Nicole is pricked by a syringe

Nicole is pricked by a syringe
Nicole is pricked by a syringe

Penn approaches Nicole on the beach and apologises for his rudeness to her. But when she moves her hand, she is pricked by a discarded hypodermic needle. Rachel's thrilled that Tony's son Lucas has decided to come to the Bay as she's hoping he will convince Tony to move with her to America. Tony misreads the reasons for Lucas's arrival and he's disappointed that Rachel is putting her career above her family and his own career. Romeo reveals to Nicole that he's a virgin - but when Indi finds out, she couldn't care less. Just before Sid's date with Marilyn, he is told that he has to work extra hours, so he enlists Dex's help to get the picnic ready. But Dex tells Marilyn that the plan is for them to go on the picnic together and wait for Sid to join them... Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's 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.