Philip Molloy (Will
Grundy)
What drugs are these? The
ones that Will is obviously using to addle Nic's brain and causing her to utter
protestations of dying love, but last week the worm started turning, or at
least twitched a bit. Nic's ex, Andrew, has been giving her a difficult time
and leaving bullying messages, as well as messing her about with not having the
kids.
Will finds out and the red
mist comes down yet again (Nic can certainly pick 'em, can't she?) and he says
he's off to sort Andrew out. Nic says she couldn't bear it if Will's
relationship with Andrew turns into a mirror of the Will/Ed situation. Will
demonstrates yet again how out of touch he is with reality when he asks Nic
what's the matter with his relationship with Ed? How long have you got Will?
Nic replies that he (Will)
always starts off defensively and then gets angry and she's fed up with walking
on eggshells all the time. Will, whose shoulder has more chips than a McCain's
factory, still can't get his head round this and points out that they sent Ed a
birthday card. "It would have been nice if you had signed it" says
Nic, witheringly. The prosecution rests, m'lud.
Enough of Will. The Flower
& Produce Show proved a triumph for Peggy, with her enamelling entry
winning first prize. Bert Fry cleaned up on the vegetables and poor Joe Grundy
won nothing. Too much Old Grumblebelly, Joe! It will soon be cider-making time
again and we had the Grundys and assorted helpers picking the apples from
Grange Farm's neglected orchard. Jim (the only helper with a speaking part)
muses on whether it could be a worthwhile community project to resurrect the
orchard. Joe has been thinking of ways of raising money and suggests to Clarrie
that he could sell Bartleby. Clarrie says 'no'. Good call Clarrie – keep the
horse and sell Joe.
Of course the F&P show
attracted James and Leonie and I think even Lilian (she of the rose-tinted
specs where her son is concerned) is getting a kittle cheesed off. I know I am.
James and Leonie call Peggy 'Gran' and she complains to Tony that they make her
feel "about 100". Only 13 years to go, Gran! There was one thing to
thank them for, though, as they asked Lynda what this year's pantomime was
going to be and we learned that this year the Christmas Show was going to be a
concert, not a pantomime. Yes! Result!
The 'will she, won't she?'
saga of whether Elona will take tenancy of No. 3 The Green finally came to an
end, with Peggy using emotional blackmail on Lilian into giving Elona another
chance and with Elona eventually agreeing to accept both the tenancy and the
offer of helping Peggy round the house, as well as her job at The Laurels. At
this rate, Elona will be lucky to see inside No. 3 very often.
Tony and Pat continue to be
more and more depressed and things continue to go from bad to worse – this week
they had the oil bill and they are running out of options, as well as money.
They still don't feel they can worry Peggy at this time and Tony talks to
Jennifer, telling her that they had been thinking of approaching Peggy. "We're
falling further behind with our payments - we don't know where else to
turn" Tony tells his sister, pausing hopefully. This less-than-subtle
attempt at begging goes straight over Jennifer's head and she remarks
"These are difficult times for everybody." Too right – after all, she
could only afford to buy Alice two cashmere sweaters for her birthday. Chris
gave Alice his own special birthday present, shortly after giving her a
home-made candlestick.
As Pat and Tony sink slowly
in the West, Tom is throwing himself into his footballing pigs. But he's got a
problem – should he play a diamond formation with a big porker in the holding
position, or go for a basic 4-3-3? Brenda is being all moody and miserable, to
the extent that even Tom notices and asks what's wrong? It turns out that she
feels irritated, having to answer the phone to James when he rings his mother.
This isn't just the normal irritation we all feel with James, as Bren and James
were once an item, till he chucked her. Remembering the romance, I was
wondering which one to feel most sorry for, then I realised I dislike them both
intensely, so it doesn't really matter.
Back at The Bull, Jolene
lets it be known to Kenton that her offer to move in is still open. Kenton says
that the time feels right and he will ask Lizzie? Ask her what? She's not your
bloody mother, man! Anyway, the Lady of the Manor gives her blessing and Kenton
says he will start moving in over the next few days. Jolene says "I feel
like a teenager again" What? All spotty and surly? In the meantime, Kenton
says that he has loads of stuff and books and tells Jolene: "You haven't
seen my stack of vinyl yet". I really, really hope that wasn't a euphemism…
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