brian was mostly absent and used to beat pat and her children, so she eventually left him after several years and returns to walford. pat causes havoc by revealing to simon that pete is not his father. several other men are put in the frame, including brian, den watts (leslie grantham), frank butcher (mike reid) and pete's brother kenny beale (michael attwell). furious rows erupt between all concerned, but pat ominously refuses to divulge the father's true identity.