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The Archers - can someone explain what's going on? (spoilers!)

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FGSWhatNow · 07/09/2024 13:10

I caught the episode the other day where George was being carted off by the police. Please can a kind soul explain what happened in the crash and what he did? (I've looked in the spoilers thread but can't piece it together)

(Used to listen a while ago but life got in the way and I've missed out on a lot!)

TIA 🙏

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DogwoodTree · 07/09/2024 13:14

Alice was passed out drunk in her car, intending to sleep it off before driving again.

George came across her and decided to drive her home.

Alice woke up and wanted him to stop the car so she could vomit

George didn’t stop as he wanted to get over a bridge first. She tried to get out and and he was distracted trying to stop her, he caused an oncoming car to veer off the bridge into a river.

Fallin, Joy, Mick we’re in the car and injured but George jumped into rescue them.

after everyone was safe, he went back and moved Alice into the drivers seat of her car and pretended he had just been walking past the accident. And lied about that ever since. Alice facing prison.

DogwoodTree · 07/09/2024 13:15

Additional : (George decided to drive Alice home in her own car*, by moving her to the passenger seat)

Corksoles · 07/09/2024 13:20

Alice Aldridge was back on the booze. Had an MO of buying vodka and sitting in the car, drinking herself to a stupor and sleeping in the car. George found her on his way back from a party at which he had brought along a cheap fruit cider from the village shop. Alice had purchased her vodka from the same place, same day, sold by Joy.

George decides to drive Alice home. She had been drinking in the passenger seat, keys in glovebox. He voicemails Will to let him know.

On the drive, which presumably is illegal as George has been drinking, Alice wants to get out, George loses control when another vehicle approaches on the bridge and the other vehicle goes into the Am. George helps to rescue those who've gone in - in particular Fallon i think. Alastair and Denise are there too.

George moved Alice from the passenger seat to the drivers seat as she was stone cold drunk so that Alice rather than he would take the rap.

And then he's slowly looked like he was unravelling. Alice has got sober and suspects that she didn't drive but can't quite place it. Lots of absolute horrors, like Justin, have been awful to Alice. She faces prison.

George confessed to his mum. She told Will. They couldn't get George to go to the police. George ran off to Uncle Clive, came back. Susan and Neil heard the stuff about the cider which had been found in the car actually having been bought by George and worked it out and made Emma call the cops.

Oh and Fallon lost Harrison's precious baby that she didn't know she was carrying which Harrison blames on Alice.

Corksoles · 07/09/2024 13:24

Ha - snap @DogwoodTree . Although I thought Alice started out in the passenger seat but perhaps that's not right?

FGSWhatNow · 07/09/2024 13:53

Aaahhh that's brilliant, it makes much more sense now! I had worked out that George had been more involved in the accident than everyone thought but didn't know how. I also caught an episode where Alastair was making up some excuse for why he had been there (not wanting Paul (?) to suss why he was out with Denise). And George and Fallon's conversation in the pub about her miscarriage makes sense now.

Right, I can put the omnibus on and get back to my decorating! Thanks so much! Archers

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Quodraceratops · 07/09/2024 20:00

I appreciate there are other Archer's threads but in real life would someone like George - 19yrs & I'm assuming first offence - be realistically likely to get jail time? Seems out of step with reported sentencing for serious violent offences but maybe it's the lying to the police bit (although surely anyone who pleads innocent and is found guilty was lying)

ladymalfoy · 30/12/2025 11:34

George is a shit and a cock.

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