Roy and Kirsty up a tree, K I S S I N G? Swipe right for The Archers thread and enjoy the Ambridge dating scene.

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Fingers crossed R4.

Yes, fingers crossed. But I fear Lillian will be all flustered and defensive, and find herself at the losing end of these horrible, powerful men's manipulations. Yuk. Perhaps I'll just lurk on this thread before listening and you can let me know when it's safe to go back to the radio!

Yes Lil's taste for bad boys is going to bite her on the bum.

Lil's desperation for any man - married or bad, as long as he's rich - is going to bite her on the bum.

I don't have much sympathy.

I think Justin recognises some of his own ruthless 'qualities' in Rob Louise.

It will be interesting to see how Rob presents the information to Justin. He'll probably mention it in an entirely innocent way, leading Justin to conclude that Lillian's been boasting about it behind his back all along. He won't try any blackmail. He just wants to upset the Archers and cause as much misery as he can. Rotter.

This is his revenge for her not renting to him

Most of his behaviour is due to righting perceived wrongs against him

You're absolutely right Antiboop But how frustrating that the opportunity for revenge has even arisen (however unlikely ). It's the newly-recruited Ambridge revenge fairy 😈

I was thinking about this though - how would/should she have reacted if Rob wasn't right?

'Oh right, yeah, my scarf. Cheers you big twat'

He will present tI to Justin just as he told Ian about Adam. As if the whole village knew and were talking about it.

Tony couldn't have said anything worse if he had, as my mum used to say "tried with both hands for a fortnight". And he really thought he was doing the right thing.

"Ah hullo Justin - you know I must - heh heh - congratulate you, I'm always in awe of people who - heh heh - don't worry too much about what everyone thinks. heh heh. What do I mean? Well, the fact that it's common knowledge you're - heh heh - entangled with Lillian! What do I mean by that? Well, Tony made it pretty clear he knows all about it, and those Archers are terrible gossips. I'd imagine Susan -heh heh - knows all about it, and you can be pretty sure she won't have been backward in sharing the news! So you and Miranda have an open marriage do you? Well jolly good for you two: I always say that it's good to keep your options open if you're a chap!"

It's as if he's in the room.......

This thread needs to be resurrected. I laughed...a LOT!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/2608674-Write-The-Archers-One-Line-At-A-Time?pg=9&order=

And I killed it?

OMG. Apologies everyone.

OMG is right Gruach. You've just made me laugh out loud again 😁😁.

The scarf reminds me of Othello and the Handkerchief - which makes me think maybe SOC had a hand in this plot?

So is it only me who thinks that Tony has nailed Lil's coffin? I thought she'd played cool enough (would have preferred her to say "That's not mine', but never mind). Tony should have just ignored Rob's obvious goadings.

Still slightly perplexed as to what Rob could do with the information. The idea of gathering dirt on your boss when you're a total pariah everywhere else just seems self-defeating.

It feels like they're floundering with the Justin / Rob / Lil storyline and desperately trying to get out of the corners they keep boxing themselves into. Lil as Justin's bit on the side was entirely plausible and in keeping with the characters but Justin offering Rob the job and initimating he needs a henchman seems very strange. I wonder if the scarf thing is the latest attempt to try to reshape this particular set of story-lines. It's annoying as we had Lil at her best the other week with Helen and I enjoy it when we see more of her than just the gin and giggles.

Any chance Justin would send Rob packing if he tried to blackmail him about the affair? (Or am I being a little too hopeful?)

So is it only me who thinks that Tony has nailed Lil's coffin?

Well, no, the point's been made upthread.

I agree with people who think Rob will take the same tack as he did with Ian, making out that Lillian's been spreading gossip about it.

But ultimately Lil doesn't have that much to lose really? (SW please note!)
Justin is just a fling. The house is hers after all. The money might be useful, and she might be having more fun, but she doesn't have much to lose.
Justin has far more to lose: good connections and ideas for his "image", the house in the village, Miranda, and a lot of egg on face.

Is that pastured egg mummytime*? :o

Upper Class Egg even.