The Archers: Will Pip grow or Jill blow? Lil make her vow or Justin take his bow? Discussion #83

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TA (The Archers) annoys me intensely but I still have to listen
I think there is a possibility that we obsess about TA in a way that most listeners don't

If this is you (genuine quotes from earlier threads), or you're new and want to ask anything about The Archers, then this is the right place.

PseudoBadger started it, but we're going to finish it (er, will TA ever finish?)

The panto is meant to be Sleeping Beauty, but are you expecting farce (Mother Goose Pip) or tragedy (Puss Cat in Wedding Dress Boots )?

This should see us through to Christmas.

At the end of the last thread we were remembering recent successful marriages in Ambridge. How long ago was Ed & Emma?

Well at least he was mentioned, and not in the cereal cupboard, the SW's must read this!

I caught the end of last night's episode and found it a bit contrived and slightly baffling. Lillian's phone was picking up on Justin's appointments being cancelled (because the SWs needed a way for Lillian to know this and this clumsy device was all they could think of?). Then by several leaps of logic this meant lovesick (?) Justin was sitting moping at home and Lillian needed to visit him, even though they had just cancelled their wedding.

Sorry, I know I am just summarising what we all heard, but I need to write it down to try to make sense of it, and hopefully get some insight from the wise crowd here!

I completely agree DDD. I predict that with the non-cancelled honeymoon they will be off to India.

You thought the Lillian and Jennie scene was bad?! I was still reeling from the incredible Grundy volte-face into friendly, helpful neighbours! Hanging on for Eddie to present Rex with a bill. The most likely scenario seems to be that Eddie's body has been taken over by an evil alien intent on world domination (cf. Men in Black).

The most likely scenario seems to be that Eddie's body has been taken over by an evil alien intent on world domination (cf. Men in Black).

Oh. I thought that the SW were making some sociopolitical or ethnographic point. Perhaps I was overthinking it.
The Grundy clan are usually brassic and resort to any scheme to get extra cash; ducking & diving; pushing boundaries (sometimes with hilarious consequences) whilst often blaming their woes on the Archer clan. Emma is desperate for cash, hence her buying bargain beans and snapping at Johnny. So far, so typical Grundy behaviour.
However, for the first time in history, the Grundys are totally ahead and have sold all their Christmas turkeys. They have money in the bank, time on their hands and can afford to be generous and giving like normal people. Here's hoping that they take a liking to this new modus operandi and decide to go organised and legit from here on in (especially when Ed gets the tractor work at HF).

But, yeah, the Lilian / linked-diary thing was pants. Couldn't she just go round to ask after Ruby (her dog, after all) - much more believable.

I think that Eddie has been released by the alien who was forcing him to present as an uncouth, shiftless, ungrateful misogynist areshole and have allowed him to return to being the heart of gold loveable rogue he used to be.

Yes I agree R4. It's nice (it is Christmas after all).

Ouch! Blinkin' fence is full of splinters ...

I have a sneaky suspicious feeling that all will not be well with the Tumble Tussock. Wasn't there a pointed reference to the tops being screwed down? Will all the bottles explode prior to delivery?

I can't believe (although I'd like to) that all is fine and dandy in the Grundy world.

I wasn’t convinced dunking the bottles in the bath would be an effective pasteurisation method either...

Yes, I can't help thinking that something is about to go horribly wrong for the Grundys. Eddie has said so frequently the turkeys are all sorted well ahead of schedule, etc., etc. Surely that's just signalling that trouble's about to arrive? Hope I'm wrong!

Friday night.

Not long till Xmas.

Bound to be a big one tonight.

This is absolutely not how I remember TOP services. There was no officious nurse repeatedly asking, "Are you sure? are you really, really sure? Honestly, are you sure?" How is anyone supposed not to feel uncertain and judged in such an oppressive environment? She has turned up to the clinic, having had plenty of time to think about her options: stop badgering the poor woman!

Well, no surprises there.

Can I be the first to say oh ffs.

And that applies to Justin and Lil too. They are so boring.

Honestly! Now we have to listen to all the dramatics as Jill and David find out. Over Christmas dinner maybe as they notice Pip not drinking? I'm not sure I'll be able to stand it.

And Toebee, who will declare lurve and want to make an honest woman of Pip. Gah!

Worst storyline ever

Well I for one am flabbergasted. What a shock.

There will be a momentary pleasure in watching the outpouring of grief and fury from the Dopeys at the fact Elixabeth has facilitated Toebee to impregnate Pip and that Pip didn't confide in her mother.

Bloody hell, was that an abortion clinic or Dignitas? Is there a [practically too angry to type] emoticon?

Gahhh! Would have been SUCH a good and useful storyline if she had gone through with it and they had simply shown her grieving normally then getting on with her life.

Mcakes- I thought for once they might have allowed a woman to have sex without being punished.....But no.

Bertrand Yes completely agree Would have been even better if she could have just enjoyed a bit of casual sex without any consequences even if it was with a complete tosser

But if they were going to have an abortion story, it would have been great if it had focused on our right to choose and the reality that abortion isn't necessarily the worst thing that can happen to a woman.