Is it over for Martin and Julia?

Still reeling from last night's discovery that Martin's an arsonist, Julia worries about having him round to dinner but when he calls she can't bring herself to put him off. He arrives as she burns the dinner but he puts her so much at ease she can't bear to bring up the arson. When she does, Martin admits he was accused of arson but if she had bothered to check further she would have found out he was acquitted when a disgruntled employee was later convicted. Julia apologises for being over-suspicious but Martin can't see a future with a woman who doesn't trust him. He thinks it's all academic anyway as he is leaving Letherbridge for good in a few weeks and with that he's gone. Heston decides to replace all the things that were stolen bringing himself up-to-date with technology in the process. He seeks opinions from Elaine and Jimmi but just ends up blinded by science. Kevin takes him shopping and Heston finds himself falling in love with some gadgets. He comes back to the Mill and Mrs Tembe's delighted so see him looking happy again. Also, Mandy plays peacemaker when her cousin makes a shock announcement at his 16th birthday party!

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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.