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

[PseudoBadger]

Not long until our thread's 3 year birthday!

Yes, Pat does love Kirsty. So Pat would be a better person for Kirsty to confide in re Helen.

I worry that Tom & K will start putting the Knob situation together only for any significant action to be thwarted by Tom deciding (again) that he wants her for his sausage queen (again) and Kirsty backing away as fast as she can.

God forbid that an Ambridge male and female could actually just become mature, caring friends.

As for Jonny and Knob (and how glad are we that we didn't have to listen to that conversation/sermon?), surely Rob suggested the finance module because he knows Jonny would fail? After all, he wants him off the farm asap, doesn't he?

Yes I think that's right - and also because that's what he would have chosen and he can't understand why someone else wouldn't

Johnny can always do a finance course that doesn't jeopardise his exams

Oh he absolutely was setting Johnny up to fail and be sent away in disgrace. But then, if he had unexpectedly passed Rob would be able to argue that he should go elsewhere to get some experience.

Agree Liliian and BOOP for Tom being an "enabler" with Johnny. Great stuff !

I liked the way Tom handled that.

Anybody else notice mention of a pothole on the Bridge Farm drive? That's got to be significant in some way, hasn't it?

That pothole. It's an enigma

Like a sink-hole enigma?
enigma-schmynigma, as pseudo would say. Or would it be sinkhole-schmynkhole?

pothole / plothole

The sink hole returns!

I'm with the sociopath theory re rob. You don't need to torture animals to be one. Just superficially charming, non empathetic, highly manipulative, selfish and needing to be in control. Sums him up.

Brilliant TV program a while back, called I think, the psychopath among us, which explains them very well. Plenty in top business roles.

The road to our nearest maternity unit used to be notorious for potholes!
Perhaps this is a sign that SOK is going to be premature.

Now I'm hoping that Helen goes into labour at Bridge Farm and Pat bars the door to Ursula.

delurks.

I think that the homebirth will start to go pearshaped, but Arsula will insist that she knows what she's doing. Rob will finally have a moment of clarity, and realise that if he agrees with his toxic mother SOK will die. He'll rush Hellin to hospital and SOK & H will pull through, just. He will be contrite and they will all live happily ever after.

Or not.

Hang on a minute, if she does have a home birth, surely there's going to be a midwife there? Not even Ursula and Rob would want her to give birth with no medical support at all??

They're arrogant enough not to call the midwife and try to do it themselves.

Helln will fall in the pothole, precipitating something ...

Yes especially as Arseula has been and will be scrubbing with high octane bleach\detergent She's probably started boiling kettles already

And if Helen and Tom are directors shouldn't Rob just shut up and do as he's told? It's not his shop.

As for Jonny and Knob (and how glad are we that we didn't have to listen to that conversation/sermon?), surely Rob suggested the finance module because he knows Jonny would fail? After all, he wants him off the farm asap, doesn't he?

Yep, this.

She's going to fall in the pothole and Rob will blame Tony and Tom and she won't be allowed to go to Bridge Farm ever again.

And Pat will blame Tony and Tom too.

Maybe the midwife will fall down the pothole and Helen will be left to the mercy of the so renowned childbirth expert, Arsula.

Yes, I noticed the shoe-horned reference to the pothole as well!!

Gherkin - exactly the sw's seem to miss the obvious

Isn't jazzer still living at bridge farm? I'm surprised he hasn't said exactly what he thinks of knob to the family. He's not normally one to mince his words

Gherkin Rob has married the shop + the rest of the BF business. And sealed the deal with his labour. In his head anyway.

Though I doubt that the SWs have actually clarified to themselves exactly where he stands legally.