Will's party lands the McQueens in jail!

Will's party lands the McQueens in jail!
Will's party lands the McQueens in jail!

Will's overwhelmed with the surprise party at The Dog - all attention on him again! He invites Texas, but the whole pub turns against her and she's forced to leave. Inside the pub, it's getting out of control. Ash and the rugby team spin Will around on the dance floor as the McQueens start a bar brawl and get arrested. Ash is concerned when Will goes missing in the chaos. The Savages race around, trying to find missing Will. We see an abandoned wheelchair on its side, but no occupant... Dodger finds his brother shivering in the park and Will is humiliated when he wets himself. He feels hopeless, unable to accept that this is what his life's like now. It's up to Jim McGinn to save the McQueens again when they're locked in a prison cell, but he's frustrated when they all take the blame for the bar brawl. Jim manages to get them all off the hook, but they return home to an empty house - the bailiffs have been! Meanwhile, as John Paul struggles with the pressure of being a job-seeking single parent, a shock visit turns his world upside down. Also, Mr. Keeler is sacked when the governors realise how much he has failed the school and Esther.

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.