Originally Posted by wonkeydonkey:
“I think it's sad. (In the nice, old fashioned sense.). The single nicest thing about Jim (and I hope I haven't mis-read this) is that he really does understand what Linda is going through, and why she finds it so hard being in the same series as him, and doesn't hold it against her. When he apologised to her, and saw her looking properly ill and drained, and just said, "it's hard, isn't it?" and she just nodded, it felt as if the room was just full of a huge weight of sadness. When he bites peoples' heads off, he never really bites at her; of course he is morose when she bites at HIM, and who can blame him, but he treats her with an odd carefulness, as if he knows that luisa is just being bratty but Linda is not.”
What a lovely post. I agree Wonkey.
There was something about that scenario when he said to Linda 'it's hard, isn't it' that was quite profound.
I would love to see them get along or at least be more tolerant, but I'm not holding my breath.