Oh dear that was truly heart breaking.

I like Kirsty. She's principled, intelligent, ballsy and kind.

God knows why she ever got together with Tom the Sausage, let alone went back for seconds. I wish they'd find a decent boyfriend for her.

Lillian's my favourite too! Her filthy laugh and love of gin and innuendo make her a great character. And she's not a snob, unlike Jennifer.

I was very disappointed when she went and had that stupid facelift. I thought better of her than that.

I can't help thinking there may be a Christmas miracle for the Grundys, so I wasn't heartbroken. It was sad, though.

Maybe Lillian will take them in. She's always been fond of Joe and Eddie. And Caroline and Oliver are close to the Grundys, too. When are they due back?

I quite like Lilian too - there's a vulnerability and an openness under the bravado - this is why she was rubbish at having an affair.

I hope so too. I think had she been there when Eddie and Clarrie told Joe, and heard his despair, she would have made it her mission to find them somewhere to live.

In other news, Pat is now crawling on her belly and smothering Rob with kisses.
That nearly gave me a bilious attack while doing the ironing, I tell you.

Rob also very clever in now turning the management at Berrow against Charlie... not that I like Charlie... but he's the lesser of two evils.

Talk about mast manipulation. Rob's manipulating everyone now. I wonder if Justin will replace Charlie with Rob.

She's ok I know, it's just the voice I can't stand. And when she was so ridiculous about her wedding plans I really went off her

I'm hoping for a miracle for the Grundys too, and I can't see Joe actually going into a home. Wasn't it sad the way he accepted it so quickly?

I don't see why Ed or Will can't at least put up Joe for a while, and as other posters have said Lillian or the Sterlings might try to help. What about the vicar too? Is there a vicarage in Ambridge? If so I bet it's huge, with just Alan and Usha rattling about. Maybe Alan should step in with some Christian charity

If Joe ends up in a home everyone in that village who calls themselves Christian should hang their heads in shame.

Yeah, like Peggy. Perhaps when she has some dosh left over from subsidising Rob.

I think that's on the cards.

He is lower than a snake's belly. I'd like the evil Horrobin to escape from nick and murder him. And get away with it.

I wanted to kill him myself when he was being so mean about Fallon and Harrison.

I also predict that Kirsty will be involved in his downfall.

Ed did offer to stay at the Carters for longer so they could have the house he rents from Will, but his parents turned him down for some reason that I cannot now recall. I don't think Will's cottage is big enough for 5 adults and 3 kids.

I was trying to think who's in the cottage that used to be Usha's. Is that the one Phil and Jill bought? And doesn't Shula have a flat at the stables?

Roy's rattling around in a 3-bed house, he's got room for them.

Is it too far-fetched to wonder if Sam the leader of the trip to NZ is also Sam the Stockman?

ooh I hope so!

Who bought his dad's house next door? Won't that be big enough for the Grundy's?


I wondered that, but then surely David would have recognised him?

He might not. Across a crowded airport, Sam will have aged a bit, he might have grown a beard, started wearing glasses and put a hat on,

Or just got one of those plastic nose/glasses/moustache sets from a toy shop.

He might not. Across a crowded airport, Sam will have aged a bit, he might have grown a beard, started wearing glasses and put a hat on,

Or just got one of those plastic nose/glasses/moustache sets from a toy shop.

Now that Rob Bitchenor knows about Adam and the picker, what do you all think he might do with this little gem of info?

I can't imagine that he'll keep it quiet, but I can't see how he'll use it to his advantage.

I thought he might be David seemed to think so too when he heard the name, at least he did a bit of a double take - as much as you can on the radio

When David told Ruth he loved her, Ruth didn't reciprocate. Should we be worried?

There's a lot of accommodation in Ambridge going spare. Like you've speculated, a lot of it is unaccounted for.

Thing is, I do think we're lulled into the idea of Ambridge being a rural idyll where everyone feels they have pastoral responsibility for each other. The reality would be more prosaic, and if the Grundys were real they would probably have to up sticks if they were evicted.

Rob must have thought all his birthdays and Christmases had come at once when Jenny let that slip. And she believed him when he said he'd keep it to himself

Maybe he will tell Helen and guilt trip her into telling Ian, or he could just tell Ian himself. Personally I'm hoping for a dramatic reveal at the wedding

No.
If they did finish it would be the equivalent of ambient music being switched off in a hotel lift. No-one would notice, or care.

I know, but I still think the vicar or one of the wealthy people should offer them somewhere for a while - they're such a big part of the community and they've been there for years. I know quite a few city Christian/churchy people who've helped others out like that.

Does Oliver have any children? He seems like a decent bloke, apart from the hunting, and I'm hoping he leaves Ed some land when he pops his clogs.

She just tripped gaily off to the check-in desk. I think David needs to be very worried

I was laughing quite a lot when Justin went in wherever it was when whoever it was was stripping off (sorry if that doesn't make sense but I can't remember the lady's name or where she was)

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When David told Ruth he loved her, Ruth didn't reciprocate. Should we be worried?[/QUOTE]

He's better off out of it!