Discuss The Archers #108: Has Ed & Emma’s ship sailed? Will Alice stick her oar into Kate's love life? Can Shula walk on water? Come and discuss whatever floats your boat in The Archers.

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Thanks to @QuaterMiss for the title of this thread. For reasons of space had to cut out the bit speculating about Oliver and Tracy pairing off. Surely not!

Off now to give blood, something nobody in Ambridge ever does. See you all later.

I'm just not keen on Peggy roping Jakob in unwittingly in her little scheme to get at Kate.

The Brookfield marriage venue is utter nonsense.

The Brookfield marriage venue is utter nonsense

But they have a "lovely barn".

Obviously going from an oversized empty shed to full scale wedding venue with all the licences, facilities and furniture required in the space of a couple of months is just trivial.

And obviously also in a world where weddings are planned a year or more in advance it totally makes sense that guinea pigs would be queuing up to use the lovely barn.

You are such a sceptic Marguerita - obviously GoldenPip has just waved a magic wand

Whilst Kate got exactly what she deserved it was unkind to Jakob both to spin the lie further and for him to miss his film.

I'd rather Peggy had dealt with Kate one to one.

Obviously a caring brother like David is supporting his sister’s struggling wedding venue business by... opening a competing wedding venue.

At least stage I was hopeful that we might lose both Grundy boys on Friday

Exactly this.

At least I was hopeful that we might lose both Grundy boys on Friday.

Now that’s just harsh.

How could you do that to Clarrie? Or Eddie? Or Joe???

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I'm just not keen on Peggy roping Jakob in unwittingly in her little scheme to get at Kate.

I got the distinct feeling that Jakob knew what was going on: I was sure I heard him suppressing laughter at least once while Peggy was making Kate squirm a bit.

Kate was the one who told Jakob a pack of lies; Peggy just played along with the lies Kate had told him. I think he has more reason to dislike Kate for them than to dislike Peggy for exposing them.

I listened to it this afternoon. I did enjoy Peggy milking the carer aspect, but I hoped she would be straight with Jakob and tell him the truth about Kate's lies. I mean, he's got to find out sooner or later, what she's like, better to let him know now, before he gets hurt falling in love with a fantasy person.

I did feel a bit sorry for Will when he broke down to Clarrie. I'm glad Eddie was booking him an appointment with the GP.

I got the distinct feeling that Jakob knew what was going on: I was sure I heard him suppressing laughter at least once while Peggy was making Kate squirm a bit.

Really? I didn't get that at all.

I thought Peggy very deftly illustrated to Kate what her lies mean. If she is pretending to be a carer to get a boyfriend, she has to face up to the reality of living that lie. And that means you have to spend substantial time actually caring at your own expense.

I didn't think Jakob knew what was going on. He's not really the type to catch on to nuances.

Whilst Kate got exactly what she deserved it was unkind to Jakob both to spin the lie further and for him to miss his film

I'd rather Peggy had dealt with Kate one to one

I didn't get the impression Jakob knew. He is being presented as possibly having Aspergers syndrome and he takes every thing very literally.

Uh oh...just seen that tonight is the return of Lexi. Might give it a wide berth.... no pun intended !

Oh fgs I missed the start of tonight's episode- did Golden Pip win the conservation prize?

Oh what a bore and now we have Adam whinging about it. What a bore.

Yip! It’s Pip! Who is now boring on about pissing her parents off...

Might give it a wide berth...

Awful so far. Golden Pip squeaking; Adam moaning; Jenny wittering on.

Lexi is sounding a teeny bit less unenthusiastic- I wonder if there is going to be a change of heart about handing over the baby?

And more crap about Tracey and the GG ghost.

To quote MikeUniformMum have I mentioned I really don't like Pip?

Thanks for sparing me the pain!

Gods Adam was in maximum bore mode tonight. I'm trying to remember when I last heard Tired Man sound happy about anything - when was it?

Pip was tedious but then she always is. Rex and Phoebe should leave her to whine and crack on with it.

I wonder if we will be given a rationale for the decision on the money. I wonder if it was the only proposal which wasn't first and foremost about getting the cash?

Wasn’t the rewilding primarily Phoebe and Rex’s idea anyway? Pip was a bit dismissive initially IIRC.

Oh God, why do I care?!

Oh yes - Lily!! What of her and her sleazy consort?

As you were.....

Ugh. It didn't take me long to remember how much I dislike Lexi. She's such hard work.

We really need to know what is happening at Lower Loxley.

Is Lily going back to uni? Term for Manchester starts in 2 weeks time. If she is, is CMR staying on (almost certainly) and is CMR going to further inveigle himself into Lizzie's good books? (almost certainly)

CMR might be loathsome but at least he isn't dull.