Brendan and Seamus square up

Brendan and Seamus square up
Brendan and Seamus square up

Cheryl is determined to get her brother and father on more amicable terms. She arranges lunch and invites Seamus along without Brendan knowing. Meanwhile, Brendan sees his Dad holding little Charlie in the village and he panics. He gives Ruby money to take Charlie away and there's a face-off between father and son. Cheryl gives in and tells Seamus that Brendan's gay, leaving Brendan mortified. Begrudgingly the Brady men shake hands and Cheryl's appeased. But in the Chez Chez office, Brendan drops a bombshell on Joel - he wants him to kill his Dad... Joel refuses to take Brendan up on his offer until he's reminded about what happened with Mick. Slightly tipsy, Seamus walks past the SU Bar as a baseball bat swings down on his head. Inside the shack, an unconscious Seamus is trapped as Joel splashes petrol around the building and watches as it goes up in flames. Theresa and Dodger are caught red-handed kissing when Brendan watches CCTV footage from the night before. Dodger reassures Theresa that nothing more will ever happen because she used to go out with Will - little does he know what happened between his brother and Texas! Meanwhile, Brendan shows Joel the video. Also, Mitzeee makes it her mission to bring Esther out of her shell.

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.