- Why so surprised that Harry pulled?
- Pondering when Emma met Ed
- Will and Nic as Keira’s godparents???
- Lynda in party planning mode
- "the Llamas were violated"
- Ruth makes a suggestion to Elizabeth which doesn’t go down at all well
Why so surprised that Harry pulled?
[Ed] “Harry’s only gone and pulled!”
Emma sounded quite shocked.
Why so?
Harry’s too dull for most women? Did they also assume he was gay?
(still not finding that whole farce funny. Like the whole Harold Asquith (real name Wendy Diamond) and Colin Carpenter (Michelle MacLean) elopement, this all feels a tad childish – at worst, a wee bit bigoted)
See my previous posts
Either way, Harry is seeing Zofia again, and Jazzer doesn’t seem too bothered.
He pulled someone else anyway …
Pondering when Emma met Ed
Of more accurately, when Emma left Will for Ed.
They walk by reminders of the night Emma left Will.
[Emma] “We’ve come a long way, haven’t? … have we left all out wild past behind us, do you think?”
So Emma’s now worried about becoming “boring and settled”
[Ed] “It’s not so bad being settled, is it?”
[Emma] “Not with the right person, no”
Will and Nic as Keira’s godparents???
Good lord no! Ed was just joking.
Seemingly Susan and Clarrie are on at Ed and Emma to get Keira’s christening organised.
And looks like the choice for godparents is an easy one – Oliver and Caroline.
Lynda in party planning mode
What’s the problem with the Snells’ finance?
They seem to be very preoccupied by the cost of their forthcoming garden party – to celebrate their 25 years in Ambridge.
[Lynda] “Mid-afternoon, so no obligation to give them a big meal … fete champetre, you might say”
They have at least 150 people to invite, including Robert’s kids, partners and their children.
[Lynda] “25 years of village life Robert, that’s a lot of friendships”
So, to keep costs minimised, they’ll provide the drinks and strawberries & cream, with all guests contributing to the food.
Which I think if fair enough. David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ and all that … not that I think Cameron knows what it means to properly pitch in, but I do digress …
But, Robert has to tell Lynda to stop. Which takes a bit of effort, but when he does get her to listen, he leads her outside …
"the Llamas were violated"
If you were sensible enough to not listen to Ambridge Extra (actually – that’s not entirely fair – there has been some ‘good’ moments, in-between the youf language and music), you won’t know that Jamie and his moronic mates sprayed the Snells’ Llamas with pink hair dye.
Very droll.
[Lynda] “Oh no. Whatever’s happened to them?”
Wolfgang and little Constanza had pink “wiggles” on them “like some modern art installation”, when Robert found them.
[Lynda] “They must have been terrified. They would have run away”
But Robert reckons they must have backed them into a corner. And that is was “just” kids, “high in something”.
Lynda is quite rightly distraught. Poor Wolfgang and Constanza – must have been frightening, though they do seem fairly relaxed now.
Then again, animals are not very good at showing emotional trauma …
Robert reckons there’s no point in reporting it to the Police. In his shoes – I would have.
Where there’s pink hair die, there’s a guilty teen.
Maybe I should just call in the Police myself. After all, I did hear the dirty deed being done.
And it’s not only the Llamas that are upset. Lynda’s taking it personally:
[Lynda] “When we’ve just been saying how welcome and settled we out in Ambridge … warmth and support … there’s someone out there who hates us …Robert, the Llamas were violated!”
But good old Robert puts a positive spin on it (well, not really – all he can say is that it was likely “bored youngsters with nothing better to do” than anyone with a vendetta). And also refocuses Lynda onto the party.
So Robert hangs the expense! The Snells shall have their fete champetre on the 1st Sunday in August.
Ruth makes a suggestion to Elizabeth which doesn’t go down at all well
Ruth finally tackles Elizabeth. Not literally, but, as the conversation went on, I got the feeling that she would have like to do so …
After Elizabeth tries to avoid talking to her (she’s busy … minding the gallery … the kids etc ec), Elizabeth then tries to steer the conversation onto her not having sent Elizabeth a birthday card. Of course she knows all too well that it’s her letter, removing David and Ruth as Lily and Freddie’s guardians, that Ruth has come to talk about.
[Elizabeth] “It’s my decision, and I don’t want to discuss I … taken it on yourself to fight his battles?”
As Ruth points out, her being removed as guardian does actually affect her – as well as leaving David in tatters.
But Elizabeth doesn’t want to discuss anything rationally.
[Elisabeth] “You don’t see, do you … it’s not about what you and David want …. doing what David wanted cost Nigel his life …
… “I can quite see that he’d want to take care of Freddie and Lily, yes, out of guilt … but after what he did to Nigel, how can he possibly think I’d want the man who took their father away from them looking after them if I wasn’t around, the idea is ludicrous …
“… no, I’m not listening … I can’t see why this has come as such a surprise to you
“… Nigel’s’ not here, and do you know why, because David forced him to do something he didn’t want to do, to save David time”
[Ruth] “Not again …”
[Elizabeth, shouting] “YES again, because you can’t change it!”
Elizabeth talks about how Nigel died because David wanted to save an hour the following day. And that he made it worse by not telling her.
Then Ruth drops her own bombshell.
[Ruth] “He felt terrible, he feels terrible … you’ve had a terrible time, the most awful trauma … but really, what might help might be some sort of counselling …. To help you comes to terms …”
[Elizabeth] “You’ve got a nerve … do you know what would help, out yourself into my position …now tell me how much counselling is ever going to help with that???”
Oops.
Telling Elizabeth she needed counselling was never going to go sown well, no matter who said it to her.
But coming from Ruth? Wife of David?
Not a good idea, at all.
2 comments:
Thing is, Ruth is quite right. Elizabeth does need counselling. There's a group called Widowed and Young that she needs to find.
i do agree with you - just maybe wasn't a good idea for the wife of the man Elizabeth thinks killed her husban to be suggesting it ...
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