Archie makes a shock confession to Peggy

As a troubled-looking Denise wanders through the Square, Owen looks on and notices her unease. The pair lock eyes and Denise turns away, while twiddling with her engagement ring. When Patrick lets her know that Lucas wants to talk about the wedding, Denise wanders off in frustration. Patrick's confused by Denise's reaction and asks if she's unhappy about the wedding going ahead with the plans that are being made. Denise reassures Patrick that she's fine and noticing Ronnie and Owen, she heads inside. Returning home, Denise spots Lucas greeting a pastor and quickly walks in another direction. A concerned Lucas eventually chats to Denise but an argument ensues and Lucas heads out to the community centre. Denise then settles at the table where Lucas's wedding plans are laid out. Owen looks on as the commotion between bride and groom-to-be unfolds.

Later, Patrick walks in on Denise frantically cleaning. When confronted, Denise reluctantly admits that she's jealous of Ronnie and Owen's seemingly blossoming relationship. Denise goes to the café with Patrick but she's uneasy on seeing that Owen's there. Trying to follow Denise, Owen's stopped by Patrick who tells him to leave Denise alone. Owen ignores Patrick's warning and finally catching up with Denise, he asks whether she really wants to marry Lucas or whether she wants to rekindle their relationship. Fighting back the tears, Denise rushes inside. Owen goes to apologise to Ronnie for bolting from her earlier in the day and when Liz asks him about his relationship with Ronnie, he denies that anything's going on.

Liz hands Owen a postcard from Libby, which says that she can't wait to see him when she next returns from university. Liz then assures her son that he's most definitely a changed man.

Meanwhile, Peggy tries to sneak out of The Vic but on remembering that it's Amy's birthday the following day, goes to help Roxy prepare for the party. Pat soon turns up and confronts Peggy as to why she was with Archie the previous day. Backed into a corner, Peggy admits that something's going on with Archie but it's just "a bit of fun". Pat, however, warns her against the idea. Peggy then tries to tell Roxy about rekindling her romance with Archie but Roxy's distracted. Peggy confides in Archie that Pat knows that they're back together and feeling like she's betraying her friends and family, tries to call everything off. Archie, however, is having none of it and tries to kiss her, prompting Peggy to walk out. Later, Archie turns up with news for Peggy and claims that he knew their relationship wouldn't last as his cancer has returned…

Elsewhere, Max turns up at The Vic with Ray the loss adjuster; Whitney panics about the T-shirt order; Lucy continues to try to work out who attacked her; Ian asks Tanya for a makeover; Christian hands Lucy some emails that were sent from Syed's address, proving he couldn't have attacked her; Max delivers the news to Peggy that Ray believes that the fire was an inside job; Jack offers to help Whitney; Bianca tells Ricky to tell Sam the truth; Jack accuses Roxy of using him as a cash cow; Lucy and Jay share a kiss; Ian tries to kiss Tanya; and Max slips Ray an envelope full of cash - his cut in cancelling the claim.