Can Dodger forgive and forget?

After Dodger's shock announcement that he knows Dirk isn't his real dad, the Savages begin to pick up the pieces, but will Dodger ever be able to truly feel like one of them? Elsewhere, with the start of term looming, Esther and Ruby are dreading their first day at college. Will they be able to overcome their fears? As the Kanes realise their cupboard is truly bare due to Martha's absense, they are offered help from a budding friend Ally. Can they admit defeat and accept this charity?

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.