S28·E163 Episode 2630 (Wed 29th Dec 1999)

Viv arrives home from her break and tells Emily she's been over the books and the shop is faring worse than even she thought. She tells Emily she's thinking of selling up, but is shocked when Emily says she'll work for nothing to get the business going again. Bernice's birthday celebrations are upset when she receives a card from Gavin. Later surrounded by her closest friends Bernice lets her hair down and at the end of a boozy evening ceremonially burns her "life plan" on a barbecue.