Bianca tries it on with Ray

Bianca tries it on with Ray
Bianca tries it on with Ray (Image credit: BBC ONE/Adam Pensotti)

Bianca is stressed when Carol reminds her they owe Janine two months' rent. Janine takes pity on Bianca and offers to start with a clean slate - but she wants the first week's rent up front. Bianca realises she doesn't even have enough money for a week's rent and tries to con money out of Ray, pretending it's for Morgan. Ray sees through her and won't pay for all the kids. Ray tells Bianca he's not a bad man, he just wants to be there for Morgan. Bianca misreads the signals and moves in for a kiss. She kicks herself for her mistake when Ray backs away. Ray softens and tells Bianca that the kids come first. They reconcile with a hug and a suspicious Tiffany sees. Roxy returns from the custody hearing and announces the good news - Amy is coming home! Shirley marches over to collect Amy from babysitting Bianca, but she refuses to let her. Jack says a tearful farewell to his daughter as Derek arrives, suggesting Jack do a runner with Amy. Jack won't leave, he just needs time to say goodbye. He confesses he dropped the case because of Roxy's blackmail. Derek is determined not to let Roxy get away with this...

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.