Pauline, Arthur and Michelle are still in Southend-on-Sea, looking for Mark. Michelle finds him and meets his girlfriend, Ingrid, and her children, John and Melanie, who call Mark "daddy". The family reunite, and Pauline accepts that Mark has a new life but explains how she felt when he went missing, and he apologises; she says she will be there if he needs her. Following her mugging, Debbie receives flowers from DS Quick. Tony tells his daughter, Cassie, that her mother, Hannah, wants her to live with her and her partner, Neville; Cassie says she will think about it. Kathy urges her stepson Simon to contact his mother as he has not done so since he arrived in Albert Square. Ian tries to learn to dance from Kelvin when Sharon says she will take him to a disco.