The Best Episodes Written By Loren Mclaughlan

Things are looking up for Frank: Derilee has left her husband and joined him at the Gallaghers, becoming a surrogate mum for Stella and his job is going well. However, things are set to change forever when a gunman runs riot on the estate - It's Derilee's husband Baxter and his target is Frank. As police swarm the estate, Frank, Derilee and Stella are held hostage, and if that wasn't enough for the feckless Gallagher to handle: ex-wife Monica is back! Meanwhile, Lillian has a new boyfriend, whilst Mimi's fued with the Blanco family reaches a climax.

When Sam's heroic nature costs him and the rest of the family their jobs at the docks, his wife Mary comes up with a risky business venture, hoping to relieve their financial stress.

Rags-to-riches saga about an 1890s working-class Yorkshire family. The family grapples with their new life in Hardacre Hall, but Mary is determined to impress their gentry neighbours.

The board of Hardacre Herring threatens Sam with a grim ultimatum. Meanwhile, Mary gets the cold shoulder from the ladies after the soiree and Ma suspects something is wrong with Liza.

The series finale of the sweeping family saga. The Hardacres set things to right, but an unexpected bombshell lands - will they be able find their way back as a family?

Frank is shocked when he boards a bus - only to be reunited with his eldest son, Lip, and grandaughter Katie. However, it is not a pleasent reunion between father and son as it soon becomes clear that Lip is living in the area. But doesn't want Katie to be associated with his alcoholic father or Chatsworth.

Lizzie must deal with her mother's defiant defense of the York cause, while the appearance of a boy in Burgundy claiming to be a young prince threatens to further destabilize King Henry's rule.