Surprise surprise - Kirsty has a Mini Sausage Roll in the oven! Discuss the Archers here

[PseudoBadger]

Happy New Year to you all.

Hah!
In your face Rob!
Does Adam know something about Miles that we don't?

At long last Shalli! Can't believe Adam's held his tongue so long 😁. Good for him. Rob isn't going to scare him. September's a long way off. Adam's got nothing to fear.

Massively warming to Roy tonight. Bless him.

Ha ha ha ha ha! Love the Buttons too.

Ooh what did they write? My guess is:

'Rob Titchener is an abusive wanker' although I'm not sure the Button girls could spell that...(they'd get the swearing right obvs). Any other guesses?

How about 'Rob is a rapist?'

Can someone remind me if we were told who gave Henry the personalised book with his name in (or was it Jack) for Christmas - they made a big fuss about it - was it from Rob?

That was a very satisfying episode.

Definite BOOP.

Lily's being voiced by Freddie!
Do I detect a little of Nigel's charm in Freddie?

could it have been the sab?
'Rob Titchener perverts the course of justice'

Kathy gave Jack a personalised book Girlwhowears

I didn't comment at all last week but I wanted to say that I'm really sad that we are going down the 'Kirsty is pregnant' road. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I think it's that I'd have preferred the two of them to have found a way back to one another more slowly instead of finding themselves connected for life unintentionally.

Already she's feeling under pressure.

Adam should have done better than that. He should have said that Home Farm always had the contract but it was given to RB (?RJ) by the last manager. BL saw the error of their ways and re-instated HF ... and we all know what happened to the last manager. It would make BL look incompetent by changing contractors again - does Rob really want to recommend that to Justin?

And why is the contract vulnerable in September? Brine would have insisted on a 5-year contact. Or is Brine really losing his touch (not just over the extra acreage)?

When did they get the contract back? 2015?

My guess is that Rob was bluffing in an effort to get away from Adam's jibes. Brian may yet confirm that there's nothing BL can do for now. I'm sure Adam would have continued to taunt him if Rob hadn't halted the conversation like that.

Marking place. Than you Pseudo for coming up with interesting thread titles.

I think we were hearing Pat's inner heartbreak Francis. She's afraid to let Helen go again.

I'd have preferred the two of them to have found a way back to one another more slowly instead of finding themselves connected for life unintentionally

I don't think they will get back together. I don't think Kirsty wants to (& good for her!) - they'll be another compare-and-contrast, of how divided parents can rear a child together successfully, unlike Helen & Rob.

In order:

BOOP for Adam
BOOP for Roy
BOOP for Kirsty
and
BOOP BOOP for The Button Girls!

At least Tom being too intense and thinking he knows best is in character. He was the same about insisting they built the cottage at Bridge Farm during the wedding storyline.

I hear what you're saying Low but I think Tom's ready to commit and will think that the baby will seal the deal. Kirsty's understandable reluctance won't make sense to him and won't stop him trying. If it turns out that she does somehow manage to resist, I can't see him ever being happy with the possibility of a stepdad further down the line.

That's what scared Brenda off Esmes wasn't it?

I think Kirsty deliberately waited until she knew exactly what she wanted to do before telling Tom.
Tom on the other hand -thinks he knows what is best for her. I honestly thought he was going to kick Johnny out tonight