Are Esther and Ruby in the clear?

Jack encourages Ruby not to go to the inquest and when Esther offers a supportive arm to her friend, Ruby begrudgingly accepts, for now. When he returns, Jack tells the girls that it's over - they're in the clear - but Esther realises her misery isn't over when Ruby shows her true colours. Doug is determined to be by his Dad's side while he's ill, he just needs to convince Ste. But Tony urges Ste to jump at the chance to get away, what's left for them in Hollyoaks? It's clear that Ste knows it's not 'what' but 'who' - Brendan. Meanwhile, Cindy is helpless as Tony forbids her from a final farewell, but decides she is going to get involved in his funeral in anyway she can!

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.