Lucy finds out about cheating Joey
Lauren persuades Whitney to tell Lucy about Joey's kiss. When an upset Lucy consults Alice about Joey's past girlfriends, Alice tries to reassure her. Later, Lucy confronts Joey in front of Lauren and Whitney, who can't help feeling a little hurt when Joey insists the kiss meant nothing. An angry Lucy tells Joey to find somewhere else to sleep for the night. Sharon is shocked by Phil's suggestion that she pretends to be his girlfriend, refusing to lie to social services. After Ben's murder charge is dropped to manslaughter, Phil clutches at straws, suggesting to Jimmie if Lola marries Ben it would make them look like a proper family. Lola is horrified when Phil tells her he's arranged to see Ben and tell him that he's Lexi's father, begging him not to tell Ben about Lexi. Cora gets Jack to help her track down Rainie after Tanya insists she wants her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding. Cora takes along a bridesmaid dress as she nervously waits for Rainie at a rendezvous. Rainie's sponsor Olivia turns up with a letter from Rainie that says she's doing well but needs to stay away from Cora to stay on track. A gutted Cora rips up the letter - and the bridesmaid dress.
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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.