despite an array of objections, michelle agrees to leave her family and friends and move to newcastle. while michelle organises the move, danny makes various attempts to change his wife's mind, all of which were greeted with rejection. on the day of the move, just as they are about to depart, michelle changes her mind about leaving. danny is stunned and attempts to forcibly place her in the moving van. michelle, fearful of danny's sudden aggression, locks herself in her flat and refuses to let him in. danny kicks down the door to confront her, but is forced to admit defeat after michelle confesses that she did not really love him. he departs in a fury and throws all of michelle's belongings from his van in the process. a week later michelle discovers the extent of danny's duplicity when mandy arrives in walford and informs her that he'd been attempting to reconcile with her.