After having his advances from Laurel rejected, Ethan gets drunk on the communion wine. Kelly calls into the church and after finding out what's wrong, the pair end up kissing. After being caught by Laurel, Ethan brands Kelly a whore, claiming he only slept with her because he couldn’t have Laurel. Meanwhile, after talking to Danny, Jo decides to confess the truth to Paddy but she returns to work to find that he's thrown caution to the wind and booked a flight to Portugal to meet ‘Fireblade’. However, Paddy lies to Marlon that the holiday is to visit his cousin Jason. Also, Len and Pearl decide to play Val and Nicola off against each other when Val approaches the couple to leave Nicola and work for her instead.