Ambridge Extra Tuesday 31st July 2012
- Did Kate really have to go off?
- It wasn’t a gun
- Kate dumps Johan, Johan isn’t bothered
- What’s Phoebe ever done to God?
- Delia has a word
- Kate’s apology falls flat
- Lucas forgives
- Phoebe doesn’t want to say goodbye
Did Kate really have to go off?
As Phoebe’s getting ready to leave for the airport, and just as Delia and Michael arrive, Kate heads out.
[Delia] “What’s the matter with the girl, her daughter’s about to fly back to England …”
Kate did have important stuff to do, but surely it could have waited!
It wasn’t a gun
And seems he wasn’t actually a bad taxi man after all.
Lucas reckons the taxi driver was just scared. He didn’t have a gun, and he was genuinely driving an odd route to avoid bad traffic.
Poor man.
Kate dumps Johan, Johan isn’t bothered
Kate left Phoebe, just as Phoebe was getting ready to leave South Africa, to go and see Johan.
For goodness sake!
Even Johan thought that was a bit odd.
[Johan] “I wasn’t expecting to see you today. Your little girl’s going home, ya?”
Kate starts to sound like she’s leaving Lucas for him …
[Johan] “Get real .. My life is not set up for kids and doing the 9 to 5, I thought we were just having a bit of fun here. Can’t we just carry on?”
[Kate] “No, we can’t. You're right it’s not fun anymore.”
Kate ends “it”. There and then. She reckons it should have never started in the first place.
Johan concurs.
[Kate] “You’re not upset?”
[Johan] “Of course, but these things run their course … these things get a bit too complicated.”
Realising that Johan never gave a hoot for her, Kate starts crying.
[Johan] “We had a good time while it lasted.”
Kate then tells Johan she’s also quitting College.
[Kate] “I almost lost my husband and my daughter because of what we did. I can’t ever see you again.”
Well now.
Was Kate about to stay if Johan wanted her?
Or did she intend to dump him and her work from the off?
Either which way, what a bizarre thing to do when your daughter is leaving!
What’s Phoebe ever done to God?
[Desmond Tutu via Delia] “Remember, you don’t choose your family, they are god’s gift to you.”
My word, Phoebe must have done something horrific to make God gift her a Kate!
Delia has a word
Delia takes Kate aside to tell her that she has a very special girl for a daughter.
[Delia] “You’re lucky her father and stepmother brought her up so well.”
(meow!)
Delia gives Kate a bit of a lecture about, though she doesn’t know the ins and out between Kate and Lucas, how being a mother means having to give everything up for her family. Sometimes.
[Kate] “You’re right. You don’t know anything at all!”
(double meow!)
Kate’s apology falls flat
[Kate] “Look, Phoebe, I want to apologise … I just want you to understand, whatever terrible things I've done, none of it, absolutely none of it, has anything to do with how I feel about you … I don’t want to part like this, I’m still your mum, I know I don’t always live up to your expectations …”
[Phoebe] “You can say that again!”
[Kate] “Well, what do you want me to say? I am trying to be better.”
[Phoebe] “It’s not about what you say … don’t you get it mum, you always think you can talk your way out of things, well it’s not good enough this time … try doing the right thing for once.”
Kate was about to start telling Phoebe about why she went out with Johan (good lord – does that woman have no sense?) when, thankfully, Lucas interrupts them.
[Lucas] “You just can’t stop doing it, can you … you can’t make her forgive you.”
Lucas forgives
Kate tells Lucas that he was right about Durban. That it’s a great career opportunity. And a better lifestyle.
[Kate] “All I want now is for you, me and the children to be together, It shouldn’t have taken for this to have happened for me to realise that.”
[Lucas] “I could have listened. More. Much more.”
Kate demands that he must forgive her if they can hope to carry on.
Eh?
Now, I know Lucas seemed to be a bit of a bully when we first visited with him and Kate in South Africa – but how much can anyone really listen to Kate without going mad?
And the cheeky madam is only now saying that she wants Lucas, Durban and her kids because Johan’s not interested.
On their way to the airport, Phoebe asks Lucas if he’s going to stay with Kate.
[Lucas] “I don’t know. She says she wants to come to Durban, though.”
[Phoebe] “But it's not that simple?”
[Lucas] “No.”
[Phoebe] “Look, I know my mum’s rubbish, She gets stuff in her head and then that’s it, she doesn’t think, she gets carried away, and I know what she did was really bad, but that’s what’s great about her too … In your heart, do you think you can give her a second chance?”
[Lucas] “Yes Phoebe, I think I can.”
Well, more fool him.
Phoebe doesn’t want to say goodbye
Quite literally.
She won’t let Kate come to the airport to say goodbye to her.
[Phoebe] “I don’t want you to.”
[Kate] “I know I'm not the best mum in the world Phoebe, but I do love you, you know that, don’t you?”
[Phoebe] “I know.”
Ouch.
No ‘I love you too mum’ back.
And that’s how they left it.
Ach well. Kate will have forgotten about Phoebe again in a matter of days.
Ambridge Extra Tuesday 17th July 2012
- Phoebe’s not happy with Kate
- Kate’s not for moving
- Kate’s overinflated vases
- Lucas thinks Phoebe should go home
- Kate doesn’t understand “compromise”
Phoebe’s not happy with Kate
She’s got her music too loud, snaps at Kate and doesn’t even want special pancakes! Also add sarcasm to that list.
[Phoebe] “So, any urgent emails for you this morning … is your friend Becky in trouble again?”
[Kate, not remotely getting the hint] “Phoebe, sweetheart, I thought we’d moved on from that … I’m always here for you … we’re mates, aren’t we? There’s no need for us to have any secrets.”
Ach Kate, you really are blind.
Kate’s not for moving
Phoebe’s suddenly decided that they should move to Durban. Wonder why this is … something to do with getting Kate away from Johan?
Lucas obviously wants to move. He’s ignoring Kate’s obvious displeasure, and today told her to pack. But she refused.
[Kate] “You can go on your own. I’m staying here with your kids.”
[Lucas] “I just don’t understand you. I don’t see how you can be so selfish and unreasonable!”
[Kate] “I’m selfish, I’m unreasonable? You should stop to look at yourself … perhaps you should go away and try a bit harder.”
Actually – has Lucas every really noticed who he married? Course Kate is selfish and unreasonable. Look either up in the dictionary, and it’ll refer you back to Kate Aldridge.
Obviously not.
Lucas seems to be under the impression that because Kate promised they’d concentrate on his career after she’d had her year at Felpersham Uni, she should stick to her word.
As if.
Kate’s promises always mean nothing.
[Kate] “You can’t drag this up now, it’s completely irrelevant.”
Later, Kate tells Delia, Michael and Phoebe that she’s not moving. Their horrified.
[Phoebe] “Yes, and I know why!”
Phoebe doesn’t tell everyone why, but storms off, breaking pottery as she goes, while shouting “I hate you”.
Maybe Phoebe should go home indeed.
Kate’s overinflated vases
The price Kate reckons they’re worth is just as overinflated as her ego!
She’s just beginning to make vases, and asked Delia to put them on her stall.
But they don’t sound very good. Michael certainly isn’t an admirer.
[Michael] “Is this a very big mug, or a small vase, or is it upside down?”
[Phoebe] “I think it might be a jug.”
[Michael] “With no handle?”
[Delia] “It’s a stoneware vase!”
[Phoebe] “Mum just doesn’t have the patience.”
Later on, Phoebe still hasn’t managed to sell Kate’s “vases”. She can’t even give them away as a free gift with one of Delia’s pieces.
[Phoebe] “Sorry, that’s tough, but that’s the market for you.”
But Michael, nice chap that he is, later decides he really likes one of Kate’s vases. And buys it. They hide it from Kate so that she then thinks she’s made a real sale.
She really doesn’t deserve them.
Lucas thinks Phoebe should go home
[Kate] “She’s just in a bit of a strip this morning. Teenage stuff.”
Lucas doesn’t get it.
Phoebe wanted to stay. Kate wanted her to stay as well. Now Phoebe’s going off with Delia rather than Kate, and is arguing with Kate.
He thinks she’d be better of heading home to Ambridge.
I concur.
Kate doesn’t understand “compromise”
Kate phones Jennifer, expecting Jennifer to support her point of view.
But, Jennifer can see that Lucas is trying to do the best for his family.
[Jennifer] “Can’t you try and reach a compromise?”
[Kate] “Oh, so you mean I should give up and do whatever he says?”
[Jennifer] “Oh darling, sharing your life with somebody is never easy. No matter how much you love each other … take it from me, I ought to know. There are times to make a stand, there are times when you just have to put your doubts side and do what’s best for your family. And this is one of these times.”
[Kate] “So, you’re on his side.”
Oh come on Kate! Compromise means both of you having to lose out, but also gain.
(mind you, there’s never a point to trying to reason with Kate?)
Ambridge Extra Thursday 12th July 2012
- Kate doesn’t know the “coolest sounds”
- Now the South African older ‘uns are randy
- Lucas and Kate are skint?
- Kate makes a promise
- Kate abandons Phoebe
- Phoebe’s a natural saleswoman
- Johan’s a real bad ‘un
- Phoebe catches Kate at it
Kate doesn’t know the “coolest sounds”
And boy wasn’t she irritated by it! Phoebe was waxing lyrical about some of the latest hit pop combos, none of which Kate knew.
Phoebe then wanted to go out with her pals rather than go shopping with her mum (though she relented after Kate nearly threw a tantrum)
Time Kate accepted she’s no longer a young ‘un!
Now the South African older ‘uns are randy
What on earth is happening to the older generation of Ambridge related folks?
Michael and Delia were almost at ‘it’.
Enough already!
Turns those microphones off at such moment, please. We’ll end up with The Archers after the watershed.
Lucas and Kate are skint?
Sounds like it.
Delia and Michael were talking about Lucas’ new job offer.
[Delia] “Lucas can’t afford to turn down, literally.”
[Michael] “I think Kate is so wrapped up in her own world, she sometimes forgets that Lucas is the breadwinner.”
Sounds like Kate would have much of a choice but to move.
Kate makes a promise
Oh dear.
[Kate] “Phoebe. nothing’s going to interfere with your camping trip. And that’s a promise.”
Uh oh …
Kate abandons Phoebe
Yet again!
Johan texts Kate. Kate tells Phoebe it’s her mate Becky, who has been taken to hospital.
Kate then leaves Phoebe in the shopping centre. Alone.
[Kate] “Here's some money. Buy yourself a pizza or something.”
Nice parenting!
Though to be fair, Delia is close by with her pottery stall.
Still very shoddy, though.
Phoebe’s a natural saleswoman
Seems Phoebe has some of Kate’s gift of the gab.
She does go to see Delia (well, who else could she turn to). Delia encourages her to try and make a few sales. Which Phoebe does, rather well.
[Delia] “Go on like this and you'll soon be selling fridges to Eskimos.”
Johan’s a real bad ‘un
He texted Kate to allegedly helped him with a course he’s putting together.
Though he was obviously after a bit more than just advice.
He’s seeing other women. Gets warned off by Michael. And still interrupts Kate and her family.
Dodgy bloke indeed.
Phoebe catches Kate at it
(well not in reality, just virtually)
[Phoebe] “The things about my mum, most time she's great, just not very reliable.”
(what an understatement!)
Phoebe called Mandisa from the shopping centre, and met up with her to go back to Phoebe’s.
They’re about to go onto Kate’s laptop, looking at the jeans Kate promised Phoebe they’d be buying today (but ran off to see Johan instead).
Mandisa manages to crack Kate’s laptop password (one of her kid’s birthday). She notices Kate has email, and looks.
[Mandisa, reading out the email] “Hey, what, kiss kiss missing you already …”
[Phoebe] “Oh Mandisa no, that's Lucas, I’m not listening!”
[Mandisa] “You;re the sexiest volunteer ...”
Oh. They realise it’s not Lucas.
[Phoebe] “Some kind of a joke?”
Then she notices the time of the email. It was moments before Kate sped off to see Becky in hospital …
[Phoebe] “She went t be with him. Oh mum!”
Oh dear. But, Phoebe did have to realise it sooner or later.
(I don’t understand why Johan was emailing Kate while also texting her. Maybe just a cute message for when she left him and went back home … but teenage stuff, surely?)
Ambridge Extra 10th July 2012
- Lucas’ mum, Delia
- Johan is a player
- Lucas is offered the job
Lucas’ mum, Delia
Sounds like a very sensible woman indeed.
She was having a chat to Lucas before his job interview. Though she encourages him to take his chance (if he’s offered it), so also tells him to “be considerate” and not to take things for granted.
By which she means Kate.
Sounds like advice which has come too late.
Johan is a player
Lucas’ dad Michael walked in on Johan at work, while he was “helping” a graduate student.
And Michael later told Delia that Johan has a bad reputation.
Oops. Nae luck there then, Kate.
Michael then invited Johan round to his and Delia’s for dinner. While Lucas and Kate are also there for dinner.
Johan hesitates, and calls Kate to see what she thinks.
[Kate] “No. No, please come ... they're trying to pressure me, it’d be good to have you there. Someone on my side. But please, please be careful.”
What numpties! Dangerous and incredibly disrespectful for Johan to eat at Lucas’ parents’ house. But would seem Johan has the same morals as Kate.
(i.e. none at all)
When Delia sees Johan:
[Delia] “Ah, so that's your Johan. now I understand!”
At dinner, Johan waxes lyrical about how marvellous Kate is. How she’s made such a difference to him in his work and the like.
Would seem Michael’s not a man to be underestimated.
As Johan is leaving, Michael shakes his hand while saying:
[Michael] “And Johan. Just a word before you go. Inspite of what happened tonight, Lucas and Kate are a very close couple ... forgive me if I’m speaking out of turn ... I may be getting old, but I’m not blind. Kate’s an attractive woman, and I noticed something unprofessional in the way you were looking at her tonight ... if you’ve any intentions of that kind, I would forget them now.”
[Johan] “I would never dream of compromising her in anyway ... so, can I have my hand back now?”
This isn’t going to be pretty when the truth is unveiled.
Lucas is offered the job
He and his parents were delighted, Kate left the room visibly upset.
If she’s upset at having to move away from Johan, she might want to take heed of the gossip about him first. He’s already onto the next woman!
