22nd July 2010

The Archers: Pip goes back to College … Clue about the Fete’s celebrity … Elizabeth and David fall out (again) … Kenton and Nigel have a lads eighties night at Jaxx

• Ruth’s in tears over Pip
• Kirsty is a fruit snob
• Nigel’s celebrity clue
• Elizabeth and David telling each other ‘I told you so’
• Kenton lets it all out
• How will Kirsty’s sofa be of any help!?!?

Ruth’s in tears over Pip

But – at long, long, long last – it’s tears of joy!

Pip‘s off back to College next term, so her return to ‘the old Pip’ is more or less complete.

Big sigh of relief from us all. Here’s hoping her next choice of suitor can be a tad more suitable, and much less infuriating.


Kirsty is a fruit snob.

So says Kenton


Nigel’s celebrity clue

“I can always rely on Lewis to do the driving”

First in mind has to be Lewis of Inspector Morse fame.

It can’t be John Thaw (obviously – unless he’s returned a la Sid twitter.com/SidPerksGhost), and Nigel’s clue doesn’t lend itself to it being Kevin Whately.

So maybe Colin Dexter? Is he to be found cruising?!?


Elizabeth and David telling each other ‘I told you so’

All’s well that ends well with Pip, but both Elizabeth and David decide to have a row about how each other handled the whole sorry (and long) situation with Jude.

David:

“I saw this months ago. I did my best to stop her getting hurt”

Elizabeth

“If you handled it better, she might have realised herself”

I still don’t understand why Elizabeth got so involved. After all, Jude was so bland that Pip wasn’t in any real danger. And it was just a case of ‘first love’.

David could have been more reasonable, but I personally don’t blame him for loathing Jude and wanting desperately for Pip to stop seeing him.

Didn’t we all?

And what was Elizabeth on about when she said the following about David:

“It must be in his DNA. He won’t admit he’s wrong”

Doesn’t Elizabeth share (more or less) the same DNA? Or have I been getting it wrong all these years?

Or, if there a different father story in there somewhere … Yikes!


Kenton lets it all out

After persuading a Nigel (who didn’t really need that much persuading) to come to Jaxx for the 80s night, Kenton has a honest chat about his relationship with Kathy.

As Kathy spotted, Kenton also feels that he’s happier when he’s not at home, and that they’re living separate lives.

Claiming that he does still love her (really?), he did admit that it’s Jamie that he really cares about.

Whoops. Isn’t it generally a really bad idea to stay together for the ‘sake of the kid’?

Nigel gave Kenton the same advice that Pat gave to Kathy – to let it “ride” for a while, to let the dust settle after Sid’s death (or should that be ‘let the ashes settle’? Maybe not. That’d be crass …).

So we get months of strained silences and outburst of fury. But I think it’s going to go the same way whether now or later – a Kenton and Kathy split.


How will Kirsty’s sofa be of any help!?!?


Maybe Kirsty is the subtlest seducer that ever graced Borchester, but if she isn’t, what on earth was she thinking encouraging Kenton to sleep on her sofa?

So Kenton was late home (again) and a tad tiddly (again), but at least he was with Nigel.

Surely it’s better to go home and face the banshee (that is currently Kathy) straight away, than to delay it – make Kathy even more infuriated – AND open up the idea that Kenton’s sleeping with Kirsty?

To add insult to injury, it also sounded like Kenton was just going to text rather than phone.

Ouch.

Even if it is all perfectly innocent, I would like to be Kirsty when this gets round …