Nick and Dotty put their plan into action

At Dot's, Dotty's fixing a clock, but Nick's flippant and suggests that she needn't bother as Dot will be dead soon. Pulling some pills out of his pocket, Nick reveals his intention to grind them up and mix the powder with her lunch, but at that moment they hear a crash in the hall. They find Dot sitting on the stairs with the phone on the floor - the vicar's just told her that an old friend Mrs Lowe is extremely ill and she's been taken to hospital. Despite wanting to go and see her, Nick persuades Dot to stay home for the day. Back in the kitchen, Nick's grinding down the pills when Dotty has an idea - why don't they push Dot over the edge by pretending that her friend has died? With Nick out of the room, Dotty notices something in his coat pocket and she's stunned to find a screwed-up picture of her standing outside their dream home. Nick blames it on Dot, but Dotty's not convinced.

Despite an impromptu visit from Bradley, Dotty manages to keep him out of the house as Nick pours the pill powder into a bowl of soup for Dot, but she's not hungry. In a last-ditch attempt to push Dot to the edge, Dotty calls the house pretending to be the vicar and claims that Mrs Lowe is dead. Dotty retrieves her Bible from upstairs and goes to pray with her, just as Nick heads out through the front door. Mid-prayer, Dotty's evidently feeling the guilt. Moving to the kitchen, she finds Nick grinding more pills and he attempts to convince his daughter that she should be the one to poison her grandma as she'll be less suspicious. Reluctantly, she agrees.

After briefly reminiscing about the past, Nick heads out to The Vic, leaving Dotty in the kitchen. She sees two mugs alongside the empty bottle that Nick poured the ground pills into. In the living room, Dotty hands her grandma a mug of claiming she made it 'especially for her'. Gratefully accepting her granddaughter's offering, Dot takes a few sips...

Elsewhere, Syd attempts to tell Bradley to stop running away from the problems Dot has; Bianca discovers that Whitney's skipping her exams; Dawn's unimpressed when Garry suggests that they should buy Summer some clothes from the local charity shop; Bradley snaps at Patrick; Dawn has cross words with Phil about his drinking; Pat attempts to convince Whitney that she'll waste her life away if she doesn't try harder at school; Phil tells Garry to stop being tight with his money; Pat tells Bianca that Whitney needs a mum right now; and Dawn's stunned to return to the flat and find Garry with piles of cash - he wants to buy Minty and Naomi out of the flat so they can be a proper family.