Will Lucas confess his feelings to Vanessa?

Lou guesses Lucas has feelings for Vanessa and with her leaving for Japan the following day, advises he does something about it before she goes. Lucas arranges a farewell dinner at which he'll confess his feelings but his plans are thwarted when Vanessa invites Rhys to join them. Then Rhys is called to the hospital and Lucas decides to make his move, but he's stopped in his tracks when he discovers Rhys's ring and realises his rival is going to propose. Worried his chance of promotion has disappeared, Toadie apologises to Charlotte but she insists it's no longer possible to recommend him for the job. When Sonya hears the news she feels totally responsible and heads for the office, appealing to Charlotte herself and blaming everything on her hormones. She leaves without an answer but when Toadie returns from work she discovers her appeal worked - he's got Charlotte's recommendation. And Lou takes up painting to fill his spare time, roping Susan in to sit for him. The finished item is terrible but, not wanting to hurt Lou's feelings, Susan insists on taking it home. She reveals the situation to Karl who tells Lou he's buying it, though it'll never see the light of day...

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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.