Will Janine go through with the wedding?

Will Janine go through with the wedding?
Will Janine go through with the wedding? (Image credit: Colin Hutton)

In another special hour-long episode, Kat pushes Michael into confessing the truth to her after pointing out Jean could get sectioned. At the wedding, as Ricky stumbles through a reading, Michael takes Janine outside and reveals that Jean was telling the truth. A manipulative Michael insists Janine rip up the pre-nup to prove her trust. Janine agrees and the ceremony goes ahead. Janine is rushed to hospital after collapsing during the first dance and has an emergency C-section. Michael sees his tiny baby covered in wires and tubes and is distraught. Derek is miffed when he shows Tanya a necklace he's bought for Alice and she suggests it's tacky. Derek spitefully tells Tanya that Max got up to all sorts while they were separated. Tanya confronts Max, who reveals he's not proud of what he did. With his confession out in the open, Max gets down on one knee and proposes. Tanya says 'yes'! Derek learns that Alice's mum has found out about her seeing him. Derek realises that Lucy has been telling tales and drags Lucy out of the cafe to apologise. During the ruckus, a mystery man turns up and punches Derek! It's Derek's son Joey, Alice's brother, who demands that Alice return home. Also, Abi leaves for Costa Rica after Jay tells her it's Costa Rica or him.

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.