- “you look like you’ve been blown up with a bicycle pump”
- Jack’s really angry
- Roy isn’t coping
“you look like you’ve been blown up with a bicycle pump”
JLS makes Phoebe feel at home.
I suppose she’s just that sort of age – where having a poster of one’s favourite pop band is so very, very important.
Phoebe seems to still be trying to take everything she owns with her to South Africa.
[Hayley] “It will be here when you get home, everything will be the same … but what’s wrong with you, you look like you’ve been blown up with a bicycle pump”
Seems Phoebe is trying to get round the baggage allowance by wearing multiple t-shirts, and such. All the clothes she sees as special, especially the ones she’s been given by her nearest and dearest.
[Phoebe] “It doesn’t matter, I just look a bit fat”
Very admirable that a young lass isn’t worried about looking plump – but Hayley isn’t having it. She reckons Phoebe will pass out from overheating.
Roy starts shouting up for them to get a move on. Phoebe has a plane to catch.
[Hayley] “Just a slight wardrobe malfunction to sort out …”
Jack’s really angry
Tony gets to Peggy’s, to ask her for a loan, but finds her very upset.
She comes on the phone and asks Tony to take her to the hospital straight away.
Seems the care home found Jack slumped in his chair, and he was too drowsy and weak to be roused.
Tony later tells Pat, from the hospital, that it is probably a stroke:
[Tony] “When you see his face, it’s like when mum had hers, his face is fallen on one side”
Which is bad enough – but it’s also hard to tell if Jack is in pain. He can’t talk properly, and his reactions and communication is obviously affected by his Alzheimers.
[Tony] “I think he’s angry, being prodded and poked at … he hasn’t any real idea what’s happening”
[Peggy] “He’s so unhappy. He kept trying to push my hand away … when this happened to me, it was such a horrible experience, a complete bolt out of the blue, being out of control, the awful feeling in your head … and at least I had some idea of what was going on, but poor Jack …”
When Tony gets home (Peggy’s also at home, with Lilian probably staying over), he doesn’t want his dinner.
Not even a cuppa.
Pat seems to start to ask whether he asked Peggy about the loan … her mind really can’t cope with anything else at the moment.
[Tony] “There was no way I could ask about a loan … we’ll just have to battle on, manage on our own somehow, only goodness knows how we’ll do it”
Oh dear.
Disaster all round.
Roy isn’t coping
When they finally get Phoebe to the airport, there’s lots of loving and hugs.
Phoebe is told to text them as soon as she arrives (that’ll cost a fortune, by the way), and to SKYPE that evening (the mention of SKYPE proves that The Archers are Real … the BBC wouldn’t script a mention of a brand …).
[Hayley] “Look at her … I swear she still has extra leggings on … I only hope she doesn’t have to go to the loo in a hurry …”
Hayley’s interrupted by huge sobs from Roy, as he watches Phoebe leaved them.
[Roy] “Our little girl … I never thought … it’d be so hard to let go”
Poor Roy.
He’ll miss Phoebe.
I only hope that when she returns, she isn’t a mini-Kate …
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