Maisie and Val try to persuade Diane to sell up

Maisie is delighted at the prospect of becoming the landlady of the Woolpack and buys into Val’s plan to persuade Diane that she is too old and tired to run the place and will therefore sell to Mark.

After procuring some tablets from Nathan, Maisie makes Diane a drink having poured in the crushed medication. However, Val drinks the tea instead and Maisie’s plan fails. When she notices Val asleep on the sofa, Maisie mistakenly believes she’s killed her boss and throws a vase of water in Val’s face, instantly waking her sleeping employer.

Diane finds the whole incident hilarious, whereas the co-conspirators are forced to go back to the drawing board. Will Maisie and Val outwit Diane?

Elsewhere, Chas decides to have a talk with Aaron when she notices that he’s become closer to Victoria. She’s satisfied with Aaron’s explanation but the same cannot be said for Andy and Daz. Daz isn't impressed to see that Victoria is developing feelings for Aaron.

Back at Butlers, Andy lectures Victoria about the danger of getting close to the Dingles after the problems he's had with them. Daz warns Victoria to back off and she’s pleased to notice jealousy in his words. Will Victoria stay away from Aaron?

Also, Lexi is left with a sour taste in her mouth when Carl mentions that the wedding is way down his list of priorities. She decides to plough on with the preparations without him. However, when her wish list comes to an extravagant cost, she's forced to re-evaluate her expectations and purchase from an auction website.

Lexi returns home, delighted to have reduced the cost to £3,000, but she still can’t raise any enthusiasm from her fiancé. Does Carl really want to marry Lexi?