Julia and Karen unite over Alexis

As Julia arrives and stops Karen from making a personal call, Alexis Ford observes the two women arguing. Julia introduces Alexis to Karen; she's a business consultant Julia has hired to help improve efficiency. Julia tells Alexis about the trouble she sometimes has dealing with Karen. But Alexis defends Karen and, handing her a red nose, says that her staff will be more forthcoming if they see Julia as less of a threat. In Julia's office, Karen tries to control her laughter when she sees Julia wearing the red nose. But when Alexis gets the two women to reveal what annoys them about the other, Karen storms out and Julia throws out Alexis. On the way out, Alexis tries to tell Karen how to do her job in a more productive way, but when Alexis urges Julia to sack Karen, Julia and Karen unite against Alexis! Julia fires Alexis and helps Karen with some work. Also, will revenge taste sweet for Zara as she sets out to expose a love cheat promoting a new relationship self-help book? Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.