The gloves are off in the battle for Leo! (VIDEO)

It's Marlon's day in court and he's nervous (it's a natural reaction for a Dingle, even when they're the victim...). Laurel's by his side, though, which makes him feel better, but Rhona is furious. Now it's clear to her where her friend's loyalties lie - and they're not with her. The judge's feelings aren't with Rhona and Paddy, either. The ruling is that Leo has to stay in the UK for a follow-up hearing in six weeks. Rhona's shocked and angry and has no intention of letting Marlon enjoy his small victory. She tells him she'll win custody eventually and when she does she'll take Leo somewhere far away - and she won't ever bring him back. Now Marlon's doubly worried! Jimmy's worried about what Carl will do if he doesn't cough up for the trucks. Nicola's confident Carl won't throw them out but, really, should she be? Carl threw them out once before, remember... None of this is worrying Charity, though. She's on a mission to rebrand the business and drives up in a truck plastered with Noah and Angel's faces. Nikhil's face is a picture when Gennie tells him she has no intention of living with his family once their baby is born. She has other ideas...

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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.