Darren has a treat for Nancy!

Darren has a treat for Nancy!
Darren has a treat for Nancy!

Feeling neglected, Darren buys Nancy a waterbed to perk things up in the bedroom. Nancy's impressed until she discovers that Darren has bought the waterbed on her credit card, plummeting them into a financial crisis. When the figures just don't add up and with more money going out than coming in, Nancy and Darren reluctantly resolve to rent out the flat and get a cheaper place. It's Ethan's birthday and he's promised to spend it with both Theresa and Liberty. He confides in Doug that he's enjoying having two girls on the go, but it can be hard work a lot of the time. Both Theresa and Liberty buy their gifts for Ethan from Dodger and, luckily for Ethan, he supplies them with the same thing. Doug is forced to help Ethan with his two timing, but comedy ensues as Ethan struggles to entertain both girls and keep them away from each other at the same time. Also; Ricky and Duncan decide to host their own alternative prom at MOBS, but when Duncan promises entertainment and booze, Ricky worries that he maybe overselling it. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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.