Is Heather dead?

Is Heather dead?
Is Heather dead? (Image credit: BBC)

Darren needs some clothes for George and when he can't get a response from Heather he and Tamwar break into Heather's flat where they find her slumped in her chair. Shirley is angry that Heather hasn't turned up to clean the house. Shirley is horrified when she discovers Heather being taken away in an ambulance and realises she's been a terrible friend. Jack confronts Ronnie about finding Michael's missing photo in the flat. Jack wonders if Ronnie needs professional help, but Ronnie refuses. Jack convinces Ronnie to rest and takes James and visits Michael to apologise. Ronnie is horrified to find James with Michael and snatches him back. Ronnie tries to explain to a confused and hurt Jack, but she can't destroy him by telling him the truth and she says that she needs proper help... Christian and Syed want Roxy to take a pregnancy test. Christian's angry when he finds a half-naked Roxy in her flat with Michael. Roxy and Syed row about the surrogacy. Syed confesses that he's jealous of Roxy's friendship with Christian. Syed decides he wants to start a family after all, but without Roxy involved. Roxy is upset when she finds Michael with another woman. Roxy tells a stunned Christian and Syed that her period is late!

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.