Nicola recovers in hospital

At the hospital, Carl, Rodney and Lexi wait for news about Nicola and it's clear that Carl blames her. The doctor eventually informs them she's well enough for visitors, but Lexi's left feeling isolated when Carl tells her that she's the one who put Nicola in hospital and she's the last person she'd want to see.

Later, seeing Nicola is alone, Lexi cautiously goes to apologise. However, Nicola's fuming and as she tells Lexi to face the truth that Carl is a coward, she goes into premature labour. The doctors try to delay the labour but Carl continues to lay into Lexi, blaming her for bringing it on.

Lexi despairs that maybe she should just leave town and when Carl doesn't disagree, Lexi turns and walks away feeling an utter outcast.

Jimmy finally arrives at the hospital and Carl apologises to them for Lexi's actions. Nicola and Jimmy assert that it's not all Lexi's fault - he's to blame as well.

Seeing that Carl's about to protest, Jimmy snaps that he could have lost Nicola and his baby because of the situation, before warning Carl to sort things out with Lexi - he needs to decide if he wants to be her husband or not, before he destroys her life and everyone else's. Will Carl confront his true feelings for Lexi?

Elsewhere, Pollard returns from the doctors' surgery with David and is glad that his blood pressure is lower than expected. Spotting them, Val hurries over to ask if he remembered the appointment but he cuts her off, clearly not ready to forgive her. Val's gutted to be cut out of his life and is left hurt and defeated when Diane makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with her either. How will Val regain their trust?