CATCH-UP - The road to hell

When Paul Connor appeared on the Street he seemed quite normal. A little bit boring, even. Ok, so he had a bit of a glint in his eye, and he was the only member of the Connor family without raven-black hair, but we had no reason to be afraid.

Then we discovered that he had a shameful secret. He'd been driving a car under-the-influence and crashed it, killing his brother-in-law. Then, with the help of the Sainted Liam, had moved the body so it looked like it was the brother-in-law who'd been driving.

Once that Pandora's box was opened, Paul Connor's shameful secrets came tumbling out. He was a bit of a cheat and a shark on the golf course, for a start. And then there was his addiction to employing professional women for professional executive relief.

In today's episodes he finally lost it, bundled a Battersby in his boot (Leanne, this was) and went careering off in his rather nice Mercedes with Chris Rea booming out an appropriate soundtrack. Meanwhile Carla was in the pub getting royally drunk while not exactly telling Michelle what had happened, and by means of various calls on mobile phones, Janice and Liam went hurtling in the direction of Paul's flat in Liam's own plush car. Then they hit a traffic jam. Belatedly they realised the traffic jam was caused by a crashed car - and the car belonged to Paul, who was slumped in the front seat unconscious (GCS 13, Casualty fans). Even more belatedly, they worked out that Leanne was in the boot.

At the hospital, they were told that Leanne would be fine, but as far as Paul was concerned they should prepare for the worst. Carla chose this moment to inform Liam that his girlfriend was a prostitute and Paul had been her best customer (only one of these statements actually being true, but then she was several sheets to the wind).

In other news:

Ken and Deirdre didn't get back together again.

Derek's wife needed a shoulder to cry on when she suspected Derek was having an affair - and the shoulder she chose was that of Liz. Subsequently, Liz told Derek it was over, and she decided to go and visit Bev and Shelley for a while.

Violet mooned about a lot about wanting a baby, and Sean clucked sympathetically. It can't be long now before the turkey baster gets an airing.

David scuppered Sarah's plans to get Jason to move in with them permanently.