Is this the end for Katie and Declan?

You know what Katie and Declan need at Home Farm? A Feng Shui expert to organise all their doo-dads and assure health and good fortune for all those living there! Because, let's face it, since they married three months ago they've hardly been blessed with marital bliss. In fact, Katie's so unhappy about being unable to have Declan's child she tells him she's not sure if she wants to stay married to him. And rotten Robbie is loving every minute of their unhappy union - and even makes things worse by suggesting that Katie has more time for Andy than she does for Declan. Megan is on Declan's side, though, and promises him she'll stick around to offer support. That bit of news wipes the evil smirk off Robbie's face - he thought they were leaving Emmerdale with Declan's money. David and Priya return to Emmerdale from their skiing holiday and David gets a frosty welcome from Jacob. The little lad thinks David won't want to know him if he's not married to Alicia. David wants to make Jacob feel better - so he tells him the future isn't set in stone. Well done, David, you've given Jacob false hope. Edna's given Tootsie love, devotion and pretty much all of her money to pay for her cancer treatment. Now she's told Tootsie needs more medicine that is going to cost money Edna doesn't have...

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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.