Jackson puts his heart on the line

Jackson puts his heart on the line
Jackson puts his heart on the line

First Aaron spoke from his heart as he and Jackson scattered Clyde's ashes . Now it's Jackson's turn as he begs Aaron to finish his feud with mad Mickey. Jackson reveals he has paid Mickey to walk away. Why would he do that? Aaron wants to know and Jackson tells him: he's in love with him. Officer Abi has fallen for Ryan and is risking her career to help him. He's not looking for love, but Abi is a pleasant distraction - and she's proving useful. Outside prison, Declan has Natasha in his sights. He makes nice with her so he can be at the reading of the will, then he tells Faye to make sure she's there, too. With everything that's happened, Alicia doesn't know if she's coming or going - and neither does Leyla. Alicia takes off with Jacob without so much as a 'ta-ra' but, before Leyla even has time to miss them, she's back. She has nowhere else to go, which isn't much of a surprise. What does knock the wind out of Leyla is Alicia's admission that she's jealous of the life she has with David. Uh-oh... First she took Leyla's baby - who might be next? Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.