2621: Elliot's dad arrives in the village

Leila's shocked when she receives a message from Gareth, Elliot's dad, telling her that he's in town. Excited about her surprise reunion, Leila's sent into a panic when Kris explains just how much of a bad idea her plan is.

In addition, Leila's offered a place at the art show where she's able to display and sell her work. Using that as an excuse to get rid of Elliot, Leila desperately tries to contact Gareth and cancel their meeting. Setting up at the art show, though, is also proving difficult. Zoe and Kris are barely speaking and Ste ends up throwing a tray of canapés over Leila's dress.

Completely stressed out, Leila's unaware that Elliot's gone to her house and unknowingly met his dad. In all the confusion, Elliot believes Gareth to be a delivery man arriving late with Leila's missing painting. While Elliot berates Gareth for being so late, Gareth realises that he's staring at his son.

When they eventually reach the show Leila's gobsmacked but before she has chance to explain, Elliot realises Gareth is actually holding a picture of Elliot as a boy with his mum. Elliot still has no idea what's going on until Leila finally tells Elliot the truth.

Meanwhile, Tony's not in the best of moods after breaking up with Cindy and to make things worse, Ste's struggling to manage work and Lucas. Arriving late, Tony reprimands Ste and when Ste tries to give him relationship advice about Cindy, he snaps. Ste takes over preparing the canapés for the art show but Tony returns to find it's a mess. At that precise moment, Cindy arrives to help out and although her canapés aren't exactly amazing, Tony's still impressed with her efforts.

Thinking she's in his good books, Cindy becomes full on with Tony but he immediately tells her to back off and get out his life. Feeling that she's got nothing to lose, she makes a last-ditch attempt to rekindle their romance by pretending that Holly's left her favourite DVD at his flat.

While there, they have a brief heart to heart, with Cindy telling Tony that he should never change who he is. As Cindy walks out, Tony reacts in exactly the way she was hoping for and follows her. He tells her that he's made a big mistake and he can see how good they are together. Cindy's relieved that her plan is back on track as she and Tony share a passionate kiss.

Elsewhere, Steph's given food for thought when Cindy tells her that she needs some passion in her life. She's in a fluster over Fernando and Cindy takes pleasure in mocking her about it. Steph's keen to maintain a professional relationship with Fernando, so when he arrives for their dance school meeting, she becomes overly formal and on-edge.

Fernando's bemused by Steph's behaviour and suggests that they meet later that evening to discuss ideas. Steph offers to cook paella but when Fernando arrives an hour early, she's completely unprepared. They eventually decide to scrap the paella and make do with wine and some cheesy dance movies. As Steph begins to relax with Fernando, we can see that maybe Cindy was right about her after all.