We never thought we’d feel sorry for Will. Although of course it should have been Pip! Discuss The Archers here (Titled edited by MNHQ)

[PseudoBadger]

Welcome all! I was really touched by the potential for Ed and Will to reconcile. But wonder if Will can accept Ed’s support.

As ever, no spoilers here (there’s a thread for that) - discussion permitted as soon as the pm episode is broadcast.

Yes, horrific to listen to.

Blimey.

Well, that was grim. Alice's behaviour was unforgivable.

How did she get that drunk and still be served? Had she been drinking beforehand? Awful moment when she was abusive to nic's poor mum.

Gruesome. I bet Alice had one or two on her way to the funeral (I can imagine her with a quarter bottle of 'handbag wine'). And I bet she has a lot more tonight.

Can't see even Jennifer excusing this.

Where were Brian and Jennifer?

Just when the Aldridge think it can’t get worse (tho we all know it can) .... l wonder how Chris will handle it. Does Brine have enough dosh left to send Alice to the Priory? Will she meet Ant Mc Partland there? I just hope they/team can do a decent alcoholic s/line so she isn’t sorted immediately. I need to listen again as didn’t catch every word.

I agree, was just saying to DH Alice’s parents must have been there.

I hope this is all building up to Alice admitting to the hit and run. When she was going on about how supportive Nic had been I thought she was going to mention it then.

I thought the dialogue was quite clumsy. Alice was almost a caricature of a drunk at a funeral.

Listening on iPlayer. This is awful. The whole episode is so wrong.

Wow I now dislike Alice more than Pip who knew.

That was pretty unsubtle........

Wow I now dislike Alice more than Pip who knew

I hate the LSWs for turning Alice from a likeable, clever and hardworking young woman into a monstrosity. Because Om knows you can't be female, hardworking and successful in TA without being punished in some way

Do the whole inappropriate drinking thing with Alice has presumably been leading up to that.

No sign of Chris on air though. And of course in real life JD would have been in like a robber's dog on that scene

And am the only one who'd forgotten that Nick and Helen were ever close. I can't remember a single scene with them together in the last 5 years. Certainly no sign of it when Helen was in prison etc

That was awful. And where were Chris, Susan, Neil and Jennifer?

Or even Pip or Adam for that matter. Even Pip would have stepped into avoid that car crash.

C8H with you all the way. Bring back the real Alice!

TASWAMA

Do you think they will drop the Matt story line or was the conversation with Joe and Ed supposed to emphasise it wasn't Nic?

Agree with all those comments about the funeral episode. But I just listened to it back to back with the previous episode....what on Earth was the point of all that wittering on about vegetable stew? Was it supposed to be a peek into a little lighthearted moment between mother and daughter or something Fruit and orange peel? “Ooh hers actually was better, sorry Mum! “Ho ho what if one of your cheese students tells you to add more ingredients eh?”. Utterly utterly boring and pointless dialogue.

I thought Helen and Pat both came over as insufferable in that dialogue. And some not very well disguised tension about the viability of Helen's business venture.

I hate the LSWs for turning Alice from a likeable, clever and hardworking young woman into a monstrosity. Because Om knows you can't be female, hardworking and successful in TA without being punished in some way

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