The McQueens go out shoplifting

The McQueens go out shoplifting
The McQueens go out shoplifting

Michaela invites Zak round to meet the family and the McQueens take great pleasure in making him jump through hoops. Mercedes and Jacqui plan some shoplifting and talk round a disapproving Myra when they remind her that there are bills to pay. The McQueens pile out of the house leaving Zak to watch over the dogs and they embark on a massive shoplifting spree that proves to be a huge success. Warren invites Sasha to stay for dinner as a peace-offering and patches things up with Spencer. Things are nearly spoiled when Sasha brings up Louise and Warren snaps at her but he quickly apologises. There is a strange calm as they all sit and eat dinner, Sasha notices that they almost look like a family... Dom enjoys being nursed back to health whilst painting his model soldiers but he's disappointed when Loretta says she has to go back to work. Dom feigns a downturn in his recovery and Loretta falls for it and offers to stay at home but she quickly realises what he's up to. Dom confesses that he loves spending time with Loretta and she admits that she feels the same way. Also, Carmel lectures Theresa about not following the McQueen family down the path of crime! VIDEO: Click here for Hollyoaks preview clips and backstage gossip Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop Get all the latest soap gossip delivered straight to your door. Subscribe to Soaplife magazine today

Patrick McLennan

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.