack of gratitude for her previously private education. Leah and Anika
are hailed as heroes when they emerge from the PRF. They both think
it's worth it, even if their record books are now full of black marks.
A visitor arrives for Lisa - it's Ray, who's now wheelchair-bound.
He tells her he wasn't prepared to let the thugs who attacked him
take away and urges her to fight to get back her freedom. Lisa desperately
wants to.
Mr Robson is enjoying his time off and takes up gardening. Chris arranges
for the sixth formers to eat at a posh restaurant at half price. Ozzie
launches his quest to pull Vicky by turning up. He tries to apologise
to Danny for his past transgressions - knowing he'll walk out, which
he does.
Maddie and Tina tart themselves up to look older and Tina manages
to get drink from an off-licence. As she does so, some passers-by
become alarmed as a very drunk Maddie has climbed onto the roof and
is close to falling. |