Max is mown down by a speeding car

One-hour Halloween special

Jack sits in his car and ponders what to do with the gun. His ringing mobile breaks the silence and he's forced to lie about where he is. He covers the gun with a newspaper and drives off. Meanwhile, Tanya and the girls are still packing when the doorbell goes – it's Max. Tanya and Max are mid-argument, while Jack's heading to his car. He reaches into the glove box of his car and takes out a pair of handcuffs. He slips the handcuffs into one pocket and the gun into another. Just what is Jack planning? Max, meanwhile, is determined to get Tanya to see what a bad man Jack is, before ranting about how she and Jack have turned his kids against him. Tanya assures him, however, that he only has himself to blame.

Outside, Max bumps into Bradley and tries to win him around. Bradley's insistent – he's ruined his life. Lauren, meanwhile, runs into Peter who is forced to reveal that it was Max who made him give her up. In The Vic, Ronnie's sympathetic with Jack when he reveals that Max set him up. When Tanya enters the pub, Jack makes a hasty retreat. Max is steadily getting drunk at Suzy's and he hears the doorbell ring. No sooner has he opened the door, has he been cuffed and bundled into a waiting car. Hell-bent on revenge, Jack drives off with his brother stowed in the back and pulls up down a dark street. A showdown between the brothers ensues.

Afterwards, Jack leaves Max alone with the unloaded gun and his fingerprints all over it. On his return home, Jack bins his blood-stained shirt before Tanya returns home. Jack's forced to lie to Tanya when she asks why he's changed his shirt. When she finds his original shirt, she's gobsmacked. As Max stumbles back into his house following his beating, Jack confesses to Tanya that he hit Max. However, he doesn't reveal the true nature of his run-in with his brother.

Jack leaves the house claiming he's heading across to the club, but Tanya sees him take the keys to Ronnie's flat. Sneaking into Ronnie's flat, he opens a safe and takes out some documents and a medal, just as Ronnie emerges from the bathroom wearing nothing but a robe. In a last-ditch attempt to get him to stay, Ronnie declares her undying love for him, but Jack resists her advances and leaves. Across the Square, Tanya finds Max in a terrible state.

Max proceeds to tells Tanya exactly what Jack did to him and when she doesn't believe him, he shows her the gun. Max begins to cry as the pair reminisce about the past and all the good times they shared. In the heat of the moment, the pair kiss. Tanya pulls away and despite Max pleading with her to stay, she walks out. Meanwhile, Jack returns to the house and finds Abi alone. He tells her that they're leaving tonight. Tanya comes through the door and asks Jack what he did to Max. As they argue, Abi overhears the commotion and leaves through the front door. As Jack tries to persuade Tanya that there's nothing going on between him and Ronnie, Tanya confesses that she kissed Max.

Max manages to load a bullet into the gun and as he's about to walk out of the house, he finds Abi on his doorstep. As they talk, Max is filled with remorse and realises the problems he's caused for his family over the last few months. Reassuring his daughter, Max decides to go and make peace with Tanya and Jack. On his way across the Square, he drops the gun down a drain and continues walking. Suddenly, there's a heavy revving sound as Darren's car speeds towards him. He's dazzled by the headlights and the car rams straight into him, throwing him over its bonnet. His eyes are fixed as his motionless body lies face down on the pavement...

Elsewhere, The Vic is packed with locals for the Halloween party; Bianca's ecstatic that the whole family's together again; Archie winds up Ronnie when he mentions Jack's arrest, but she's quick to jump to the defence of the man she still holds a torch for; Whitney and Tony share a kiss; Bradley's still bitter about Max trying to pay off Callum; Tiffany wins the costume competition; Bianca accuses Ronnie of kissing Tony; and Darren and Libby prepare to leave Walford in their car.