A stand-off between Lou and Brooke has devastating consequences in River City

This week in the final two visits to Shieldinch this series…

MONDAY

In a special episode, Amber considers starting a new life in South Africa with Lou. Fearing history will repeat itself and happiness will always elude her, Amber talks through past relationships with Stevie as they reminisce the good, and bad, times.

With a storm brewing outside, Amber arrives at The Two Jailbirds to go through old items from her time there. Her mind racing with Lou’s offer to relocate to South Africa, Amber’s interrupted by Stevie’s arrival.

She confides in her friend that she’s having doubts about moving away from Shieldinch and starting a new life with Lou. Stevie reminds Amber she’s always lived life to the fullest and questions the real reason for her hesitation.

As Amber looks through boxes from her past, Amber comes across a lucky charm made for her in prison by former cellmate turned stalker, Belinda. Triggering memories, Amber recalls past relationships and life-changing moments.

Amber confesses to Stevie she fears she’s cursed and she’ll never find true happiness. He tells Amber he’s always admired her ability to bounce back after every trauma she’s faced, all the heartbreak she’s encountered. Could a new future for Amber be on the horizon?

Lenny is gathering information to his advantage.

WEDNESDAY

A stand-off between Lou and Brooke has devastating consequences; Lenny’s plan to dig for dirt on Andrew bears fruit; and Tyler’s stunned when Nicole ignores his ultimatum and returns to work.

While Amber mulls over Lou’s proposition, Brooke is stunned to hear about their plans to start a new life in South Africa. Reeling that her nemesis is running away from facing up to her past, Brooke confronts Lou.

With emotions running high, Lou reveals the guilt she feels about Denise’s death still eats away at her but her words fall on deaf ears – Brooke wants justice. Taking matters into her own hands, Brooke makes it clear she’s not willing to let Lou leave without a fight – with the confrontation proving fatal for one of them.

Elsewhere, Lenny reveals to Lydia they’ve found damning evidence against Andrew. Thanks to Mulvaney’s digging into Andrew’s past, they’ve uncovered a past he’d tried to hide – an ex-intern at the law firm who he attacked. Although she signed a water-tight non-disclosure agreement, Lydia is hopeful she’ll talk to her about what happened. By doing so, Lydia believes she’ll regain some control of her life again.

Tyler’s stunned to see Nicole back working at the Jailbirds. While she acts like their argument never happened, Tyler is resolute their relationship is over. However, Nicole isn’t about to let her man slip through her fingers.

River City, Monday and Wednesday, 10pm BBC Scotland Channel
Repeated Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm on BBC One Scotland