Tilly has some wise words for Esther

Esther tells Tilly to make her own decisions and stop letting other people run her life. Mercedes blackmails Dr Browning after discovering he has a family but still pays escorts. Could this be what Lynsey needs to get her old job back? Darren comes clean to Nancy about his night at the casino. Is the wedding over before it's begun? Also, George is kicked out of his squat, and Tony agrees to help Neil if he promises to take his driving lessons seriously.

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.