little tiff deserves credit too, as does liam, the kids reactions were fantastic, the writers have clearly done a huge amount of research about this topic and are exploring it from all the angles- the inner nucleus of the family, and the shockwaves that it is having on the wider community- ian and phil joining forces for example.
jane was brilliant with lauren, and max didnt go as mental as i thought he would- he was actually shown listening to his daughter for once