Episode Guide

The girl gang continued to harass poor Malcolm. Elsewhere, Jo was all dressed up and ready for her fifteen minutes of fame, but Cormac and her family weren't interested in any of the PR nonsense. Alanna gave Roisin's credit card a marathon workout as mother and daughter bonded on girly shopping trip. Hazel approached Eileen about her new hubby, Vader, being promoted above the dishwashing duties. Eileen might have been sold on the idea of vader as a trainee chef, but as far as Cormac was concerned; too many cooks spoil the broth.

Gina heard Billy telling Scarlett that he'd caught Stevie getting cosy with a girl. Gina raced round to tell Scott. Not a good time, as he was about to meet Stevie for a drink. Stevie was dumped by text message from Scott - to say Stevie was angry and upset is putting it mildly. But there was no sympathy for him from Scarlett, who told Stevie that Scott was more of a son to her than he was - ouch, that had to hurt! .Shirley suggested that George moved over to her place, to save him feeling guilty about his shenanigans in the bed he shared with Moira.

Ruth had a strange glint in her eyes as she suggested that she took Franco away for a few days, to escape the glare of the media. Gina was grateful for Ruth's help and Jo thought it was a great idea, but did she look carefully at the small print on the form that Ruth was making her sign? Bob and Stevie's garage business was up and running, well, almost. Unfortunately, it didn't look like much would be done as a distraught Stevie packed his bags and left Shieldinch, ignoring Bob's pleas for him to stay and George's taxi waiting to be fixed…