Monday 2 November

Spencer's at a little bit of a loss as to what to do with himself now that he's the boss of a nightclub so Calvin sends him down to the SU Bar to study his target market. When he gets there, Spencer happens to come across Dave and ropes him into showing him how to play pool. They start getting rowdy and draw a crowd, the bar manager's not impressed so Spencer invites everyone back to the Loft for a free party. When they get there, Dave is worried that Spencer doesn't realise that these people are taking advantage of him but Spencer enjoys the attention and ignores him. Dave starts collecting money from students to make Spencer some profit, but Spencer wants to start a game of poker, just like Warren. The card game's underway and Zak starts to get nervous about how Calvin's going to react, Dave assures him that he's collected some money and he leaves it by the till. Calvin eventually arrives and tries, against Spencer's will, to kick everyone out. When Dave tries to calm Calvin, Calvin reacts by knocking Dave to the floor and ejecting everybody.

Archie is moving out of Halls to make way for India and he's searching for some potential new flatmates in the SU Bar when Kris takes pity on him and agrees to ask Zak and Elliot if Archie can move back in. Unsurprisingly, their initial response is a clear 'No!' and it takes a lot of pleading and reasoning on Archie's behalf to eventually get Zak to agree. Archie's chuffed but it quickly turns sour when he realises that room-mates does not mean friends and Elliot will take some serious convincing. So Archie steps up and makes the grandest gesture he can; in front of Elliot, he burns his little black book. Elliot's unimpressed and stands firm. Just as Archie thinks he'll have to leave Hollyoaks, Elliot tells him that he can stay but he will never, ever call him a friend again.

Neville is serving a young looking stranger in the pub when Suzanne comes in and instantly recognises the stranger as Duncan, their fifteen year old Godson. Neville's furious that he nearly served him. Suzanne insists that he stay in spite of Nev's protests and Duncan wastes no time in laying some of his moves on Anita. Ricky's annoyed when Duncan joins him on his paper-round. Although, initially they don't get on, Ricky is eventually taken in by Duncan's alleged video-gaming prowess and starts to wonder if he's a real lady-killer; so when Duncan challenges him to skate a makeshift ramp over the river, Ricky obliges. At the last moment Ricky bottles it, confessing that he can't swim and Duncan is forced to admit that he can't either. An unexpected bond is forged between the lads. The japes continue and Anita finds them by the river, the newspapers undelivered. She starts to lay into Duncan but before Ricky gets the chance to decide whose side he's on, an irate Nev and Suzanne arrive, wondering why the newspapers are in the river. Duncan quickly points his finger at Ricky absolving himself of any responsibility.