Archers thread #167: Welcome to Ambridge, the world capital of loose ends! Discuss The Archers here.

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So Mikey has shown up at last, I thought it was another story that would have no ending but here we are. To be honest when hairy Vince said it was a pub car park I did think it might be Mikey ,though it was a bit obvious.
Freddie is a twit and obviously has not a care about his own safety. You'd think Vince would be a bit more persuasive in trying to stop Freddie being eaten alive by snaling blood thirsty dogs.
Emma talking to George about how proud she is that he has become a nice boy now, hmm, wait til the truth comes out, which it must do when Alice comes back. Talki ng of Alice I wonder if she will take the pledge whilst she is in London, and comes back dry and remembering what happened that night.

No playlets, but there was a suggestion once of costumes. That died a death. At the time. But is another reason for going to the meeting and having a say.

I wouldn't worry about missing tonight's episodes (at all, or at least live at 7pm): chances that it will feature Freddie, Markie, and Vince are next to none. It's D-Day don't ya know, we're surely destined for an emotional evening of star-crossed lovers Ben & Chelsea, pensive Fallon & Lynda. Freddie's fate will be left hanging.

I tried to edit the above post to make it sound less like I was suggesting Fallon & Lynda as a couple of star-crossed lovers. It hasn't worked and now I'm locked out of editing it again. I really should try to concentrate while writing!

Ugh Freddie’s an idiot.

It’s incredible how the guilt is turning George into a nicer and more humble person, isn’t it?

Especially after all the stuff about how Freddie's car sounded as if it was on its last legs and might not be up to a quick getaway.

So are Lily and Freddie no longer sharing the car Elizabeth gave them? I was wondering about this last night - don’t remember hearing anything over the past few years about a change in their car circumstances.

Thanks for the new thread.

Was the noise at the end Freddie getting out of the car?

I'm hoping that Freddie is beaten to death with a frozen leg of lamb which is then cooked and eaten a la the Roald Dahl (I think) story...

Did I miss how Vince would know what Markie looks like?
I know that Jolene told him about the potted history, but…

l enjoyed how the George-guilt was simmering in yesterday’s episode, too.

I read the life story of Gail of Coronation Street yesterday and thought with relief “TA has a little way to go yet”

@DeanElderberry Which 9 fruits? You can’t leave a line like that just hanging

Did he find out more than was said in his Black Country investigations?

I guess so @MereDintofPandiculation
I’m sure it’s most likely that I just missed it.

All the earlier conversation making Vince sound almost human and likeable made me think the SWs were about to kill him off and needed listeners to buy into it being something important to us, but I didn't like the way it ended with foolish Freddy heading off to be a hero.

I trust the SWs wouldn’t kill off another of Elizabeth’s men, @DeanElderberry …

It did sound to me that Freddie was getting out of the car at the end of the ep. But I was also hanging the washing out this morning as I listened, and the chickens were pretty noisy, so I may have been mistaken.

Totters, In the olden days that would have been a great set-up for Joe Grundy to come out with a 'just as well this village doesn't have a dentist' type quip.

Indeed it WAS Dahl. "Lamb To The Slaughter". Very macabre tale. Clever. If MeatballsMikey and gang fire up a rosemary and garlic fragrant barbie, should Freddie go MIA, we're onto them.

*MeatballsMarkie

Those adult Roald Dahl stories are great aren't they @BerylBillings - some of them are a bit terrifying!! TBF some of his children's ones are as well 😆

Hmm I think MarkieMeatballs trips off the tongue better 😄

"It's only meatballs, Vince!"
Freddie saying that as he got out the car made me laugh.
I'm beginning to like Freddie, he'll be fine tonight the SW won't plan another hospital scene surely.

If they did, we could at least be reasonably sure he wouldn’t turn out to be sodding well pregnant. And he’s already done the busted collarbone thing.

Oh yes Tales of the Unexpected. It had Susan George as the murderess and Brain Blessed as the police man.