Alistair tells Jakob he has to leave. He can\u2019t stay now Denise knows how he feels. Jakob says their partnership means a great deal, particularly as he doesn\u2019t get on well with people. As he begs Alistair not to talk to Doug today, Don James turns up instead, and he\u2019s a lot less amiable. The team is shaken after his visit. He leaves them a list of 50 things they need to improve. Alistair says they just have to take on the useful stuff and ignore the rest. Then he announces his plan to leave the practice, shocking Denise. And Paul says nothing Alistair is saying makes sense \u2013 everyone loves him. Angry, he demands to know why Denise is so quiet. He says his colleagues are being really weird and accuses Alistair of lying. Jakob snaps at Paul to shut up \u2013 and rants that Paul talks constantly and acts like the whole world revolves around him. Paul leaves, hurt, but Jakob is unrepentant.
Emma tells Fallon she and Ed still haven\u2019t decided whether to accept money from Will for the tree surgery business. As Emma goes on insensitively about how secure Harrison\u2019s career is as a policeman, Fallon reveals that, in fact, there\u2019s a chance he could lose his job. Harrison turns up and asks Emma whether Tracy might let him take over captaining the cricket team. She says she\u2019ll make quiet enquiries. Later Fallon suggests he might consider taking a second job instead. They have no way of knowing what\u2019s going to happen with the hearing.