Ruth struggles with Smithy's sectioning

Ruth struggles with Smithy's sectioning
Ruth struggles with Smithy's sectioning (Image credit: BBC)

On Julia's advice, Ruth talks to her therapist Henry and reveals her upset that she didn’t do anything to help Smithy earlier. Henry assures Ruth that Smithy's in the best place and helps her to see that although she may feel empty while on the meds sometimes, she's come so far. Henry doesn't think it's a good idea for Ruth to see Smithy and, when she's alone, Ruth hugs a jumper of Smithy's and cries. All day Daniel and Zara have been sniping at each other over the wellbeing of a meddling OAP, whose stress levels escalate as he tries to incriminate his drug dealing neighbour. Later, Julia shouts at the pair to get a room, but Zara and Daniel refuse to acknowledge their growing attraction. 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.