We've just seen the beginning of this storyline this week with Eileen's face in a knot over the discovery that Paul's workmate who is organizing the Full Monty charity do is a pretty woman called Toni. She and Julie were discovered having snuck into the locker room trying to suss out this Toni and Paul was not best pleased.
In tonight's episode, Eileen confesses to Paul about her insecurities and it has the desired effect on Paul who's anger may vanish but whose doubts are still lingering. He is set to propose to Eileen but isn't sure if he can handle her suspicions.
I'm not very surprised at this turn of events for two reasons. The first is that we have already seen evidence of Eileen's insecurities where men are concerned. She seems to have an inherent distrust that anyone could truly love her. Even when she doesn't push them away, they seem to stray and leave her. The other reason I'm not surprised is that since Paul and Eileen got together, we've seen next to nothing of their relationship. The powers that be have done nothing with them until now and that never bodes well. I'm not surprised he's leaving but I probably won't miss him much either due to this. A new producer is sweeping out the dead wood and he sees Paul as a non-starter. Eileen is a favourite and has more ties to the community so she gets to stay.
I liked Paul, though was not fond of he and Eileen's affair while Lesley was alive. I thought he was a nice bloke who was caught in a difficult position but would have preferred he and Eileen to keep it to a friendship until after Lesley had died but that's just my own opinion.
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