Can Eileen and Paul just be friends?

As Eileen secretly meets up with Paul it's clear they've missed each other and as he chats about troubles at home she can see he needs a friend. But Eileen isn't sure she can cope with being just friends and then lies to Jason about seeing Paul. Cheryl's feeling guilty, but Lloyd reads it as concern and decides to do his bit to support Chris by collecting him from the hospital. But when he arrives there's no sign of Chris and the receptionist knows nothing of his appointment. Alarm bells start ringing for Lloyd and he begins to question Chris's condition Meanwhile, Cheryl confides in Leanne, who urges her to come clean to Lloyd. Chesney will do anything to save Schmeichel and Katy's upset to hear he is planning an expensive op for Schmeichel when they still haven't paid off the council. Insisting it's time they accept help she leads Ches to Owen who offers money to pay the rent. Ches accepts and Katy's relief is palpable, but as he looks at his dog his desperation returns. Also, as Michelle flies high at the factory Ciaran is handed the wedding brochures...

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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.