Smithy wraps the furniture in clingfilm!

Smithy wraps the furniture in clingfilm!
Smithy wraps the furniture in clingfilm! (Image credit: BBC)

When Ruth confronts Smithy with fears over his mental health, he admits his medication may not be suiting him and breaks down. Ruth is relieved when Smithy agrees to call a doctor, but she gets a shock when she returns home to find he's covered all the furniture in Clingfilm. Ruth assures Smithy all will be fine - but is she really convinced? Simon sees Will picking up a patient from The Mill and tries to make conversation to check everything's OK. Will is clearly uncomfortable and tells Simon he doesn’t know if he's ready for all this and leaves. Simon is heartbroken. Rob is struggling to work out what caused a car accident when the only witness seems to be a timewaster. But Jimmi digs deeper and discovers the witness has a rare condition which could save the driver's life. Also, Julia's taken aback when Daniel asks to help with the gala. She gives him leaflets to hand out but is disturbed to find where he posts 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.