When bailiffs arrive following Sam's increasing debt, a desperate Lisa does her best to find the cash but is left regretting her actions when she is caught red handed.
When Lisa makes a further sacrifice in order to spend time with her jailed daughter Belle, it is one step too far for her boss Jai and he gives Lisa the sack.
However, the stress becomes too much for Lisa and she is rushed into hospital after having a funny turn.
Here, Jane Cox - who plays Lisa - discusses the worrying time ahead for her character.
Lisa has had a lot of stress recently. How is she coping with it?
"Well, as Lisa does she just carries on. She makes herself busy, she tries to do the best she can for the family. And because she feels that she's the only one that can hold everybody together and everything, she just carries on. That's all she feels she can do, she just carries on."
What happens when the bailiffs turn up, does Lisa deal with it or is it becoming too much for her?
"Well it's a big shock to find out that something that Sam has been doing has caused the bailiffs to come take away their stuff. And then that leads them to find out more about Sam's increasing debts. And she finds out that he's got a credit card and all of these things have been going on. She always thought that Tracy was a really bad one and this is confirming it to her. So it's another terrible pressure because poor Sam is in this trouble."
Sam is quite a vulnerable person as well, isn't he?
"Yeah he's very vulnerable and always been preyed on by people, she feels. He's had a terrible time."
How does Sam react when they confront him? Do they have any idea about how much trouble he's in?
"He's upset and ashamed I think. And he doesn't quite realise how much trouble he is in. But this is hitting home to him with the bailiffs coming, he doesn't know what to do. I think it's hit him quite badly."
What does Lucy do to try to handle Sam's debt?
"Well it's thousands and they really have a go at him, her and Zach. She tries to think of anything she can do to make it better and so she goes to Debbie, hoping that Debbie might have quite a lot of money to be able to give but unfortunately Debbie's only got very little. It's like a drop in the ocean of Sam's debts. Lisa is so desperate and when she notices a petty cash tin in Jai's office, Lisa just on the spur of the moment quickly decides to take this money, which is something she wouldn't normally do. Then she feels terribly guilty and tries to put it back but then can't because Rishi is now there. When she does finally put it back, Jai walks in and thinks she's stealing it."
Lisa struggles to get her breath and collapses
How does she feel when she's caught and given a warning by Jai?
"When she is caught by Jai and given a warning she feels absolutely terrible. But she is cross with him because what's pushed her to this as well is the fact that she can't have any time off for when her daughter comes home. She is really under such huge pressure, but she feels so upset and embarrassed because he tells her off in front of the whole factory. This is completely out of character for her. It is desperation."
What physical effects is she now experiencing, and why doesn't she tell anyone about her first funny turn?
"She is suddenly getting shorter breath, her heart is racing and she's started to feel pains in her chest. But she dismisses it because she doesn't want to worry anybody and she knows there's lots to get on with."
Lisa struggles to get her breath and collapses
Is she worried herself? Does she think there's something up with her or is she just blind to it?
"No, she is worried. She is quite worried. So she does take herself to the doctor but she doesn't tell anybody about it. And the doctor says she's got to go and get checked over, but she doesn't go."
Belle comes back for a visit next week. Is Lisa pleased to see her?
"Oh Lisa's overjoyed to think Belle's coming home. She's been busy tidying the place an getting food ready, but unfortunately she has to go to work on the day that Belle comes back for a day visit which she's distraught about. She had already asked Jai, but he's not given her the time off so she's just on the point of crying all the time really at that. So she goes back to work and she can see Belle's really upset that she's not going to be there. But she is very excited to have her coming back."
Can you tell us how Lisa ends up getting fired?
"Well she goes back to work and then Kerry persuades her that Jai's busy doing something else, so nobody will notice if she isn't there. So stupidly she just whizzes out. In some ways stupidly, bus she's so desperate to see her daughter. She goes home and what she doesn't know is that Jai has seen her go. So she's at home with Belle and she pretends that she's been let out early, and then Jai turns up at the house and fires her. Which is another devastating thing again, in front of Belle."
Belle arrives home for her visit
What happens next?
"Lisa is feeling distraught and stressed, and whizzing up to the factory and back down again and not knowing what to do. She has also lied to Zak because Zak thinks that Jai is totally unfair firing her, and Lisa obviously hasn't told him that she nearly stole the petty cash. So Zak doesn't know what she's talking about. Zak doesn't know why Jai's suddenly come in and done this. And of course she hasn't told Zak that he didn't give her the time off. She's said to them that she's been allowed home. So they don't know anything about that. Lisa says, 'Leave it with me, I'll go to sort it out' and she goes back up to the factory to plead for the job. She needs it and they need the money. She pleads with Jai but her stress levels by now are nearly hitting the roof.
Does Jai start to sympathise with her?
"Oh no, Jai's having none of it. He is being very harsh - he has got his own problems that Lisa doesn't know about obviously. He's being very, very harsh and a bit unlike him because he's been quite kind in the long past. But he's being very not sympathetic to Lisa whatsoever at this point."
Lisa then collapses. Can you tell us what happens after this?
"Having realised that she is not going to get her job back from Jai, she kind of whizzes out of the office and then she gets a massive pain and can't breathe. She feels sick and is terrified because she feels like she's going to die. She's been given a spray by the doctor, but she can't reach it and she's stuck there. The ambulance comes and takes her away but she's devastated to think Belle might find out that this has happened to her and would it could do to Belle. She's terrified."
Everyone is worried for Lisa's health
Zak blames Jai for Lisa's health problems. Why?
"He blames Jai because he doesn't know really what Lisa has told him is not entirely the truth, so Zak loathes Jai for that reason."
Lisa signs herself out of hospital. Does she realise how dangerous this is, and why does she do it?
"I think Lisa is feeling a bit better but not much. She is a bit better because she's had monitoring and her blood pressure has gone down a bit. I think she just feels that she hasn't got time to stay in hospital because there is just too much she's got to do. She has a family that needs her. She needs to get on and she needs to sort out things. She also needs to get her job back."
What do you think the future holds for Lisa?
"Although angina is a horrible heart illness, it's not necessarily life threatening. It's different from a heart attack - it's not the same as that. So what Lisa will immediately have to do is to try and take a bit more care with her health and try to alleviate the stress, although how she can in her family is easier said than done. It is the same for so many women who have so got much to juggle and particularly women who have low paid jobs and who maybe do two jobs at the same time."
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