Saturday 8 October 2011

Ambridge Extra Thursday 6th October 2011: Susan’s shocked by Clive (part deux)

(she was first shocked in yesterday’s Archers proper)

  • Clive frightens everyone
  • Erin wants to be Daniel’s partner
  • You don’t woo a lady with a gun
  • Clive and Matt?



Clive frightens everyone

Susan’s brought the shopping round to her mum’s, and stoops down to pick up the post, when:

[Clive] “Boo! … sorry sis, couldn’t resists … where you going, can’t I get a hug … don’t worry, I ain't escaped”

Seems Ivy didn’t phone Susan the moment Clive returned – so Susan had to find out from the man himself.

The Horrobins are a strange lot.

[Ivy] “He wanted it to be a surprise”

[Susan] “He hates me, mum”

Ivy reckons Clive doesn’t hate Susan now … so, that makes it alright then?

Susan doesn’t think so. Not after the horses. The fire. The robbery.

[Ivy] “He ain’t like that no more … stop spoiling things. Your brother wants to make a fresh start”

Hmmmm.


Erin wants to be Daniel’s partner

But only for a school project.

Seems our Daniel is very good with the female species.

He ‘likes’ Erin, but says no to be her project partner.

He’s lucky that Erin likes him being a bit:

[Erin] “ …strange … mysterious … he’s not like the rest of you guys”

[some bloke – I didn’t catch his name] “He’s a muppet”

Daniel seems to come to his senses, and says that he will do the project with Erin.

And then begins muttering internally that he’s got to remember not to pull his hair when he’s around Erin.

Eh?

Maybe some internal mutterings make sense only in one’s own mind.


You don’t woo a lady with a gun

Forced to sit and make small chat with Clive at her mums, Susan is quite perturbed to hear that Clive wants to see Keira and George.

Clive’s also impressed that Chris bagged an Aldridge.

[Clive] “Maybe that’s where I went wrong. I should have chatted up the posh birds, I always had a thing for that Debbie”

[Susan] “Well you shouldn’t have pointed a gun at her then!”

Later on:

[Susan] “Clive what are you doing here . … I'm serious. You’ll only frighten people … the whole village is terrified of you!”

[Clive] “Are you scared of me? … I understand why you shopped me. I should never have gone after Barford and his missus, he should have kept his nose out, I were only coming back to see me family. Why did you have to go and tell the police?”

But, that’s all over as far as Clive is now concerned (so why’d he bring it up?)/. He reckons he needs Susan, and wants to “put the past behind them”.

Double Hmmmm.


Clive and Matt?

Clive heard from Ivy that Matt lives in the Dower House:

[Clive] “Who says crime don’t pay?”

And they’re both astonished Matt only got a year:

[Ivy] “Did I say … it’s one rule for the rich”

Oh come on!

Matt ripped off the inland revenue (yah!) and the banks (hurrah!), whereas Clive maimed animals, assaulted people, stole from the local village shop (so technically Peggy and Jack), scared the life out of young women, old men and Betty, staled George and Christine …. Hardly compares, does it?

Later on, when Clive’s in The Bull (muttering internally that Fallon's grown up nicely … what a slime – and also saying to himself about Mike “Fatty Tucker. You’d think I had lurgy or something”), he bumps into Matt again.

Seems Lilian (quite rightly) gave Matt an earful for taking Clive home – though to be fair on Matt, he’d no idea who Clive as at first.

[Matt] “Just keep your nose clean and to hell with everyone else”

[Clive] “I just need to get myself a job. A Home. A woman. Just like you have … we all deserve a second chance”

Okay – so bets on for (a) Clive somehow blackmailing/backing Matt into a corner and both of them ending up in trouble (b) Matt seeing Clive as a useful odd-job man to have around, and both of them ending up in trouble (c) Clive stealing from Matt either by burglary or by stealth, and somehow both of them ending up in trouble.

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