Stacey begs Bradley not to leave her

Stacey begs Bradley not to leave her
Stacey begs Bradley not to leave her

Stacey sits alone in the house crying hysterically. Meanwhile, Dr Al tells Jean that he'll arrange for an emergency team to section Stacey. Jean finds Stacey packing a bag and insists all she needs is new medication. Stacey manically downs a handful of pills and a horrified Jean forces her to throw them up. Stacey reveals that she's been seeing people, including her dead father. Stacey wants to apologise to Bradley and bursts into Dot's and tells a stunned Bradley that she loves him. The taxi arrives to take Bradley and Syd to the airport and Stacey begs him not to leave, insisting that she's his wife. Syd has had enough and tells a devastated Stacey that the divorce was finalised weeks ago. Stacey runs home only to be confronted by Jean, Dr Al, a psychiatrist, a nurse and a policeman. Stacey attacks the policeman with a table lamp and escapes the house but she falls and the police restrain her. Bradley is horrified and tries to save Stacey but Syd drags him away. A sobbing Stacey is forced into the police car as Bradley and Syd leave Walford and a devastated Jean is left alone in the Square. Also, Ronnie dumps Joel. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new 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.