How will Mick react to Shirley being his mum?

Sweet_Princess · 13/12/14 - 17:21

How will Mick react to Shirley being his mum? the poor guy will have a complete breakdown of wondering why she abandoned him as a baby and has been pretending to be his sister all this time

soap-lea · 13/12/14 - 17:29

based on how he was last night he is going to be completely distraught. think its going to depend on how and when he finds out to how mental he goes

Firegazer · 13/12/14 - 18:12

He'll probably cry, then punch the tears like he did in yesterday's episode.

Scrabbler · 13/12/14 - 18:14

I think he may be more angry at Babe than Shirley.

trevor tiger · 13/12/14 - 18:16

It's the most preposterous Mum / son pairing ever. I know I can't take it seriously and Shirley looks like she can barely do so therefore I imagine Mick will find it just as hard ^_^

soap-lea · 13/12/14 - 18:22

trevor tiger wrote: »

It's the most preposterous Mum / son pairing ever. I know I can't take it seriously and Shirley looks like she can barely do so therefore I imagine Mick will find it just as hard ^_^

think when it clicks his mother tried to drown him he might just try and do the same to her

lotty27 · 13/12/14 - 18:22

I can't imagine he'll be happy about it! He seems to have Shirley on a bit of a pedestal (to say the least) so this might make him appreciate how deserted and angry Carly and Dean felt when he finds out that he too (for whatever reasons) was deserted by her, even worse, deserted and lied to.

He seemed to forgive her quite easily for nearly drowning him but I doubt he'll be quite so for forgiving for this life long deception. Poor lad might crack up!

vald · 13/12/14 - 18:25

I think it will be one deception too far in the short term. And poor Stan.

soap-lea · 13/12/14 - 18:29

vald wrote: »

I think it will be one deception too far in the short term. And poor Stan.

could be the death of him

lotty27 · 13/12/14 - 18:29

vald wrote: »

I think it will be one deception too far in the short term. And poor Stan.

Gawd, yeah. I forgot about him

At first I thought he was a bit too wily to be taken in like that and had sussed out the truth years ago but that conversation he had with Mick about missing Sylvie's pregnancy made me think again. What a shock for an old, dying man. If he genuinely doesn't know I want him to die before he has a chance to find out as it'll devastate him but this being a soap I know that won't happen

Firegazer · 13/12/14 - 18:29

Sweet_Princess wrote: »

How will Mick react to Shirley being his mum? the poor guy will have a complete breakdown of wondering why she abandoned him as a baby and has been pretending to be his sister all this time

To be honest, it's not like she was never there for him.

vald · 13/12/14 - 18:32

soap-lea wrote: »

could be the death of him

It could be the death of someone.

trevor tiger · 13/12/14 - 19:16

soap-lea wrote: »

think when it clicks his mother tried to drown him he might just try and do the same to her

And be successful :cool:

Shazla09 · 13/12/14 - 19:23

He will take it really well...

starry_rune · 13/12/14 - 19:37

They will sit down, have a cup of tea, and talk it over, reach an understanding, then say no more about it as Mick needs to focus on getting Linda better. He will politely ask Dean to leave over another cup of tea, then Shirley, Mick, Linda, Babe, Nancy, Lee, will gather downstairs and do a rendition of Sister Sledge "we are family" around the piano like the old days.

Ell_Ren · 13/12/14 - 20:25

Mick has often credited Shirley for being 'like a mum' to him. He said not long ago, that she was the only real mum he and Tina had, had and that it was Shirley who came looking for them and helped get them out of care.

I think he will be angry with regards to the deception but I actually think eventually he will accept it as it appears he looks to her as a motherly/sister figure anyway. Personally I think it has been Babe who has manipulated Shirley into believing Mick is better off not knowing, she wanted to tell him before she left in Sept but Babe was adamant that it would destroy the family. Remember that at the time of Mick's birth, Shirley was only just 14 at the time of Mick's birth and 15 when he was taken into care.

Also she didn't abandon him, she was in his life until he was in his 20's only leaving when she was ostracized from the family because of the pub fire.

The onscreen chemistry between Henry and Dyer is incredible and makes the mother/son bond believable to me.

Hoffmister · 13/12/14 - 20:30

lol star..

all I can say is I pity the soon to be bust bust

0...0 · 13/12/14 - 20:32

starry_rune wrote: »

They will sit down, have a cup of tea, and talk it over, reach an understanding, then say no more about it as Mick needs to focus on getting Linda better. He will politely ask Dean to leave over another cup of tea, then Shirley, Mick, Linda, Babe, Nancy, Lee, will gather downstairs and do a rendition of Sister Sledge "we are family" around the piano like the old days.

:D

I got all my sisters with me.
Oh hang on.

Sweet_Princess · 13/12/14 - 20:36

soap-lea wrote: »

think when it clicks his mother tried to drown him he might just try and do the same to her

Thats something I forgot to add in my post she tried to drown Mick as a baby so that will be something else he will want to know about

Ell_Ren · 13/12/14 - 20:44

Sweet_Princess wrote: »

Thats something I forgot to add in my post she tried to drown Mick as a baby so that will be something else he will want to know about

Indeed. It will be interesting when he finds out and the whole story is explained. I could easily watch a 2-hander with them both after the reveal. I don't get where people are saying she abandoned him as a baby? He went into care? she didn't abandon him.

kitkat1971 · 13/12/14 - 21:39

Scrabbler wrote: »

I think he may be more angry at Babe than Shirley.

Inclined to agree. After initial shock and maybe angher, i think he'll blame Sylvie, Babe and Stan (if he doesn't believe that Stan didn't know) for taking him from Shirley and not allowing her to be his mother. He'll see that she was vulnerable, young, still did her best for him (he's said she was like a Mum when he was young) and she was a much a victim as he was.

SULLA · 13/12/14 - 21:41

gutted and angry.

Lady Voldemort · 13/12/14 - 21:47

I can imagine he will be mildly startled at the very least.

Broken_Arrow · 13/12/14 - 22:06

He'll react the same way he always reacts. With a blank expressionless gaze into the distance.

masterquan · 13/12/14 - 22:09

Pwopa Naughty

soap-lea · 13/12/14 - 23:04

Ell_Ren wrote: »

Indeed. It will be interesting when he finds out and the whole story is explained. I could easily watch a 2-hander with them both after the reveal. I don't get where people are saying she abandoned him as a baby? He went into care? she didn't abandon him.

did she not leave to play happy families with Kevin? Stan couldnt cope with him so he ended in care.

however you look at it she abandoned him

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