Max accuses Tanya of cheating!

Max accuses Tanya of cheating!
Max accuses Tanya of cheating!

Max continues to subtly flirt with Roxy. It's clearly his own guilty conscience talking when he finds Tanya making lunch for Jack and suspects Tanya of having an affair! Tanya is taken aback by Max's jealous remarks. Max says he's jealous because he's frustrated by their lack of sex life. Max feels guilty when Tanya reminds him it's because she has cancer. Tanya panics that Max is going to leave her and he promises that won't happen. Lucy offers to cook a family lunch and secretly invites 'L'. Mandy is wary that Lucy is up to something. Ian is upset when they forget that it's his birthday. Later, Lucy gets a text from 'L' arranging to meet in the Vic. Lucy blurts out to Ian that Mandy is having an affair and she's got the proof. Lucy is stunned when 'L' arrives, as it's Mandy's mum Lorraine, much to Mandy's horror! Michael and Janine attend an early pregnancy class. Michael is annoyed when Janine constantly undermines him. Janine doesn't take the class seriously and is scathing about the teacher. Later, Michael's frustrations grow when Janine reveals she's hired Whitney to be their live-in nanny. Michael announces he's had enough of Janine taking all the decisions - she's on her own!

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.