Kelly gets physical in her fight for Jimmy!

Kelly gets physical in her fight for Jimmy!
Kelly gets physical in her fight for Jimmy!

Kelly has Jimmy's son, Elliot; Nicola has his daughter, Angelica - and both women want him. Jimmy wants his memory back and is convinced that Kelly can give it to him. Oh, she wants to give him something, all right - but it's not his memory. And she's not even pretending to Nicola any more that she's just there for her son's sake. Kelly tells Nicola straight that she's going to get Jimmy. Then she goes to see the man himself, tells him he's the only man for her and kisses him - and he kisses her back! Oh, Jimmy! No! Oh, Alicia! No! She's bounced from Leyla's home into Andy's house - taking Jacob with her - and thinks she's going to stay there. Andy has other ideas, though. He has no plans for a live-in lover with a son in tow and tells Alicia straight. When he hears she was stealing from Leyla he also tells her to apologise. But the words stick in Alicia's throat. Hazel has no problems thanking Jackson and Aaron for her surprise birthday party in The Woolpack. She even likes her present: Russell Watson tickets. Well, she's a woman of a certain age... *Second episode* As Kelly kisses Jimmy she can smell victory (or it could be his aftershave - whatever, she likes it...) But Jimmy has the scent of betrayal in his nostrils. He feels committed to Nicola; she's his wife, after all. Nicola knows nothing of any of this, though, and thinks she still needs to win Jimmy, so she tries to pay off Kelly. She marches over to madam with cash in hand and Kelly says she'll consider her offer. Later, Jimmy tells Nicola she's the one he wants. Yay! But there's still Kelly, who turns up in tears, telling Jimmy that Nicola threatened her. Oh, no! Nicola was so close to winning and now she's lost. Jimmy doesn't want a woman he can't trust. And he doesn't realise he can't trust Kelly. Hazel doesn't realise that Jackson has painted on a happy face for her birthday - but Aaron does. Jackson has Hazel and Jerry believing that he's as merry as they are, but Aaron sees Jackson's smile slip. Should Aaron be worried? Well, Jackson is the man who, not so long ago, was talking about killing himself... David's more than a little upset when Leyla wants to apologise to Alicia just to keep Jacob close.

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.