Esther takes an overdose!

Esther takes an overdose!
Esther takes an overdose!

Haunted by her dark thoughts, Esther grabs some pills from the bathroom cabinet. Ironically, Diane hosts an anti-bullying session at college and puts Esther in a group with Sinead and Ruby. Esther's humiliated when Ruby pushes her chair away, causing her to fall on the floor, to rapturous laughter from the class. A distressed Esther is driven to believe her only escape is within a heart-breaking decision. Esther spends an agonising lunch break sitting on her own and later, Tilly offers to come round after college, but Esther will be 'busy' then... She's hit by another bottle of wee on her way out of college and makes her way to the Folly. Esther's frightened as she puts her plan into action. Tilly and Jen come to The Folly, but anxious not to be spotted together, a hidden Tilly ushers her lover away quickly, and Esther is left alone. Also, The Osbornes are happily oblivious to the perils in front of them until Frankie worries when Esther doesn't come home.

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.