S03E07: Eddie goes power mad

Waterloo Road is reeling after the departure of Jack, apart from Eddie, who thinks he’s the new acting Head. However, he’s dealt a bitter blow in the shape of Rachel Mason, the newly appointed Head Teacher. It doesn’t take long for them to be at loggerheads, the tension growing as she introduces her plans for a ‘Business Enterprise College’.

In a desperate bid to pay off his gambling debts Grantly Budgen is gambling online using school computers. Rachel finds out, and warns him he’s on his way out unless he changes his ways, and she immediately gets the measure of Steph, she’ll have her performance closely monitored from now on.

Tom and Mika are still looking for Chlo, who is sharing a flat with Lucy and her boyfriend Shaun. Shaun suggests how Chlo can contribute to the rent, they expect her to steal. Things go badly when she’s caught.

Mika is struggling, feeling increasingly isolated, she drowns her sorrows.

Eddie is beginning to think Rachel may be on to something when he sees the kids acting as entrepreneurs. Brett is on to win but he’s thrown by a drunk Mika. Rachel tries to intervene but ends up covered in Mika’s vodka lunch. Rachel may have seen more of the vulnerable side of life than she’s letting on, as she comforts Mika with some wise and reassuring words.

Meanwhile, Chlo finds out the horror of how Shaun and Lucy expect her to pay the rent following the failed shoplifting, she’s to turn tricks. In a client’s house Chlo manages to call Tom, who with the police in tow, makes a mad dash over to save her.