Jimmi begs Cherry to stay...

Jimmi begs Cherry to stay...
Jimmi begs Cherry to stay... (Image credit: BBC)

Julia has a shocking start to her day when Cherry hands in her resignation. Julia tries to talk her out of it but Cherry isn't interested given Julia's role in Jimmi's lie. The others try and talk her out of it and later, as she clears out her desk, Cherry admits to Heston that she still loves Jimmi. But it's just too painful to be around him. Jimmi offers to go instead of Cherry, who admits she's jealous of Eva, but Jimmi says he wants to spend his life with her. Cherry does love him, but can't forgive how much he's hurt her. Cherry decides to delay resigning and take some time off instead. She bids everyone a tearful farewell. Elaine is certain everyone knows about her affair with Harrison. Although the topic of the day is Cherry's resignation, Elaine's convinced everyone's gossiping about her and unwittingly reveals to everyone about her affair. When she realises what she has done her humiliation is complete and she scurries out. Later, Elaine blasts Harrison for not telling her Fiona was pregnant and throws him out. Also, Lauren ups her game with Daniel and goes into flirting overdrive.

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.