- “I’m starting to see what Kathy’s up against”
- Money, flattery, a car AND Elizabeth open to suggestions
- Lucky escape for Jim
- Experience Vs Cockatoos
- Work permit?
“I’m starting to see what Kathy’s up against”
I do have a soft spot for Jolene, but part of me is starting to think she deserves to be taught a lesson by Jamie.
She has been quite uncaring about Kathy’s feelings – especially considering the ‘special’ history Jolene has of stealing Kathy’s menfolk.
Jolene hasn’t tried to help Kathy in getting Jamie back home (or at least talking to her).
So it’s karma that she’s now facing the same problems with Jamie that Kathy had to cope with. Staying out. Slipping school. Pretending to study.
Jolene and Fallon's approach to Jamie is the soft side of marshmallows. Every time
they try to bring him back into line, he gets stroppy, throws in a bit of emotional blackmail, and they cave:
[Fallon] “No one’s going to force you to do anything”
[Jamie] “Good. Because you can’t”
Or rather, they won’t.
So, despite very slight efforts to try and get Jamie to go back home, looks like they have him for keeps.
Or until he does start stealing from The Bull.
Money, flattery, a car AND Elizabeth open to suggestions
Roy is a lucky, lucky boy indeed!
He’s going to think about Elizabeth’s job offer over the weekend, but he was later very distracted and quiet when sitting near Lynda while she was talking at him.
Second thoughts? Too much responsibility? Or the weight of knowledge that Caroline and Oliver are going to be very, very disappointed.
Lucky escape for Jim
[Jim] “I’ve finally managed to escape … the massed ranks of baby worshippers”
Susan has now gone into overdrive about Emma’s giving birth to baby Girl Grundy. She seemingly has the village shop plastered with baby pictures.
Still quite perplexed that Susan wouldn’t leave her Post Officer during the birth …
Experience Vs Cockatoos
Lynda is exceedingly put out at the list of candidates for the Parish Council elections.
She has assumed that the obvious folks would get the obvious positions.
Infact, she assumed that no-one beyond the obvious would even dare to stand.
[Jim] “The list of candidates were something of a surprise”
[Lynda] “Indeed. How did I not have seen this coming?”
[Jim] “A question the noble Caesar himself might well have asked. And plenty of politicians before him. And since”
[Jim] “Eight candidates for six places. It’s almost un heard of in a parish council election in this village”
Jim’s rationale that it was great to see such local interest in local democracy just made Lynda even more furious.
[Lynda] “Local? Hilary Noakes and Richard Thwaite, they’ve only lived here 5 minutes … recent arrivals … upstarts … don’t you dare defend them .. .I blame you”
Lynda reckons it’s Jim’s fault that Richard Thwaite has been inspired by Jim’s choice for the Book Club.
Well, I suppose The Ghost is a political thriller. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_%28novel%29
[Lynda] “He’ll have his work cut out against seasoned campaigners”
But don’t let Lynda’s bluster fool you. She is worried that she might lose the election:
[Lynda] "Hilary Noakes has been worming her way into village life ... all about gaining a footprint in the local community”
But lest we forget that Hilary Noakes has a cockatoo up her sleeve …
Work permit?
I didn’t realise youngsters needed a work permit to work. Sounds a tad draconian – especially when it’s just a young chap working in the pub he already lives above.
Jolene and Fallon have agreed that Jamie can work in the pub while he’s on holiday, but only as serving staff.
But, for Jamie to work, he has to have a work permit signed by Kathy.
So he finally calls her, and meets her next to a river to ask.
Which was a tad cruel, as Kathy thought it was a lovely spot for them to be able to sit and talk through their problems. It just like someone inviting their partner out to a nice meal, only to dump them.
[Jamie] “Look mum, I texted you because I had to!”
Well done Jamie – that’s exactly how you should go about asking someone for a favour. Be rude and berate them first!
He wasn’t exactly sweet talking his mum, at a time when he’s been downright horrible to her.
Kathy said she’d think about. She had previously stopped him working at the Golf Course during his studying, so chances are she should still tell him no.
But will Kathy cave, in an attempt to try and get back onto a good footing with Jamie?
2 comments:
And some of us remeber when Lynda was a newcomer, trying to worm herself into village life...
Very good point Ruby. Even Lynda had to start somewhere.
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