Brian is over a barrel, Alice has drained the barrel and Shula has given it to Alistair with both barrels - The Archers is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment.

[PseudoBadger]

Thanks to @LillianGish for the thread title.

I’ve just worked it out (folding 5 machines worth of clean clothes, got time on my hands).

Justin is going to lend the partnership the £££££ to fix this mess privately, in return for a lien on the farm. Lillian isn’t married to him so won’t get to keep it in the family in any way when he up sticks and takes HF with him. The whole “I love you too much to marry you” spiel was highly suspicious from the get go. I’m also sure there was a heavy hint some time ago from Justin about how it’s good to have people indebted to you, when he did Brian a favour re a BL board decision. He’s not being good to Brian out of the goodness of his heart.

Plus, if they can, they’re going to wing Matt Crawford into it somehow. The man has no interest in farming, but will win Lillian - and her family - back by saving the day and wrestling HF back from Justin.

You heard it here first!!

And what about the ferrets, they must have a room of their own.

I think Matt has had his day after screwing over Auntie Chris.*

Otherwise - flawless! JE definitely has his sights on Brian.

*though its possible he'll provide some information or expose JE's cunning plan.

Team Brian here! Was disgusted at Jenny siding with that weasel Adam. Kate and Lushlice are too incompetent to have a say in running the farm. Debbie should mind her own business as she's devoted to Hungarian farming now and Ruth can't get on her high horse seeing as she was responsible for bringing IBR to Ambridge.

Come on, Brian- fight back!

I think the best thing about the Archers is that (with notable exceptions) people are not pigeon-holed as 'good' or 'bad'. They have character strengths and flaws so we can find ourselves supporting different characters in different scenarios.

Obviously it's annoying when these predilections appear from nowhere!

Eurgh Susan! This is going to end in chili isn't it?

poor Neil, how much time will he actually get to spend with the pigs? will he face some profound ethical dilemma about their welfare?

That office chair was clearly raising Susan’s temperature.

I think Ed, Emma, George and Kira should move into Casa Mia (or whatever it is now called), allowing Clarrie to look after Will and Poppy & Jake & Mia). Crazy there is now a house standing empty.

Hate the wrap up of the Matt hit and run. How could they?

I would expect Jake & Mia to go and live with their Dad too.

That scene with Will and Plod were very clunky

Yes,TeenTimesTwo. I'm assuming Will doesn't have parental rights so how is he going to make important decisions about Jake and Mia?
Andrew is actually their father.

...and was the name change done properly when Nic and Will got married?

Will is now terrified Ed is going to spill the beans ... maybe he'll be a lot nicer to him from now on in case Ed grasses him up.

Doesn't Bartleby have his own room or does he have to share with the ferrets?

Davros

Yes Teen But the gamekeepers cottage IS the gamekeeper's cottage , it's tied. Ed n Emm are not gamekeepers…. but interestingly Ed is working for Home Farm now isn't he? !!

Bartletby still has his penthouse suite at Grey Gables, but yes, he does share it with the ferrets and also with that donkey that randomly showed up a few months ago.

Not a donkey, a pony they called Gem, heard of quite recently, being taught to pull Joe's cart, who had been dumped "with others" in a local field , it's random but it does happen in the countryside.

Ppeat I love that you picked me up for calling the pony a donkey, but not that they are living in a penthouse suite in Grey Gables

Ahh well this is a surreal thread! (ducks the flames)

Whatever his situation, I bet Bartleby's accommodation is more stable than the Grundys' has ever been.

Don’t like Jenny lying to Lilian.

She had to, the truth would get straight to Justin.

Whatever his situation, I bet Bartleby's accommodation is more stable than the Grundys' has ever been

Stable

Gosh that was a terrible episode. Ian and Adam are giving me the creeps and Helen is getting dimmer by the day (although Henwee is still 3)

Not a donkey, a pony they called Gem, heard of quite recently, being taught to pull Joe's cart, who had been dumped "with others" in a local field , it's random but it does happen in the countryside

A very sad, but sweet episode which showed several characters at their best.