Pint-pulling Chas wants to pull Cameron!

Pint-pulling Chas wants to pull Cameron!
Pint-pulling Chas wants to pull Cameron!

How awkward is this?! Chas can't look Debbie in the eye when her niece comes to the pub to comfort her - and brings Cameron with her. Chas is hurting because Aaron has gone and the village gossips are having a field day. Debbie knows what that's like (well, let's face it, every Dingle knows what that's like), but Debbie doesn't know what's really bothering Chas: it's Cameron. Oh yes, Cameron was a big comfort to Chas the night before and she made her feelings for him quite clear. Now, though, with Debbie out of earshot, Chas tells Cameron she doesn't really care about him. Trouble is, it's quite clear she's eaten up with jealousy when Cameron gets touchy-feely with Debbie. Aaron's departure affects Zak, too. Feeling stressed, Zak collapses and is rushed to hospital. He's had a panic attack - but he tells Lisa he's fine. Is Aaron the only person being talked about in the village? Ashley thinks not. He thinks Rachel is trying to turn the Easter egg hunt into a witch-hunt, by talking about him to Edna. And what would she be saying, Ashley? That you're abusing your father? That wouldn't be malicious - that would be true. And deep in his God-fearing soul, Ashley knows it. But, still, he tells Laurel that Rachel is spreading lies about him.

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.