New baby Beale and no Ian, Peter or Kathy
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So Ian's first grandchild is born in the Square and he is no where to be seen.
Phil didnt bother mentioning it to Kathy either that she was a great grand mother now.
And Peter is just happy sitting across the otherside of the world missing the birth and first few weeks of the baby's life? You'd think he would beg steal or borrow to get enough money for the flight - he could the money from Ian or Simon and even with a doctors note no airline is going to let a 8 month pregnant woman on board especially not on a flight that spans 20 hrs plus to get here.
Phil didnt bother mentioning it to Kathy either that she was a great grand mother now.
And Peter is just happy sitting across the otherside of the world missing the birth and first few weeks of the baby's life? You'd think he would beg steal or borrow to get enough money for the flight - he could the money from Ian or Simon and even with a doctors note no airline is going to let a 8 month pregnant woman on board especially not on a flight that spans 20 hrs plus to get here.
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Peter... I don't know that does seem odd.
As for Phil not telling Kathy, why would he when he's trying to get her to leave? Telling her she has a great grandson would only make her want to stay.
But then, on the flip side, you have heavily pregnant Lauren casually taking the trip from New Zealand and no-one batters an eyelid. I wonder if things aren't going so rosy between her and Peter, or that even Steven is causing problems, and whilst it is a bit weird Peter wouldn't fly back for his newborn son, maybe he just doesn't really care emotionally. A stretch, though, obviously.
Of course, all of this storyline has occurred by the writers painting themselves into a corner by having Peter tell Lauren who really killed Lucy. If that had never happened, nobody would expect Lauren to return, probably questioning in New Zealand if Max had been involved. But then, if she hadn't been told, she wouldn't have trusted Peter enough to leave with him...
As for Kathy, well Phil has no intention of telling her, presumably to give her less incentive to come back to the Square. That said, in her own words, she "has been keeping up with things" and whilst that is probably nothing more than reading the newspapers on Heather and Lucy's deaths, wouldn't it be delicious if someone already on the Square apart from Phil has been feeding Kathy news over the last few years and has known all along she was alive? What if Billy's secret photos of Lucy weren't for some strange bizarre attraction, but a stash of photos of the Beale family that he was secretly sending to Kathy over the last nine years.
I really think he needs to be re-cast. He's important to the story and the square and it doesnt make sense if Lauren and Louis return to the Square full time. I'd rather accept a new actor although I hate recasts than silly plots to explain things away.
Peter is the sort of guy that no matter what would be there for his child, especially now he has lost Lucy and we saw how he was with Lola's baby. Even if at a stretch things broke down with Lauren he would stay in NZ.
And another thing ... for someone who is so young, with no mum and dad at her side, her boyfriend in NZ, her father is on trial for murder, her best mate is dead, she is an alcoholic ...how come its all been so natural to her and she is all happy and carrying Louis around like she has had many children..I guess she learnt from her baby brother but still you'd think all the stress would make her depressed or snappy etc
I thought Jane would be surprised too but it was like it was normal when Lauren popped up so heavily pregnant, and Abby and Tanya and Carol and Max all seem to know .. when I thought that Abby and Max thought she had had the abortion.
Peter I can accept for now but they will have to split them up to accommodate Lauren's return which is a real shame.
Kathy needs to stop faffing about and return properly. Enough already.
I agree with all your post but especially the BIB. She is coping far too well for a first time mum away from her partner with all the madness that is going on around her. She should be tearing her hair out and looking wretched!!!
Lauren " You're going to have to miss the birth of your first baby but it's worth it because I need to save my Dad from being sent down"
Peter rings Lauren
Peter "So you got your dad out of prison then"
Lauren "Nah, I'm letting him go down for a murder he didn't commit"
Peter " So I missed our son's birth for no reason then"
Great post.
BIB: I like your thinking! Now, wouldn't that be something?
Or what if LUCY herself was the one who (hypothetically) knew about Kathy?
And it wasn't REALLY Bobby who killed her after all, and Jane assumed wrongly?