I need a hero(in)...

Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you've all had a great holiday season. It's been an eventful Christmas and New Year in Shieldinch hasn't it? Big Bob made an emotional return on New Year's Eve and brought in the bells with a brilliant rendition of Auld Lang Syne, Stevie and Nicole got jiggy in the back of his van in Helensburgh, Leyla and Gabriel tried to resist their feelings, Gina and Eileen fell out over some mice which ended up in a stonker of an argument and a doozy of a slap, poor Malcolm is starting to have some worrying memory problems and Stevie was gutted to be wrongly accused of theft and ended up turning to his old friend heroin... And I think that brings us more or less up to date! On to this week's antics!

Stevie was in a bad way, he was on a major come down from heroin, it was so bad that violins played as he sat in a play park, people walked in slow motion, he heard voices in his head and at one point there were 5 versions of himself all in the same scene! I'm joking about it but it was actually pretty horrible to see the usual cheeky chappy in such a state. He was keeping it a secret from Nicole, she is clearly blinded by love as Stevie was having major withdrawal symptoms, sweating and jittering all over the place and she didn't notice! Bull in a china shop Michael wasn't quite so easily fooled and confirmed his suspicions by taking a peek at Stevie's medical records - naughty, naughty! Leyla thought it would be a nice idea to have Stevie round for dinner but the pressure of hiding his withdrawal symptoms and Raging Bull's (Michael) accusing glare across the dinner table was all too much for him and Stevie went off to 'score some gear' (see, I totally know the lingo). He was so out of it that he left his nice suit jacket on a bollard and then scarily overdosed - it was not very pleasant to watch. Luckily, Nicole found him in time and with the help of Raging Bull and Dr Dan he was saved! Hoorah! I would love to tell you that this is end of Stevie's problems, but it's TV land, nothing ever goes smoothly!

Throughout the Stevie mess, Leyla and Gabriel's feelings were continuing to bubble under the surface. I know it's wrong but I wish they would just hurry up and get it on, the sexual tension is too much for me!!

Dr Dan's gambling debts are really catching up on him now. Hot Potato Tattie was on his case when she noticed a discrepancy in the Health Centre credit card bill. Then part-time loan shark Lenny demanded £5000 extra on the £5000 that Dan had already paid back - that's some rate of interest! Oh Dan, what have you done?

While Tattie spent the day helping Dan, Big Bob was at home cooking up a multitude of potato based dishes and convincing himself that Tattie was having an affair with Dan. Bob confronted his wife and they managed to sort it out but will they manage to live happily ever after?

Now, I think that Stella and Bob are being completely unreasonable, what's wrong with having Robbie and Scarlett plan your wedding?! Big Fat Gypsy Wedding versus Burlesque Ball sounds perfect! I think Robbie has missed his calling, that laptop presentation and 'mood board' were hilarious!

Quote of the Week

Robbie (to Bob about wedding planning): "Scarlett? No way, she'll have you like Big Fat Gypsy Wedding rejects!"