Aldridges Assemble! Await the return of the prodigal daughter to Ambridge with the rest of The Archers audience

[PseudoBadger]

I can't resist alliteration

Has anyone spotted "Matt" doing anything else lately? (No TV here.)

My toleration of characters' moaniness depends on whether they have just cause to moan. Phoebe - absolutely, if I had a mother like Kate I'd moan for England. Bert Froy with deceased wife likewise has good cause to be unhappy. Kenton - no valid reason to moan whatsoever.

What was that with Jenny? I guess she'd not been seen for so long

Liked the gossiping about liz and Roy. And Brian telling Jenny to get the towel and not dashing in to get one himself!

Bit odd though that she needs to have these conversations though. Do they never talk?

Oh ffs JennyDarling! Are you on glue?

BOOPBOOPBOOP! Nobody does family rows like the Aldridges.

'Abandon her' - hasn't Kate done that already?

Kate is such a brat and totally deluded

If this was Midsomer Murders I'd be expecting to find a body in the swimming pool by morning - Kate's ideally.

Well I say a massive BOOP for the entire episode! Loved JD's mounting hysteria - pitch of her voice was close to shattering windows. And Kate's rant on the subject of the pill was superb. The idea of trying to parent a teenage Kate makes me need a lie-down.

Poor Jenny trying to suggest Kate stops making everything about herself. Wasting her breath big time….

Won't anyone think of the fish!

That was fun!

Debbie sounded quite subdued; wonder if Ms Greig was consciously trying not to stamp all over the others.

And just imagine the editorial meeting when they dreamt up the idea of Jenny and Kate fighting, not for possession of Phoebe's soul, but for the right to advise her on contraception.

BOOPS all round.

I love that Kate is more concerned about GSK's profits than about becoming a grandmother in her thirties!

I really felt for JD today especially as my own DD came home today too. It so didn't conform to the script in her head.

Where was Alice. Didn't she get the day off work?

I'm surprised with her 3-line-whip approach to greeting Debbie that JD didn't ring Alice's boss and insist that she should be given time off!

I need to catch up on the last two episodes- I can't decide if I'm pleased that Debbie is back or not.

I wonder how Ed is getting on with his new career.

nigels Lilian's laugh is a wondrous thing and brings much comfort to many on here

Boop boop boop, best epsidode for ages. Love Jenny and Brine. Also love how much exasperation Brine manages to inflect in the word Jennyyyyyyyyyy.

Just caught up on thread and need to catch up with latest episodes. I like Adam. agree on the amount of moan yens. We need some comedy relief. Like the idea of a young Lillian. Kirsty was quite good, want her back to go for Rob.

JD does tend to sound a bit needy around her children - at least until they're there and being annoying, like Kate.

Kate is a right bitch in insinuating that Hayley and the school might not have given Phoebe adequate sex education when Kate has contributed precisely nothing in that direction. She seems to be wanting to relive her youth vicariously through Phoebe, with all that nauseating stuff about being with her at such a special time in her life.

Loved yesterdays eoisides. Big boops all round.

Kate is so bloody frustrating isn't she? Did she used to be this crass?

When Kate refers to 'my daughter' it's very much as her possession rather than her responsibility. If it was the latter she'd thank Jenny for encouraging Phoebe to consult a professional rather than bollocking her.

Bit odd the way they all (except Alice, who the SWs have forgotten exists) had to be there to greet Debbie - like a visit from royalty or something. Did love Debbie's comment, somethign like 'its great to be home' - said as if she meant it, I thought - as she heard Jenny and Kate arguing in the background.

Okay, so thoughts on yesterday's episode:

1. Jenny reached new levels of neuroticism over Debbie's visit.
2. Brine's comments about Elizabeth are a bit rich given his own colourful behaviour- the results of which were booting a football all over poor Jenny's tea roses.
3. Both Fairbrothers seem to be overstepping the mark in Brookfield. I foresee huge problems come moving day.
4. It seems deep down Kate is a right wing dickhead. Her objections to the pill were laughable.

I don't think she objects to the pill per se. I think she objects to her DD being on the pill. Or, even more specifically, not being consulted about her daughter being on the pll