Abi kisses Ste

Abi kisses Ste
Abi kisses Ste

Abi feels sorry for a weary Ste and decides to stop drugging him. Ste later finds an upset Abi and takes her to the park with Lucas to cheer her up. Daniel is unimpressed when he finds them and Ste offers to move out but Daniel and Abi hurriedly insist he stay. Daniel leaves and when Abi is left alone with Ste she moves in for a kiss. Steph panics that her lack of culinary skills will be exposed when Fernando suggests to the Ashworths that she does the food for a Spanish-themed night at The Dog. Steph turns to Gilly for help and they make a good team. Gilly is hopeful that he may yet win Steph but his hopes are dashed when Fernando whisks Steph off for a romantic dance. Leila hopes that Gareth has confessed Maynard's true age but when it's clear that he hasn't she feels obliged to tell Elliot. Elliot is about to confront his dad when his mum Bonnie turns up. Elliot discovers that Gareth cheated on Bonnie with Maynard's mum, which was why they split. Leila is miserable when Elliot can't forgive her for meddling in his life and decides to return to Wales with his mum for a while. VIDEO: Click here for Hollyoaks preview clips and backstage gossip Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop

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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.