Vanessa finally asks Rhys over for dinner

Vanessa spontaneously invites Rhys over for dinner when she sees him flirting with Tiffany and, though she makes it clear that she's not going to any trouble, Rhys is determined to treat it as a date. The evening doesn't go as he planned, however, as he's allergic to a spice Vanessa's used in her soup and he has a nasty reaction. Vanessa tends to him and the couple close in for a kiss... only for Lucas to turn up at the crucial moment. When Callum learns of the problems Troy has caused Jade as well as his mum, he heads next door to throw a brick through his window, only for Lucas to stop him in time. Later, fed up with the distress his mother is going through, and after talking to Sophie, he decides to fix things himself. He presents Troy with an offer - if he drops the court case, he'll agree to spend time with him. Paul nags Susan about the paper's flagging sales and pushes her to add more popular content. Seeing she has little choice, she asks Summer to write a dating advice column, though Summer is unimpressed. Seeing her dilemma, Andrew suggests she do a bad job so the column is given to someone else.

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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.