Lip Service

Following his exposure at the party Jay gets dumped by Becky but there is good news for Ed, who gets his first novel published and for Tess, who wins a lead role in a stage play and gets a new girlfriend in electrician Fin. Frankie confronts Darren, learning that they are both the children of Alma Carter and an ultimate showdown with Cameron reveals that he is Frankie's father and it was considered that, given Alma's involvement with a crime, he and Carol should bring her up as their own. A confused Frankie sleeps with Cat but fails to win her away from Sam and finally abandons her plan to return to America, going to meet Alma instead.

Tess splits with Fin and is also not happy when bitchy actress Nora tries to steal her limelight at rehearsals. Sam plans a big night out for Cat's birthday, unaware that Cat has spent the afternoon in bed with Frankie. They are seen by Tess, who agrees to keep quiet but, returning home, Cat is hit by a car. She is rushed to hospital where she is treated by Lexy and her gay colleague Declan but to no avail. Frankie is reluctant to attend the funeral and is persuaded by Sadie to go but she sneaks in at the back, drunk, and only stays a few minutes. Another visit to Alma ends in rejection and a distraught Frankie returns to Sadie, claiming that, had Cat not been with her that afternoon, she would still be alive.

Cat and Frankie have fun visiting their old school, now empty and marked for development, though Frankie tells Cat that Jay gave Hayley the ketamine and, when it looks likely that Cat will be blamed, claims that she did it, leading to her dismissal. She also discovers that Cameron and Darren know each other and seem to have a secret. Tess is depressed as her birthday is approaching and, as they are planning a surprise party, all her friends claim they are doing something else. After an encounter with ex-girlfriend Chloe, Tess has Botox so that, when she arrives at the party, she looks bloated and runs to her room. Ed declares that he loves her and, when Jay scoffs at the idea, tells everybody of Jay's night of sex with Frankie, swiftly ending the gathering.