Now to be fair he might not have gone yet - I hope so - but if he has that's three departures in three weeks (Grant, Sonya and Mas, hardly extras in the show) with no duff duff which is bloody shoddy, frankly.

well Grant was only back as a guest, Sonia will be back and i dont think Masood has left yet

I don't think that tonight was Masood's last episode either.

Nitin has confirmed on twitter it wasnt his last episode

Is that right? God! A slightly better exit than Jacks last time round but the writers are acting like jilted vengeful lovers! 'Your leaving us?? Well have this!'

I think he leaves in January.

Nitin tweeted: 'Just.... hang on... It ain't over till you get in black cab and MUSIC starts!!!'

He should definitely have one more scene with Carmel though I don't think he will get a Julia's theme (although he may be referring to normal credits).

It never hit me that Masood was leaving so soon until tonight. He kept changing his mind and I was surprised when he said he was leaving in a few days. The buildup to his exit storyline wasn't as big as I expected but hopefully he gets a nice last scene.

I know he wants to travel around the world but where is his first destination?

When that episode finished and we hadn't seen him leave I thought that can't be it.

Would be very poor to do that to a long serving cast member

Really hope that isn't his last scene because it was shocking and very disrespectful to a long serving cast member. They need to clarify asap if it is true that he hasn't left yet.

Masood is back briefly in Week 40.

at least he had a party.

I went on Nitin's Twitter account and it appears we haven't seen the last of Masood. I'm not a huge fan of him as a character but he deserves a decent exit and I would like to see some closure scenes between him and Carmel.