Whitney's mum comes to stay

Whitney's mum comes to stay
Whitney's mum comes to stay (Image credit: BBC)

Bianca is angry when Whitney's mum Debra turns up at the house again. Debra begs Whitney to forgive her for her attitude to her before and asks if they can try again. Bianca reluctantly agrees when Whitney wants Debra to stay for a few days after Debra reveals she has to move out of her flat. Bianca warns Debra that if she hurts Whitney she'll have her to answer to. Ronnie plans a morning in bed with Jack but they are interrupted by Roxy, who phones to say that Amy isn't well. Jack is suspicious when Ronnie says she's planned a special lunch for them and he reminds her that he's not going to change his mind about having kids. Ronnie reassures him and as things get passionate she retrieves a condom from the bathroom and calmly pierces it. Zainab convinces Syed to meet up with Parveen again and she tells him that it could be good for business. Syed meets Parveen for lunch but they're soon sniping at each other. Syed sarcastically wonders if Parveen thought their meeting was a date and she furiously throws her lunch over him. Also, Chelsea meets Theo's new uni friends, but they're not her kind of people; Christian sets up a coffee stand to try to make some cash while the burnt-out cafe is still out of action.

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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.