- Leonie’s being nice
- Kenton’s telling Jolene what to buy
- James wants to take “ma” to lunch
- “… the joker and the ice queen”
- Jolene feels like a new woman
- Leonie returns to form
- The very idea of James and Leonie breeding
- Kenton gets off of his bum
Leonie’s being nice
Cripes almighty!
Lynda is a bit put-out that Robert’s doing Leonie a full English breakfast. Lynda opts for muesli instead.
She’s also not entirely convinced by Leonie’s sudden happy mood. Leonie is seems to be “in a better place” and is “happier” (according to Robert).
[Lynda] “By that you mean there was no snide comments about my role as a grandmother …”
Leonie was even:
[Leonie] “Dreaming about (Lynda’s) pear flan”
Robert’s putting it all down to Leonie’s new bloke. Who she’s mysterious about. And who she calls Jay. But it later turns out we probably should have seen that as ‘J’ …
And what’s this?
‘J’ then mysteriously appears in Borchester in time for lunch at The Bull.
(I still didn’t get it, at this point)
Kenton’s telling Jolene what to buy
I don’t care if someone had been lovely enough to take me to Monte Carlo. I’d still have given them a slap if they told me what I could and couldn’t buy in duty free.
Jolene picks up some cigarettes “for Lilian”, but Kenton won’t let her purchase them.
[Jolene] “You don’t let a girl have any fun … I’ve been so good. I haven’t touch a cigarette”
Kenton that even accuses her of always choosing tables outside to eat at, so that she could inhale the smoke of others. (though he was saying this quite light heartedly).
So Jolene reckons her reward for not smoking is to smoke.
I reckon Kenton’s onto a losing battle with this one.
James wants to take “ma” to lunch
Which is when I had my ‘eureka’ moment.
J … James.
James being mysterious about his social life, Leonie being mysterious about her new man.
James and Leonie.
Ah ……
“… the joker and the ice queen”
So as they arrive at The Bull, Lynda and Robert, Matt and Lilian, realise that their respective young ‘uns are indeed seeing each other.
[Lynda] “Wait a minute? J … James!”
[James] “Guys. Meet my new girlfriend., Leonie”
Matt sounded like he’d known all along (and quite smug with it – can he foresee that Leonie will be trouble for James? Matt would love bad things to happen to James).
Jolene feels like a new woman
Kenton gets to feel a new woman.
(sorry!)
Leonie returns to form
Now that the burden of hiding that she’s dating James is off her shoulder, Leonie returns to her usual lack of tact.
She waffles on about how she:
[Leonie] “dated guys who turned out to be such wimps and losers”
the examples of which she gives as being vegan (Lynda isn’t happy at that comment) and having gone to boarding school (did James?).
Leonie follows that up by calling her sister a drooling idiot, and that “it seems to be catching”. Which was all a reference to babies … and the “catching” was the long-awaited snide comment about Lynda being so proud of being a grandmother.
So Lynda ends up upset, in the toilet.
Robert sounds happy enough (does anything ever annoy that man?).
And Lilian:
[Lilian] “Never mind what you think of her, James adores her”
[Matt] “I’d say they’re made for each other”
Kenton and Jolene are quick to listen in (as they’re back in The Bull), sending Kenton into fits of laughter.
[Kenton] “You couldn’t make that up … a cute couple … the joker and the ice queen!”
The very idea of James and Leonie breeding
[Lilian] “Do you have any plans to … “
[James] “We’re taking it steady”
And he mentions that they’re not thinking of flats – Leonie’s mentions that they’re not (yet) thinking of families … eeeeeek! Surely the spawn of Leone and James would be far worse than anything, ever spawned by an Ambridge resident! Lynda was horrified.
[Lynda] “No heavens, no … no!”
Kenton gets off of his bum
To finally do something about Jamie. But only because Jamie is stressing Jolene out.
Jolene is looking forward to actually getting back to work, but she’s dreading Jamie.
[Jolene] “he’s still here. He’s showing no signs of moving out … I’m not his mother. I can’t always be responsible for him … I can’t really throw him out"
So Kenton, quite manfully, steps in. He’s going to have a word with Jamie. At long, long last …
Shame it took him getting his leg over Jolene to be spurred into action!
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