Episode 5151

Extended Summary

Leah is explaining to Miles why it is she’s been writing letters to Elijah every night, but not sending any of them – it simply makes her feel closer to Elijah. Miles asks her a difficult question – does she think she made a mistake letting Elijah go? But Leah doesn’t know – all she knows is that, currently, she’s a mess. Miles suggests that she send one of the letters because, if she’s writing them, she clearly has something to say, but Leah isn’t convinced. VJ’s suggestion is that Leah reads Elijah’s letters. Leah is reluctant, but eventually relents and soon decides to read Elijah’s letters, particularly after Irene tells her that she must forget the letters altogether if she wants a clean break – and it becomes apparent that that isn’t want Leah wants. The letters make Leah feel even more close to Elijah and she then takes Miles’ advice and decides to send one herself.

Dex is rehearsing his speech that he wants to give Marilyn, he’s ready to tell her how he feels about her. Sid almost catches him, but Dex manages to cover. The next day, Dex calls round to see Marilyn but he’s forgotten his speech and makes a hasty exit.

When Marilyn calls Sid to invite him over for dinner, Dex answers and pushes for an invite himself. Marilyn offers them both an invite to dinner. But when Sid emerges from the shower asking who was on the phone, Dex lies and says it was the hospital and they want Sid to go into work.

Charlie notices that Angelo is very distant and assumes it has something to do with his brother. Angelo makes it clear he doesn’t want to talk about it – it’s a family matter. Feeling left out of his family issues, Charlie is annoyed with Angelo, telling him not to bother talking to her until he’s ready to include her. Angelo flashbacks to a conversation with Paulie – he is having a serious cash flow problem and needs $30,000 to cover himself. The next day, Paulie has come to talk to Angelo and Angelo then tells Charlie to join them – indicating that she is in fact part of his family. When Charlie finds out Paulie is in thirty thousand dollars worth of debt – and that’s to start with – she desperately tries to convince Angelo not to loan money to him as Angelo himself is already in debt. Angelo however, goes against Charlie’s advice and makes the decision to extend his own loan with the bank, so he can get Paulie out of debt. It’s soon revealed that Paulie didn’t deal with a bank, instead he went to loan sharks and he used their parents business as collateral.