Hello, son!

Hello, son!
Hello, son!

So, just as Jimmy and Nicola were off to give Jimmy's remodelled crown jewels a polish, he got a mysterious phone call. So did Bob. Now who is it that they have in common? Kelly! No! Yes! What a passion-killer! Good job, then, that Jimmy hasn't said anything to Nicola. They've had their night away and Nicola's feeling good - until she answers a knock at her door. Standing on the other side is Bob, and standing next to him, with a suitcase, is Elliot, Jimmy's son with Kelly. It could be worse, Kelly could be standing there, too. But she's not. She's gone off to America for six months with her new bloke (and, presumably, the new bloke's seeing and hearing guide dog) and Jimmy's going to look after Elliot. Except that's not what Nicola wants. This time, though, it's Jimmy who gets what he wants: his son. Moving into a care home is not what Sandy wants - it's what Ashley is forcing him to do. And Sandy can't tell anyone about it. So when Edna and Turner visit and start asking awkward questions there's nothing sad Sandy can do but ask them to leave. Chas isn't getting what she wants, either. She wants Cameron, but he wants to make things work with Debbie. Well, today he does, but their future is far from solid.

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.