50 ways to leave your lover. Get on the bus Gus, give a knife to your wife, Rob. How not to write helpful storylines masterclass from The Archers.

[PseudoBadger]

Poor poor Henry

Front Page of the Daily M. (Not linking.)

Posted this on the end of previous thread, so re-posting.

And there I was, having been coaxed to take my fingers out my ears, even having actually listened to the end of the film. I was actually planning to listen to tonight's episode as it was broadcast.

Thankfully I didn't. And read the thread update.

La, la, la, la, la...

Because Custard is Rhubarbs partner in crime.

Now I think of it, why did she make something she thought he hated?

On purpose. So she could bring it up as an early example of gaslighting. The supper was about her having it out with him before she walked.

Cornflour in custard?? That's Birds, not proper custard!

Heat egg yolks with vanilla extract and caster sugar, stirring all the time. As it thickens, add cream. Keep stirring.

I do agree with Rob that homemade custard is far superior to shop custard - unless you get the luxury type.

Well, you'll all be pleased to know that KD thinks we're all delighted.

Someone tweeted him that there were many unhappy listeners, and he replied that "...in my timeline it’s about 20:1 happy to sad".

So that's OK, then.

Also, now I want baked egg custard, but it is too late, and I should go to bed instead.

Someone tweeted him that there were many unhappy listeners, and he replied that "...in my timeline it’s about 20:1 happy to sad".

That's because the ones who are pissed off with the storyline, Keri, are not tweeting you. They're ignoring you.

Kd now joins soc on my 'he's a fucking knob' list

Gruach from the Daily M, Listeners praised the way the controversial storyline was handled.

That's the only line that's made me laugh tonight! Who are these imaginary listeners? Not one that I've read on here tonight! Is this forum really so unrepresentative of the wider audience?

At least we had a partial answer to one mystery, when Helen asked Knob if he'd made the bathwater too hot for Henry. It sounds like she's been putting two and two together several times over. Let's hope she starts thinking about the hunt sab and maybe the culvert.

The guardian were less effusive.

His fingerprints will be on the knife. That will count in her favour

of course they are. it was in his house.

Refuge have put out a statement: www.refuge.org.uk/2016/04/03/refuge-responds-to-the-latest-development-in-the-archers-domestic-violence-storyline/

Someone's referred KD direct to this thread, and another person tweeted to him "Missed opportunity to show women can escape abuse safely through own efforts/with the right help." Some of ours?

Lowfield have the synopsis up

Tim Stimpson being v coy on Twitter about whether Knob is properdead or nearlydead or notdead.

(I don't have a twitter account but can still see what they are saying)

Responding to Helen Titchener’s stabbing of her husband Rob Titchener in The Archers, Refuge chief executive Sandra Horley CBE said:

"Refuge is as shocked as everyone else by the dramatic turn of events in The Archers on Sunday evening.

“Listeners do not know how this story will unfold. What they do know is that Helen obviously felt under threat from an aggressive man. Rob was behaving in a menacing way towards Helen’s son Henry, and in the melee that ensued, Rob suffered (apparently) fatal wounds. This episode tells us that a victim of prolonged abuse may one day fight back when she is in great danger.

“Helen’s situation mirrors what so many abused women feel and experience every day. It is important to remember that research shows an abused woman is at most risk at the point of separation. This storyline simply reflects the reality for many women today and I congratulate the script writers for highlighting a much ignored issue.”

Liking the Guardian headline: "Ambridge murder: a bit too EastEnders?"

Helen’s situation mirrors what so many abused women feel and experience every day.

Do many abused women stab their partners every day? I think they were a bit hasty with that statement. Especially since the opening line says they were shocked at the dramatic turn of events. It's one or the other surely? I reckon that needs to be re-written.

I thought Keri was a woman's name and thought KD was female

Maybe Helen will get a slap on the wrist and live happily ever after. Thus educating abused women that the best way forward is to murder your abusive partner. How responsible.

I know it's a bit pedantic but surely they need to amend the statement to say that "Helen's situation in the run up to tonight's dramatic turn of events mirrors what so many......" etc. And I'd hold off on the congratulations.

In law, she'd have a defence on the basis that she was defending Henry, provided of course that she was believed.

Oh my.

Thanks for the thread, Pseudo - and congrats on the 50,000th post.

No, Keri's definitely a man.