Series 2 Episode 6

Mandy, the main organiser of the Syndicate, has been secretly stealing medication from work for years and mixing it with beer, in order to control her violently abusive husband, Steve's behaviour. She longs to escape from her marriage, and her victory in the Lottery may be her ticket out. Unfortunately, Steve catches her putting the medication into a beer she was about to give him, and violently attacks her. The two tussle, and the fight ends with Steve falling down the stairs into the basement and breaking his leg. Horrified, and not wanting him to go to the hospital, where he may reveal what she has been doing, she makes him comfortable in the basement and ties him up, planning to nurse him herself. The only people she tells are Alan, whom she asks to help, and who has been trying to protect her from Steve for years, and Helen Dolan. After learning of what Mandy is doing, Helen tells her that she will have to report her to the police. Mandy, realising that Helen is still bitter about not getting any of the lottery money despite having paid into the syndicate for years, agrees to pay her a million pounds to keep her quiet, but then angrily tells her she was going to offer two million before she made her threat, so Helen resolves to report her anyway. Steve recovers, and Mandy plans to leave for good, but Becky foolishly unties him after finding out, and he attacks Mandy again. At that moment, Alan arrives, witnesses the commotion, and attacks Steve, accidentally causing him to fall and injure his skull, and forcing them to take him to hospital. The fall makes Steve forget everything that has happened, and, with Tom's help, Becky is able to cover up her mother's theft of the medication, leaving Helen's case in tatters. Resolving that a holiday is what they need, Mandy and Steve decide to go on holiday to Ibiza. However, at the airport, Mandy discovers that Becky has left her another ticket, to Greece, and placed some water and a screwdriver in her father's hand luggage, causing him to be stopped by security. Seeing her chance, Mandy abandons Steve at the airport and gets on the plane to Greece, where she buys herself a new house next to the sea.