Friday
Although Hannah's returned home for Christmas, all is not well at the Ashworths'. Neville's working hard to make Christmas Day special but nobody else seems interested. Hannah puts on a brave face and works hard to convince everyone that she wants to be there. Everyone's suspicious about her but they're too reluctant to speak out.
The situation takes a turn for the worse during dinner when Hannah announces that she intends to quit college. To avoid an argument, Suzanne and Neville brush the news aside but Rhys is unable to hide his frustration. He knows Hannah's avoiding eating and her announcement about college is the final straw. Rhys takes it upon himself to talk to Hannah and tells her that they can't go through the ordeal of seeing her ill again.
When Hannah reappears, she's packed her bag and asks her family to take her to the hospital - determined to prove that there's nothing wrong…
Meanwhile, as Cindy rifles around under the Christmas tree looking for presents, she spies an expensive looking box. When she opens it, she reveals a silver charm bracelet. Smiling to herself, she puts it away, happy with what she believes to be her gift.
Cindy wants to create the perfect Christmas but things don't go quite to plan. She serves up the turkey, adamant that it's fine to eat, but it's frozen. She's also forced to brush off complaints from everyone else.
In a bid to disguise her mistakes, she slips on some wine, grabbing hold of the Christmas tree for support. When she falls, though, she pulls the decorations and food down with her. With the dinner ruined, they all decide to escape to Frankie and Jack's to finish off their Christmas Day.
Later, Tony wants to sneak out to deliver his gift to Theresa but Dom persuades him not to. Tony relents and returns home to give Cindy the bracelet. It's made Cindy's day but leaves Tony feeling guilty about his actions.
Elsewhere, having told Hannah to leave, Darren's left on his own for Christmas. When he bumps into Jake in the village, he tells him that he's on his own. As Jake tells everyone that he's seen Darren on his own, nobody seems to care - least of all Jack.
Frustrated, Jake tells everyone the truth - that Darren saved Holly's life, not him. In a bid to brighten Darren's Christmas, Tom, Steph, Fernando and Jake decide to sing carols outside his window. Darren's moved by their display of affection.
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