after dave's friends cause more havoc in the pub, this time upsetting roy evans (tony caunter), dave claims that walford is "soft" without phil (steve mcfadden) and grant around, which enrages peggy further. peggy confronts dave and tells him that she is terminating his contract with immediate effect. when dave refuses to leave, peggy tries to round up some of phil and grant's associates, but to no avail. when dave's friends trash the floral tributes to tom, roy steps in and tries to stop them, after sharon (letitia dean) becomes distraught at the sight. the rest of walford's male residents unite to drive the thugs out of town, and they are closely followed by dave, who tries to steal some money from the pub's till, but is stopped by sam wielding a baseball bat.