SOC reveals he's a quitter whilst Keri sews up plot holes on Twitter about the wicked wife-sitter! Discuss the Archers here.

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Not long until our thread's 3 year birthday!

....btw I'm not his mum, honest

He does sound exactly like my next door neighbour, tho

Your 2yo next door neighbour?

For goodness sake - can't she see they're working?!

Ok here we go with Rob trying to get Johnny off the farm.....

Oooh, we get to hear animals now. I'm sure that soundtrack is on a short loop.

Topical flooding insert. yawnorama. And surely Lynda will have seen farmers handling sheep before and not be so amazed.

Annoying to have to hear more robhel. I wish they would keep it to once a week.

Rob is extremely stupid when it comes to money/economics. That was brave of Helen.

Ooh... insubordination from Hellin

Calve unassisted. Is this the compare and contrast with a home birth!!

Kirsty overstepped the mark a bit too early here. But maybe this will make her think but I don't think she will be talking to Kirsty any time soon.

No, but she will be thinking about it!

Darn!

H is completely enmeshed with Knob's dysfunctional social skills. It's like a lesson in codependency.

But Kirsty knows. Actually knows. I can't imagine shell keep quiet about this

Well this will have confirmed it. Will she talk to pat? That would be the sensible thing to do. And then pat would think about the home birth nonsense etc.

Oh I forgot, pat isn't here any more

That's exactly it lljkk. Very codependent.

What Kirsty needs is an ally. All she needs to do is have a quick word with Pat or Tom. But probably won't because of the wedding disaster.

I see another ending now, kind of gothic horror. When Kirsty confronts Helen's family each one of them will stoutly defend Rob, they'll hold a family meeting, drop a few words in the right ears, accuse Kirsty of unheard of outrages .. In the final scene we'll see Kirsty behind bars, muttering, protesting, calling Helen's name over and over ...

I didn't hear the door go before Rob came in (although there were family members around talking, tsk) ... how much of what Kirsty said did he overhear?

I think that as soon as Kitsty and Tom talk, things will happen. Kirsty knows and Tom clearly suspects.

I don't know how much he heard. Don't think it was clear

Oh! I really hoped then. I think Helen sort of panicked at hearing the truth actually said out loud. God it's frustrating

Bugger Kirsty pushed it too far but let's hope she sees exactly what's going on now. I really want her to be the heroine!

I think Knob heard absolutely everything, his interruption was very well timed.

There really is absolutely no reason why Rob shouldn't get a job elsewhere. None at all. He doesn't need to be on the spot to mind Helen and/or Henry and/or SOK, now or later.

It was good to hear H trying to make that point, & defending Johnny's right to have a job on the farm over Rob's choice to stay in the bloody shop. She's not completely flattened yet.

Note 'a mother should be at home in the early years'

Helen is never working again

Yes was great hearing Helen question his career choices. Note she said it as quiet as a mouse though, she knew how he would react.

Absolutely no way will SOK have a working mum!

I think Tom and Kirsty will get back together again when they finally compare notes and try to save Hellen.

They'll stop Henry being packed off to boarding school with pats awakening.

Personally I think Kirsty should have stood up to knob and called him on the bullying and manipulation and he would have shown himself for the nutter he is. Maybe even hit her like in 'Dr Foster'.

Hellen seems to be swallowing the 'you are helpless, incompetent, forgetful etc' line completely.