The news no woman wants

Whitney (above right, with Kat) panics after experiencing bleeding, Kat offers to go with her to the hospital for a check-up. Sadly, the ultrasound flags up a situation with the baby. Heaven forbid that something should go right in the poor woman’s life for once.

Meanwhile, Zack is trying to help out without Whitney knowing and asks Kat to buy the buggy Whitney needs. Where is Kat finding time to do her day job in the middle of all this? Unable to contain his secret any more, Zack tells Sam that he’s HIV positive. Oh, that’ll stay quiet for all of two minutes. Nothing short of chloroform could shut the walking foghorn up.

It’s a hugely important issue for the show to be tackling, and while reminding people that HIV has not gone away, it’s also important to defuse the prejudices that still exist. Sam advises Zack to be honest with

Whitney and he pays a visit. Will his apologies be enough, and will he still be there for Whitney when she reveals her news? What she needs is a drink. Oh no – she can’t. Viewers will certainly need one. Or ten.

Denise feels flattered by a flirty Ravi when things aren’t going well with Jack. Ravi, for his part, is thrilled when Denise and Kim decide to have a night out at Walford East (last of the big partygoers). If I were Denise I wouldn’t give up on Jack just yet, in fact I’d take a leaf out of Janine’s book in 2009 when she handcuffed him to a radiator. Surely those restraints must still be hanging around.