Mercedes' baby shower turns nasty...

Mercedes' baby shower doesn't go according to plan as her guilt consumes her and the whole thing turns sour. Venting her frustration, Mercedes takes her anger out on Carmel. Father Francis offers a friendly shoulder to cry on which only encourages Carmel's feelings towards him. Texas struggles to cope as she prepares to face the reconstruction. Reliving India's final steps proves too much and Texas sneaks away. Lynsey panics when she realises that she's gone missing and frantically starts looking for her Also, a lonely Jason is missing Bart. He is worried for his friend and prays that he will be in touch soon. *Unfortunately, this is all the advance programme information available for this episode from Hollyoaks*

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.