- You can’t even use the kids as an excuse
- It’s Eddie and Clarrie’s 30th tomorrow
- Stir-Up Sunday with the Grundys
- Tony thinks Pat is mad
You can’t even use the kids as an excuse
Lynda really has thought of a way to kibosh every possible excuse anyone could give for not going to Christmas around the World.
Will was caught out.
[Will] “There didn’t seem to be much in it for the kids”
[Lynda] “I know, which is why … I recognised rather later in the day that my original concept was somewhat lacking in appeal so I’ve had a radical rethink, and I think you’ll find this version infinitely to your … taste … quite literal.ly, because it’s going to be a feast … of food …interspersed with morsels of entertainment”
Will seemed to perk up at the sound of food. Especially as it’s the lovely Ian who will be cooking it.
Later, Lynda corners Pat and Tony to ask them for cheese (at cost, not free).
But – December 28th might clash with Will’s stag night.
Aw. That would be a shame.
It’s Eddie and Clarrie’s 30th tomorrow
And they’re off round The Bull.
But – they don’t know that Nic and Will have plans for them …
Stir-Up Sunday with the Grundys
Stir-up Sunday has generally been an Archer thing.
But I suppose we’re being tuned into eavesdrop on the Grundys as the Archer’s is now about our last memory of Phil.
So, we get to hear Clarrie, Nic, Mia, Jake and George (to a background of Jingle Bell Rocks).
But it’s all new to Nic.
[Nic] “Didn’t you say it was something to do with the church?”
[Jake] “Do they have Christmas pudding in the bible?”
[Clarrie] “No darling, it’s just the collect for this Sunday, ‘Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people’ … then some children go hold of it, so Jill told me … ‘stir up, we beseech thee, the pudding in the pot, and when we get home we’ll eat the lot’ ”
This then started the kids on Shepherds washing their sock by night …
[Mia] “why didn’t their mummy put them in the washing machine?”
Tony thinks Pat is mad
Pat is still being distant with Tony.
He thinks it’s about the rebranding. Pat is just about to tell him, but Lynda interrupts while on her Christmas around the World mission to get local produce.
Later on:
[Pat] “It’s something Susan said … you know Kylie came to Ivy’s funeral … she stayed with Susan … she told me Kylie has a brother, Sharon’s son, and he's 13, which means he was born in 1998”
[Tony] “So?”
[Pat] “Oh Tony! Think about it. What if … I think he might be John’s son”
[Tony] “What? John’s Son? No, that’s impossible … surely this boy is her husband’s child”
[Pat] “Look at the dates”
[Tony] “This madness. Please Pat”
As Pat explains, Hayley spilt up with John just before Christmas 1997, because she caught John and Sharon In flagrante delicto.
Tony maintains that it can’t be so. Sharon was at John’s funeral in March, and she didn’t look pregnant. He reckons Sharon would have said something.
[Pat] “We didn’t exactly open her with open arms. It’s perfectly possible”
[Tony] “Many things are possible but it’s highly unlikely. I really don't think you should pursue it any further. It’s bound to end in disappointment.”
[Pat] “John could have a son!”
[Tony] “I just don’t think you should revisit all that. John’s death. Well, what it did to you”
[Pat] “This isn't about John’s death.”
[Tony] “It’s about John, isn’t it, you so want it to be true. Oh Pat, for your own piece of mind, let it go”
Difficult one.
Pat is basing a lot on nothing – and Tony is quite right that this could drag her back into being depressed.
But, if there’s even a slight chance, surely they should at least ask?
Or, should they keep quiet, considering Sharon hasn’t thought to tell them anything herself?
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