- Clarrie is just an all round good sort
- We can depend on Susan
- Why on earth didn’t Eddie and Clarrie not expect Will to go off on one?
- They really didn’t expect it.
- Kenton and Kathy in a 'Not shouting' shock!
- Kenton gets through to Jamie?
- Apples, Deck and Panto (oh my!)
Clarrie is just an all round good sort
Clarrie was having a chat with Kathy, when Kenton arrived to take Jamie out.
Not only did Clarrie not fish for gossip - she immediately left them to it - mentioned to Kathy that she could call round anytime for a chat - and gave Eddie a tap for trying to be nosey.
Nice person indeed.
We can depend on Susan
Actually, I think it's fair enough that Susan is spreading the news far and wide.
After all, it is her daughter that's pregnant.
The way Will found out can't exactly be blamed on Susan gossiping (for once). Methinks Ed had planned it all along ... (see below)
Why on earth didn’t Eddie and Clarrie not expect Will to go off on one?
As @meerkatmartin pointed out to me on Twitter, parents generally only see the good in their kids.
Which is absolutely true.
The trouble is, have Eddie and Clarrie been completely oblivious to the continued animosity between their sons?
When was the last time Will and Ed were in the same room, let alone acted like brothers?
I’m quite stunned that they didn't think to (a) tell Will about Emma's pregnancy become common knowledge and (b) assume that he'd go loopy about it.
[Clarrie] "isn’t it nice!"
[Will] "so why didn’t someone tell me?"
[Will] "Jennifer a telling me I’m going to be an uncle ... how do you think I felt?"
Clarrie also had to admit that she'd known for a wee while, which made Will even more angry.
I can see Will's point that it's not right he had to hear it from "the gossips".
Perhaps Eddie and Clarrie should have insisted Ed tell Will, but I don't think Ed gives a stuff.
I think his plan all along was to truly rub Will up the wrong way by making sure he found out the wrong way.
[Clarrie] "are you pleased for them?"
[Will] "what!"
[Clarrie] "well, it’s good news"
[Will] "Dad ... after what Ed's done to me, do you think I’m going to congratulate him?"
And then we get onto Will’s new strategy:
[Will] "you really think he's ft to be a father? ... he's just not responsible"
Yikes!
I’m not sure where that come from (I can only remember George once hitting his head, while Ed and Will were having a punch up).
Anyone else have an idea of how Will could justify Ed not being a good dad?
Either way - looks like Will isn’t going to take this quietly. I think he'll try and get custody of George, while making Emma's pregnancy a far less joyous experience than it should be (for all concerned).
They really didn’t expect it.
"I never thought he'd take it as bad as that"
"and after all this time, you’d think he start to get over it"
"he'll soon calm down"
"a lot of it is because he's been made to feel a fool in front of Jennifer Aldridge"
Ah, come on now Eddie and Clarrie. Will has shown nothing but utter contempt for Ed since the whole Emma-gate.
But you're also missing the fact that Nic is now going to have to cope with the full brunt of Will's unreasonable anger.
"Nic is such a nice sensible girl ... perhaps she can talk him round"
Actually, maybe Nic can. She has stood up to Will before.
But, because Nic is such a "nice" girl, I hope she runs for the hills (or Harry) when she realises that Will is going to be going utterly overboard throughout and beyond Emma's pregnancy.
Kenton and Kathy in a 'Not shouting' shock!
While Kathy was very frosty to Kenton when he collected Jamie, she didn't shout at him.
When Kenton said:
"I thought it might help the situation ... I’ve been busy but not been on another planet"
Kathy didn’t shout at him.
When Kenton brought Jamie back home.
Kathy still didn’t find to something to shout at him about.
And, when Kenton offered to collect Jamie from school, so that he could hang out with him again AND give Kathy a break ...
... Kathy accepted his help in the straightforward manner it was offered.
Phew! Think we've turned a corner?
Kenton gets through to Jamie?
As well as Kathy and Kenton having a normal conversation, and agreeing to something, is it too much to hope that Kenton will actually manage to help stop Jamie being such a thug?
Jamie seemed to take on board Kenton's point that his shenanigans to Pip's Barn Dance was mote about him being rude than underage drinking.
And then also admitted that he is
"bored ... fed up ... people [are] annoying me ... there's nothing good in my life ... everyone just comes down on me"
On the matter of Kathy dropping him at and collecting him from school, Jamie did have a good point to make that it is actually making her life more stressful.
Which Kenton heard, and late came up with a solution for (see above). Which I was heartened by, considering Kenton had at first said
"it does seem a little bit bonkers"
(I was imaging that he'd say those exact words to Kathy, sending her off into a fury yet again. Which he didn't. Phew!)
And what's more, did Kenton actually persuade Jamie to go to school and actually do the work while he's there?
[Kenton] "I’m not a shining example of academic achievement - but at least I had some O levels ... if you have to go, might as well get something out of it"
Oh my. This has to be too good to be true.
Apples, Deck and Panto (oh my!)
The previous mention of the Panto, and tonight's mention that Deck The Halls will be back this year (at Lower Loxley), has made me warm and happy.
It's been a very trying year in many, many respects.
And though often a twee farce, the Christmas 'specials' also raise a smile.
As Clarrie put it:
"something to look forward to it"
What's more, Lower Loxley is also having an apple day soon.
Which Joe is helping out with (by getting old varieties from Grange Farm).
Can we sense a cider scam forthcoming?
2 comments:
I too am suspecting imminent custody battle, which makes me wonder about something. My memory is on the hazy side this morning (bit of a hangover, alas), but if Will decides to take the responsibility tack in the custody case, he could come a cropper. While Ed can point to the fact that he's worked his way up to taking over Oliver's herd, he's expanded it and is making a go of things, didn't Will run off and abandon his job (post-strangulation attempt), followed by him being moved to the Gloucester shoot to prevent him killing Ed or someone else? If I'm remembering correctly, that's all going to come out, and it won't be pretty...
I reckon your hazy memory is correct. Will's hardly poster dad material and Ed would come off far better in any court. Will would only end up being rude to the judge ...
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