Jimmy issues Carl an ultimatum

Jimmy issues Carl an ultimatum
Jimmy issues Carl an ultimatum

Jimmy tells Carl that unless he sorts things out with Lexi, he and Nicola will have to move out. Carl confronts Lexi and tells her that their marriage is over. A desperate Lexi insists that she would rather have her husband than a baby and a weak Carl agrees to give their marriage another go, even though his heart clearly isn't in it. Val is feeling contrite and compiles a list of all the people that she's ever upset. Meanwhile, Pollard agrees to let David move back in and when Val turns up with a bowl of soup as a peace offering Pollard insists that he doesn't need her any more. A dejected Val vows to make up for her bad ways by apologising to everyone on her list. Brenda is stressed out about her loan repayments and she snaps and confesses to Bob that she borrowed money from a loan shark and can't meet her repayments. A shocked Bob insists that Brenda tell Terry but Terry is so chipper about getting the loan to buy the rest of B and B that she doesn't have the heart. Also, Nathan warns Ryan away from Katie; Jamie is jealous when Gennie gets a postcard from her holiday romance Dominic. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new 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.