Adam falls under Ella's spell

Adam falls under Ella's spell
Adam falls under Ella's spell

Ella isn't quite whispering sweet nothings in Adam's ear - yet - but she sweet-talks Adam into believing she can sweet-talk Declan into letting John keep the farm. That's great, as John only has a week left to find the money Declan wants for the farm and, frankly, he's going to need a miracle - or Lottery win - to get that. Failing either of those, he needs someone like Ella in his corner and, luckily for him, Ella wants his son. So, John wants the farm? Ella can make sure he gets it...or so she says. So, Jackson wants to die? That's definitely not OK with Aaron. He feels Hazel has given up on her son, but Hazel insists that all she has given up on is trying to make Jackson have a will to live. That's not what Aaron wants to hear. At home alone, worried and scared, Aaron thinks it's time to get Social Services involved. Debbie's thinking maybe she shouldn't get any more involved with Cameron. His divorce papers have arrived and Debbie discovers Cameron had an affair with another woman after she left Jersey. Good grief! The man has no self-control! *Second episode* So, John's going to get the farm... well, 85 per cent of it. It has less to do with Ella and more to do with the fact that Jai would have invested in the farm if he had had the spare cash. Declan's impressed that Jai's impressed with the business and offers to invest for 15 per cent. Well, that would mean John could buy the farm and that's what he wants. Meanwhile, when Ella sees Adam - alone - she's in a frisky mood and kisses him... and he kisses her back, before running off when he hears Declan and Mia coming. Part of Aaron wants to run away but he can't run out on Jackson. This is the man he loves. Which is why he can't accept Jackson's desire to end his own life, either, and tells Hazel he has called Social Services. Gennie can't accept Nikhil's attraction to Chas. What on earth is he getting from her that he can't get from Gennie - and with a lot less attitude? Ah, well, just maybe he likes Chas's attitude. Determined to nip this romance in the bud, Gennie suggests to Nikhil that he takes Chas on a theatre date because she's sure Chas will hate it. But Chas loves it!

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.