The Only Way is Essex-Lydia threatens to call time on her and Arg's relationship

Lydia told Arg on last night's episode she's not being with someone like him before she ordered him out of her shop.

The argument started with Arg telling Lydia she is constantly digging at his best friend Mark, and calling her a bully. 'If you loved me like you say you do you would make an effort with Mark', said Arg.


Even Lydia's mum-Debbie, took James' side, telling Lydia she needs to lay off Mark and make a bit of an effort if she wants to be with Arg.

But the comment didn't sit with Lydia, who shouted at James asking him why he always pushes, before telling him to leave her shop.

Lucky she didn't know that James had turned down Mark's offer of them (Mark and Arg) having a break from each other, after Mark told him he thought Lydia was concerned that they spend too much time together.

'Not it's not just that', said Arg. 'She has to prove she loves me and give me respect.'

He added, 'Lydia is so brainwashed. She doesn't know what's going on behind closed doors', referring to the trouble between Lucy, Mario and Mark.

Afterwards when Lydia spoke to Lucy she told her she feels down and shit at the moment, what with James and her arguing over Mark.

'I'm frustrated. I need space at the moment', she told Lucy.

Also on last night's TOWIE:

• Mario told his sister Georgina that he 100 per cent trusts Lucy. He told his sister that it had been the hardest week of his life and that he wanted to trust his girlfriends but it is difficult with everyone else's opinions.
• After a visit from his mum, where Mark told her he missed female company but didn't want a girlfriend, Mark text someone to meet him outside the Sugar Hut, leaving viewers on a cliff hanger. Did he text and meet either Sam, Lucy or Lauren G?
• Kirk invited a girl-Billi, he met at the petrol station to the karaoke night he held at the Sugar Hut. Billi brought her friend Cara with her for Joey. Get in there team Jerk.
• Joey moved into his new home. A glorified pool house complete with pool.
• Gemma took Harry on a driving lesson.

The Only Way is Essex- Is the honeymoon period over for Joey and Sam?

Just when the well matched (?) pair were getting on so well, a spanner in the works hit last night as Sam told Joey he had been a shit boyfriend during his Ream party the other night.

'You only spent half an hour with me, and the rest of the night with the Ream girls', she told him on last night's episode. Joey asked her is she was 'jeal', when Sam replied that he was 'so drunk and so annoying' that night.

Their conversation then turned to Sam's girlie trip in the summer to Marbella. Joey told her as they are boyfriend and girlfriend now he thinks he should go with her. 'I'm going one hundred per cent', he said, 'But I wanted to go with you.' 'It's a girl's trip', said Sam.Joey replied by telling Sam that he was going car shopping with Harry, despite the 17-year-old not having a licence yet. Sam accused him of stealing her friends. 'We're boys', he said. 'Whatever', said Sam.

Later on in the episode, Sam spoke to sister Billie about Joey asking to go to 'Marbs' with her and the girls. Sam raised concerns that she thought her and Joey are moving too fast as he's around her house all the time and now wants to go on a girl's trip with her. Billie said that with Joey always being there, the relationship is becoming too comfortable, and said if they spent more time apart then when they saw each other there would still be butterflies there.

The Only Way is Essex- James tries to fix his broken relationship with Lydia

Arg told Lydia's mum Debbie, aka the mother-in-law from hell, that he would get things sorted after they bumped into each other on last night's episode, and she informed him that her daughter is in pieces over his alleged cheating.

Debbie claimed that Lydia cries all the time, won't eat and doesn't want to step outside of the house. When she asked James if there is any truth to he rumours he quickly said no. But Debbie said then she couldn't understand why people close to him have started the rumours? James claimed it's because of his bubbly personality, but Debbie didn't seem convinced.

'We- me, you and Lydia, have to get to the bottom of this', she said. 'I'll get it sorted', replied James. 'You do that', said Debbie.

Although, in an earlier conversation Lydia had with Lucy, she made it clear that she thought James is lying. She told Lucy how she had made a mistake and slept with 'Arg' after getting drunk. 'I'm soooo embarrassed', she admitted. Lucy asked her how she felt about the situation. 'Confused, hurt and embarrassed', she said. Lucy told her she would have to decide what her feelings are for James before doing anything like that again, and said she thought that Lydia didn't want to be with him right now. Lydia agreed.

And it seems like Lydia's dream might come true, after Gemma read her tarot cards at Kirk's birthday party and told her she will meet a new man very soon. She also said that Lydia would find something out that would piss her off. Lydia told Gemma that she felt finding a new man would be the perfect way to get over James, a guy that wows her and makes her see how bad it was with Arg.

At the same time, James confronted Sam and Billie over the rumours they have been spreading that he has cheated on Lydia, despite Mark warning him before not to as girls all stick together and not to trust anyone.

Arg told Billie and Sam that he had worked it out who told Lydia that he had cheated as they had been 'off-ish', with him and he had put two and two together. But he thought they were closer to him than Lydia?

Sam said they were but had to say something as Lydia was upset. James admitted to them he had done things wrong but never actually done anything with other girls.

'We're not being shit stirrers but we hear rumours', said Billie. Arg challenged them to name an incident. Billie told him she had heard he had oral sex in a club?  James laughed and said that's not the type of thing he would do.

'There's no smoke without fire', said Billie. 'You need to be truthful, but you're not going to be are you?'

The Only Way is Essex- Joey's date with Sam is literally the Pitts.

Joey took Sam out on a date to the dump on last night’s episode. The blonde store owner was treated to an adventure, Joey style to learn about his life. Mr Essex arrived at Sam’s house announcing they were going on a bike ride. A surprise choice for a guy whose pride and joy is his hair. Obviously no-one told him bike helmets and good hair don’t mix. Sam, who had spent hours getting ready, wasn’t impressed, particularly after he suggested she swap her heels for trainers.

Earlier while getting ready, Sam had told sister Billie her ideal date would be a trip to the theatre in a chauffeur driven car. Joey clearly had other ideas and took her on a points of interest tour, where they visited the local dump. And they say romance is dead? He said that he wanted to share the dump with her as he spent lots of time there as a child collecting materials to make tree-houses.

‘You didn’t do that?’, he said sounding surprised? Sam replied, ‘I went on adventures but not to the tip!’

For the second part of their date, Joey lead Sam to the woods for a picnic of squashed home-made ham and cheese sandwiches, salt and vinegar crisps and Thomas the Tank Engine strawberry yoghurt's, despite Chloe’s warning to stay away from a Thomas the Tank Engine theme. Fortunately he served champagne rather than orange squash.

When he asked her if she was enjoying the date, Sam said, ‘It’s different. I liked the effort you put into the picnic but not the tip.’

‘Am I a better kisser than Mark’, he asked? Sam admitted he was as his kiss had meaning.

While Joey and Sam were out on their date, the other girls- Amy, Maria, Chloe, Jess and Popey, got together for a botox party, the ultimate Essex must-have. But the conversation got heated as Lauren ridiculed Mark’s plans to open a model agency. Jess, who gave her new boobs their first proper outing, defended her brother and told Lauren they should have their own careers, particularly after they get married as they will need the money.