Determined not to live out life in a wheelchair, Bridget readily embraces her physiotherapy and successfully pleads her case to be discharged from hospital. Her family tries to be as supportive and loving as they can, but sensitive Bridget begins to feel suffocated by their excessive attention.Declan refuses to accept his counsellor’s diagnosis of post-traumatic stress, and lies to Rebecca about how well he’s coping in the aftermath of his kidnapping, hiding his fears that he’s an inherently bad person - like his father – which is why bad things happen to him. When Harold expresses his relief that Declan is back after ‘running away’, Rebecca stops short of mentioning the kidnap and inadvertently gives Declan the impression it’s something she’s ashamed of. After a family discussion, Declan retreats even further into himself. Oliver can see Declan’s carrying a lot of anger over the incident and suggests he find an outlet for it. Declan returns to Nick and Laura’s caravan and trashes it, but still can’t wipe away his fears. Things take a darker turn when Declan finds kerosene and matches inside. Will he give in to his vengeful thoughts and set the van ablaze? Oliver arrives in time to confront him but a fight breaks out and Declan is poised to inflict serious damage on his well-intentioned ‘good’ brother. Mickey’s rapt when Jake recovers from his poisoning, but isn’t so thrilled with Janae, whom he blames for making Jake ill. Janae and Ned can’t work out why Mickey is giving Janae the cold shoulder, but hope he’ll continue his new breakthrough of sharing his feelings with them. Janae is hurt when Mickey rejects her efforts to connect, reminding her in no uncertain terms she’s not his mother.

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