EastEnders - 23/03/2009

Archie invites Ronnie to a family meal, Peggy's coming home from hospital. Ronnie tells Archie she's not sure if she can pretend the past never happened, she always hoped one day her daughter would knock on her door. When Peggy gets home Archie again asks her to choose between the wedding and election. Danielle wants to tell Peggy who she is, but Archie stops her once again saying that Ronnie's unstable and claiming Ronnie told him she'd have killed herself if her daughter had ever come to find her. He tells Danielle to go home and she decides to, but changes her mind after talking to Charlie about Stacey and Jean. Peggy tells Archie she cares more about him than the election, she's pulling out and they're getting married. At the family meal Ronnie says she'll come to Peggy and Archie's wedding. Archie spots Danielle in the hallway. She tells him she can't turn her back on Ronnie, she's not going anywhere until her mother knows who she is. Theo brings the writer of the book he's researching, Tommy, to the Truemans'. Tommy asks about Patrick's early days in London. All goes well until Patrick spots a newspaper article in Tommy's bag with the headline 'Girl dies in fire'. Furious, he throws Tommy out. Billy worries when Jay won't go to school, or talk about his time on the streets. Peggy gives money to Billy for a new suit and school uniform for Jay. Billy worries when Jay's late back. Eventually Jay reappears having spent all the money on a suit for Billy. Polly tells Tanya that Max found her, and that he should back off. Tanya's angry but Max and Abi accuse her of not telling them anything about Lauren. They have a takeaway together as a family.