Syed forges a cheque to stay afloat!

Syed forges a cheque to stay afloat!
Syed forges a cheque to stay afloat! (Image credit: BBC/Jack Barnes)

Syed tries cold-calling to shift his stock. When he returns homes despondent after no luck, AJ realises something is up and tells him to avoid whoever he owes money to. Syed calls his supplier and tells him he'll be in touch as soon as he's got what his money. While going through the restaurant accounts with Tamwar, he spots the supplier. A worried Syed sends Tamwar home then writes a cheque for 10,000 pounds, forging Tam's signature. Lola is in a good mood, thinking she'll have the house to herself when Billy visits his kids. Later, Lola sets Abi straight when she thinks she and Jay are a couple. The friends are reunited, marking their handprints - and Lexi's footprint - on the playground swings in paint. Lola's day goes downhill when Trish tells her off for the paint on Lexi and Billy reveals Patrick will move in while he's away. Joey's unimpressed when a scheming Derek offers Tyler a stall to make up for pushing him out of the Emporium. Tyler refuses to believe it's anything more than business when Joey points out it's about winding him up. When Tyler punches Joey after he insults Anthony, a smug Derek looks on.

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.