<P> In episode five of the second season, we see Jal and Chris make a deal that Chris will give his life a go and stop saying' fuck it' and Jal will stop saying no to everything . After a number of unsuccessful jobs, Chris gets a job as a sales person and squats in one of the houses he is supposed to be selling, where Cassie moves in temporarily . Inevitably him and Jal end up getting together, and Chris' life begins to straighten up . Chris is performing exceptionally at work, and with support and affection from Jal he is genuinely happy for a change . However things lead to chaos when Cassie decides to have a house - warming party there and Angie turns up . The two have sex in the bathroom, however Chris abruptly stops when he thinks of Jal . Chris opens the bathroom door to leave and finds Jal outside, and she realises what has happened between him and Angie . Chris then attempts to get Jal back and invites her to the flat that Angie left him before leaving . They get back together, however he doesn't yet know that Jal is pregnant, with his baby . </P> <P> In episode eight Jal returns from her audition to find Chris has been taken to hospital because he has suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage, a result of the hereditary condition that his brother died of previously . Jal tells a comatose Chris she is pregnant and gives him her lucky coin to take into an operation . </P> <P> In the series' penultimate episode, Chris dies from a second subarachnoid hemorrhage after Cassie overheard him crying over his mum not wanting to see him . Cassie gave Chris a T - shirt with "Monkey Man" written on it, Chris is happy with the shirt and tells Cassie that he cannot wait to show it to someone . This is when he realizes that he cannot remember Jal's name . Chris runs out of the room and falls onto his bed . Cassie runs after him and then runs to find her phone . Cassie calls an ambulance then runs back to Chris . Chris is now bleeding from his nose and then tells Cassie that he remembers Jal's name . After witnessing Chris die in her arms, Cassie flees to New York in a state of severe shock . </P> <P> After Chris' father forbids Chris' friends from attending his funeral (because in his opinion they are the reason he had changed), Tony and Sid Jenkins decide to steal his body to hold their own funeral . However, Jal is distressed at this idea and she and Michelle persuade them to return the coffin to the hearse . Chris' friends decide to watch the funeral from afar, whilst Jal makes the following speech comparing Chris to one of his heroes, Captain Joe Kittinger, and referencing Kittinger's Project Excelsior: </P>

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