When a former-nurse-turned-reality-show celebrity, Carrie Cottan, checks into Hotel Babylon, Gino becomes besotted with her. Carrie's famous for having an affair with TV presenter Marcus Walker, and is enjoying her 15 minutes of fame. Elsewhere in the hotel, Jackie is delighted when a novelist she admires, Francis Levington, checks in prior to his latest book launch. She makes an excuse to meet him alone, but soon comes to regret her actions.
—Rune Thandy