Tess rings Rhona after a row with Paddy

*First episode*

Despite Paddy having tried to cut contact with Tess, she shows up in the village! He’s horrified and ushers his ex lover inside. There, things soon get ugly when she says she wants him to leave Rhona and be with her! As Paddy loses his temper, Tess throws a glass against the wall before leaving in floods of tears.

Behind the wheel of her car, a sobbing Tess pulls over and gets out of the car to use her mobile. Rhona answers the call and agrees to meet Tess, who sounds really upset. Paddy, meanwhile, panics and goes with his wife, really worried about what Tess is about to do and say...

Kirin’s desperate for another chance with Vanessa, who tells her toyboy lover to come back when he’s sober. While Adam tries to convince her to give Kirin another chance, Kirin is spiralling into a dark, drunken hole. After telling his dad what happened with baby Johnny, Kirin sits in his car boozing. And though Nikhil tries to stop him, Kirin then speeds out of the village, nearly hitting Brenda en route. But before long, he hits someone for real. Tess. She's left lying lifeless in the middle of the road…

As Kerry and Dan continue to get funny looks and strange comments from everyone they have no idea why. It’s down to Moira to put the couple out of their misery, who are horrified to hear their saucy home vid has gone viral!

 

Sarah Waterfall
Soaps Editor at What's On TV

Sarah has been writing about soaps for over 20 years! She’s worked for Hello!, WOMAN, PA News, Closer, TVeasy – and is currently What’s On TV's Soap editor as well as writing for WhatToWatch.com 

She’s interviewed tons of famous people from movie stars to pop stars, TV stars and of course, soap stars. The soaps have always been at the heart of Sarah's work; visiting the sets, getting the goss, and writing about all the soapy shenanigans week in week out, earning her a place on the judging panel for The British Soap Awards in 2017 and 2018 and on the BAFTA TV Awards in 2022 … and the nickname Soapbird!