Lauren and Joey are caught out
Lauren offers to help Tanya out in the salon to show she's being responsible. When Tanya leaves Lauren alone on reception, Lauren is shocked to find a letter from the hospital showing Tanya has missed a hospital appointment. An upset Lauren argues with Tanya then heads to the Vic to get drunk. Later, Lauren steals Poppy's keys and takes Joey back to Dot's house. A horrified Dot walks in on them! Kat and Bianca have their first shift cleaning the Vic. Alfie gives Kat a birthday card, but as Roxy watches them talking, Kat masks her sadness and puts the card to one side. When Kat sees Amy with one of Tommy's favourite toys, she is furious. When Alfie steps in to break up the argument Kat resigns. An angry Roxy fires Bianca at the same time! Ava and Dexter arrive in Walford as Ava has a job interview with the local school. Their old car is in a terrible state and Dexter takes it straight to the Arches. When Jay is too busy to fix it, Dexter borrows his tools to do it himself. Phil turns up and is annoyed Jay's let Dexter use the garage for free. Phil tells Dexter to come in the next day and work for free as payment.
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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.
An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.