Jacob pours out his feelings... all over Val!

Jacob pours out his feelings... all over Val!
Jacob pours out his feelings... all over Val!

It's the day after Alicia was jailed for assaulting Val and Jacob hasn't taken the news well. With Nikhil along for support, David takes Jacob to the cafe for a treat. But Val's in there - and Jacob thinks she's the reason his mum is in prison. So, when Jacob sees that Val wants some orange juice he gives it to her - right down the front of her skirt and top. Jacob feels better now, but David is mortified and Nikhil, well, he's just relieved none of the juice went on his clothes! Zak's relieved to be out of hospital again. He comes home - and the loan sharks are there to welcome him. They want their money - all of it, not just what Charity gave them - and Zak has 48 hours to find it. Ruby has to find another job because she's been caught looking after Sandy off the books. That upsets Ruby, but it's Ali who really winds her up. Ruby realises Ali is obsessed by her friendship with Laurel and, upset by her lack of trust, Ruby walks out... And Laurel tells her she can sleep on her sofa.

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.