Alf's homecoming lunch leaves a bad taste

Alf's homecoming lunch leaves a bad taste
Alf's homecoming lunch leaves a bad taste (Image credit: channel 5)

Alf organises a welcome home lunch and decides to invite both Roo and Marilyn, despite the recent tension over Sid. Marilyn tries to make an excuse to not attend, but some support from Elijah gives her the strength to change her mind. At the lunch, things are tense between Marilyn and Roo and an argument erupts with both women making a swift and awkward exit. April and Irene are doing their best to comfort a traumatised Bianca when Liam turns up on their doorstep unannounced. When Bianca storms upstairs, Irene is left to fill Liam in on recent events. April then lashes out at Liam for leaving and names Heath as Bianca's attacker. Things only get worse for Liam after he learns that Bianca and Heath slept together while he was in rehab. Xavier and Kelly can't resist each other and have a snog. The next day, they agree to cool off their relationship in light of the promise they made to Gina. John clocks the chemistry between the two and questions Xavier about it. When Xavier eventually admits to John that there was a kiss, John makes Xavier promise to be careful and not let it go any further.

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.