Tom comes clean to Ric

Tom comes clean to Ric
Tom comes clean to Ric (Image credit: BBC)

Tom's father, Ken, arrives at Holby and as he begs Ric to give his son a second chance, Ric blurts out that Tom used to be a drug addict. Ric tells Tom he'll have to let him go but Tom says he's leaving anyway. Ken collapses at the wheel of his car and Tom watches, helplessly, as Ken passes away. When a guilty Ric tells Tom he will be there to help, Tom rejects his offer and decides to come clean about his relationship with Ric's son Leo. Tom confesses that he was the one who gave the fatal drugs to Leo, and leaves Holby City for good. Meanwhile, Mark is forced to sleep on the sofa in his flat as Daisha and Lalaine have taken it over. Later, Lalaine brings baby Joe to the hospital with suspected meningitis and Daisha realises that she would struggle to cope without her sister's help. Joseph cautiously awaits the arrival of his sister, Sophia, who's coming to discuss wedding plans. Sophia has some big ideas and is keen to help but both Joseph and Faye would rather a simple service. Eventually they all agree to compromise. Later, Joseph learns that Sophia is having an affair with one of his patients.

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.