If The Archers characters were acted by dogs, Rob would be a Shih Tzu. Discuss Ambridge events here.

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Avoided a non-sweary title.

Yes and Rex and Anisha living happily ever after in Blood Soaked Cottage !

How long to Valentine's Day.? His manipulation is not over.

I'm not convinced though that Miles is a loose end so much as just a part of Rob's back story.

I thought there had been hints of some terrible event between Max and Rob when they were boys, but we never had any details.

Rob and Miles didn't seem to be on speaking terms, there was certainly some unbrotherly history between them.

At the point he was fired, Rob would have had about his person a brown envelope containing Stefan's payoff - how much do we reckon? Enough to live on under the radar for a few weeks anyway.

Rob will be like Nasty Nick Cotton on EastEnders (showing my age here). Killing him off completely, eg by suicide isn't going to happen.

But did he have the blackmail money ready for Stefan or was he intending to bluff that meeting?
Somewhere in my mind I seem to think Stefan asked for £5000 and then doubled it when Rob treated him like a dog.
We do know he cleared out their joint account as soon as Helen was found innocent so, after a few months on sick pay, there was still some money left to take (part of what Peggy gave them) though he must have had to pay his lawyer. Then he's had a couple of months salary from Demara but I would guess he's pretty much on his uppers and wouldn't have been able to lay his hands on enough money to pay off Stefan.
Mind you, I always felt he must have had some savings of his own that he never revealed to Helen.

But at the point he was fired wasn't he asking to go early to get the payment for Stefan ? Of course he didn't say why he was going, but that was why he started sounding desperate even before Justin bought up the reasons for the sacking..

I thought that Lilian's close shave while driving was probably with Ursula, who has undoubtedly been conditioned into thinking as if everyone else on the road is in her bloody way.

Also thinking of possible storylines:

1. Arsula will accuse Helen of doing away with rob and dropping his remains down the sinkhole; or
2. Rob is holed up at Jess's, holding her hostage at the end of a shotgun and forcing her to make custard from scratch for him; or
3. Rob is hiding under Henry's bed, hence his escape to Helen's rooom

Or Knob is wandering randomly down a lane in the dark, after taking some suspect booze (left under a hedge by HWMNBN )when knocked down and killed by Lily out 'practising' without a teacher. The whole village covers up the accident!

Sounds to me like the Brighton baby's finally arrived, or is on the way! That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

Baby or Bunbury?

Well, I think Pip talking about replacing the curtains, "the next ten years" brought on some real evasiveness by Tobes. How like Pip to casually claim dibs on Jill's curtains, while still being so shitty about her. Grabby cow.

At least she's annoyed about the Brighton thing.

On the gin front, I wonder of the government's latest plain labelling moves will, as indie gin distillers claim, put the mockers on it all?

Please tell me that the Pip actress will not last "the next ten years". She's getting worse.

Why would 20-something Pip want her 80-odd granny's curtains? Weird. But regardless, Pip really needs to listen to what Toby's not telling her. Secret baby sounds likely, can't remember the timescale though of Toby's jaunts to Brighton. He sounded panicked on the phone.

So entirely predictably, after the rapprochement with Jill, things immediately come to a head in Brighton.

Ffs more slurping noises from Tobes and Pipsqueak. And what a selfish little toad she is- we'll just appropriate my gran's curtains.

I hate Pipsqueak so much I'm actually pleased he's let her down again.

Maybe she should consider tracking his phone

Maybe Pip could follow Toby to Brighton and they could be involved in a pile up on the motorway and never be heard from again.

Are we going to get 'Brighton' out of the way toot sweet as well now?
Did Josh lie to give Toby getaway time there, I thought he was with him when the phone call came thtough?

Why were the meatballs ruined? Does Pip not know that a cooker has an OFF switch?

Agree Brighton denouement very predictable straight after peace-restored-at-Brookfield. Tobes sounded very reluctant today. Hopefully Pip will tell him to sling his hook.

Lots of emphasis on how relaxing Lillian is going to find her spa thingy on Tuesday. And Pat/Helen didn't want to go with her. I wonder if this is a portent of doom (I.e. Is Rob going to turn up?)

Toby was definitely faking the phone signal breaking up