Pick of the Plots
Pick of the Plots: Tuesday May 2nd
SoapWorld takes a look at the latest goings on in River City, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Doctors this Tuesday.
Exhausted from trying to revise for her upcoming English exam, Caitlin struggles to cope with juggling her hectic home life and work. Rather than being supportive, Maggie belittles her daughter at every opportunity. To make matters worse, Suzie’s on Caitlin’s case at work – The Tall Ship’s being judged in a competition and she wants all hands on deck. Pete challenges Maggie over her lack of support and throws Caitlin a prom night to remember.
Amber sets her sights on getting her daughter back from Fraser who has been trying to extort money from Lenny. After Alex suggests she play dirty, the siblings join forces to get Fraser out of the picture with a little help from Rick.
Elsewhere, Maggie reaches out to Ellie after making a shocking discovery; Frankie spots an opportunity to make some quick cash.
River City, Tuesday at 8pm on BBC One Scotland.
With Denise’s studying and jobhunting commanding the lion’s share of her time, Kush grows frustrated and encourages her to spend an evening with him. However, Kush later receives an invite from his mum to a family dinner and believing Denise would prefer to revise, he cancels his plans with her. Meanwhile, Denise and Kim have a fraught moment after Denise attends a job interview, and Denise is later forced to eat on a budget again.
Madison and Alexandra suggest Louise has them over for a pyjama party on Thursday for Madison’s birthday and once Sharon agrees, the two girls put a plan into action. Bex is suspicious.
Elsewhere, Michelle attends a job interview; Jack struggles to return to normal; and Jane has a surprise for Ian.
EastEnders, Tuesday at 7.30pm on BBC One. Repeated at 10pm on UKTV channel ‘W’.
Charity demands a cut of Ross’s cow-rustling profits. Whilst everyone is out on the farm helping Moira, Charity creates a diversion while Ross gathers the cows. Meanwhile, Sarah ventures out into the fields alone to find Debbie as Jack’s ill. She falls and hurts her ankle as Ross tries to make his getaway but he spots Sarah lying in a ditch – leaving him with a dilemma…
Megan gets wound up while Jai ensures he keeps his cool as they meet with a social worker. Jai is relieved when the social worker suggests that they sort things amicably but will Megan and Frank let their guards down?
Elsewhere, Harriet and Cain are caught kissing; David arranges a book launch for Tracy.
Emmerdale, Tuesday at 7pm on ITV, STV and UTV.
After spending the night with Mercedes, Ryan panics when she finds an envelope full of money which has been hidden away, what’s his secret? Meanwhile, Scott is heartbroken when his plans to meet his biological family get cancelled. Mercedes finds Scott trashing Greta’s front room. When DS Thorpe picks them both up, Mercedes blackmails Ryan to help.
Louis asks Lisa to talk some sense into Simone about her recent decision but Simone is too preoccupied trying to get an audience with Sally’s date, Councillor Roberta Shaw to listen to Lisa. Sally is furious when Simone interrupts her date, but they’re both shocked when Roberta collapses and dies after a heart attack. Later, Louis rethinks Simone’s request, leaving Lisa floored.
Elsewhere, Kim is spotted by Oscar when she emerges from hiding in the Osborne’s attic.
Hollyoaks, Tuesday at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and a ‘first look’ at 7pm on E4.
To soothe Mrs Tembe’s nerves about her hospital food presentation, JJ arranges a meeting with renowned chef Luke Armannsson. JJ gets him to sample Mrs Tembe’s recipes as well as read their proposal for St Phils. All goes well and it looks like he will support their venture but then Mrs Tembe unwittingly says the wrong thing. Has she blown it?
Karen is dying to know how the dinner party with JJ went last week but will Heston tell her what she wants to hear? Later, Karen gets competitive with Ruhma over their Step Buddies.
Elsewhere, Al learns a valuable lesson about diving in head first when he misses some vital clues and has to turn to Rob for help.
Doctors, Tuesday at 1.45pm on BBC One.
