Quelle surprise! Rob hasn't FOTTFSOF and is in fact hiding in the bushes at Henwee's school. Discuss the latest unlikely Archers events here.

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What do we want?
Realistic storylines!
When do we want them?
As soon as the writers see this!

Agree Gherkinsmummy. Even without knowing what Knob said to Henry in the car, the fact that he's been seeing Jack and banned from seeing Henwee must have registered.

Poor Henry.

The BBC could save some money by having just one actor for Alan, Harrison and Doc Locke. Sounding as they do it's not that great if they are in the same scenes talking to each other, so they'd just have to make sure they were always separate. [smile

I think I forgot to read this thread yesterday. Nothing of it is familiar. I thought I had. Maybe it's me losing my marbles.

I don't like Anisha either. She sounds horrid.

Is it possible to go through all the passport control bits and then not get on the plane? As far as I can remember (might need to LA) Harrison said the passport had been picked up at the airport. That doesn't mean Knob definitely left the country does it?

(Sorry if that's already been mentioned. I've only had time to scan the thread this week)

Ben's a German Ambassador? So what? Good luck to him.

Wherethefuck - your fine, no-one else has suggested that !
I might start a fund to get Henry some proper help.

And there was me thinking Dan was the friend of Dorothy.............

Ben's a German Ambassador? So what? Good luck to him.
I think the "So what?" is if the SW are really as crass as to signpost such a thing by saying he is "arty". After all there are plenty of straight men at art college.

I know Henwee is traumatised but he's a terribly whiny child. And he always was.

I really don't like Anisha.

I really don't like the cheating thing. I am a bit censorius about the off-duty behaviour of people like solicitors, doctors, nurses, teachers, vets and the like.

For me they are all in the category of people you have to deal with but often have no choice in who they are and/or it's often in circumstances where you'd rather not have to and I personally think their trustworthiness doesn't stop at their professional duties.

I am in one of those categories before anyone tells me that is unreasonable. My younger self might have got involved in a silly drinking game but I wouldn't have cheated at it.

I quite like Stroppy Henry - he actually sounds like a 6 year old.

Is Peggy the Ambridge child mental health fairy and all will now be well with Henry?

Anisha's pride taking a literal fall in the (presumably pig shitty) mud was rather pleasing slapstick, esp after Jazzer had tried to warn her.

When Anisha walked away from Jazzer ignoring his warning, and then clearly fell into something, I

thought for a brief glorious moment that she'd fallen down the sinkhole. Where exactly is that supposed to be?

I'm hoping Jazzer and Anisha get together.

I can't see they'd have much in common other than being Scots and having an interest in the welfare of animals (I do like how fond Jazzer is of the pigs).

I quite like Stroppy Henry - he actually sounds like a 6 year old. It's quite reassuring that someone thinks so. I personally can't stand the character who seems adult-centred and not child-centred. Kids like that grow up to be right pains IME.

I write as a person forced to listen to TA because it's on where I work. I came on here looking for some sort of remedy to the malaise it brings on. Ear plugs don't fit me btw. Perhaps it is abuse?

I think so too cartis That "Oroight" of Henry's, signalling that all is well, and he won't do normal things like throw his brother's teddy in the bath, is ridiculous fgs .

TA scriptwriters seem to think that sibling rivalry is 'naughty' or abnormal.

What did Peggy say to him that Helen couldn't have said? Peggy the child counsellor.

Well I should imagine Henry doesn't trust his mother much anymore! Maybe having an outsider talk to him is helpful. Although a professional counsellor would be better!

Since she came out of prison Helen has prioritised Jack over Henry in a lot of circumstances. after kidnap night Henry needed her more than Jack but she left Toby to get him ready etc.

And has she had any advice on what she should tell him about rob? It's all very well saying she doesn't want to position his mind against him but I would have thought child appropriate truth is better?

Yes true , what did Peggy say to him? I wonder.

I noticed that Tony was getting him ready for bed after the trauma with the attempted kidnap. That was a mistake IMO (she's depending on Tony a lot for Henry's day to day care too. I remember being very careful not to have favourites among my own mindees and dcs. They have grown up liking each other ,so it worked.

I cannot understand why Henwee is not already receiving professional support, given that the reason Knob was not allowed contact with him was because the court accepted the psychologist's report that Knob had already caused him psychological damage.

IRL, how is the provision of professional support for a child like Henry? Both social workers an child mental health services are overstretched aren't they - so perhaps a child who does have family support (albeit imperfect) wouldn't be prioritised? (I have no idea how this sort of thing works in practice)

They could recommend it if they thought the family could go private? Or would it say in the report that he has been harmed and would benefit from professional help?

I have no experience of this sort of thing in RL, but if I were in Helen's position I think I would have been trying to explain to my child - in terms he could understand - what had happened. She and Henwee were separated for ages, Henwee was with Knob - I would have been very keen to explain my absence and to try and gently explain to Henwee that Knob is not a particularly nice person even though he pretends to be. There seems to have been no attempt to do this whatsoever - Henwee appears to have been kept in the dark and left to draw his own conclusions. If Helen had talked to him about Knob he might have been more inclined to tell her that he had been coming to school. In the absence of professional help for whatever reason surely Helen would try to talk to him herself?