Our Girl Thread 57 "Our Girl Revisited"

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We have been following Our Girl since 2014 and although there are to be no further series, we revisit time and time again to discuss. As an alternative, we are also watching the 1990s series of Soldier Soldier.

own? Home!

Dave seems quiet and depressed, but Belinda is as warm as always. Love how Molly carefully wipes the 'Rosabaya' on her arm.

All is not well with Dave and Belinda. Belinda is thinking of the future and wants to make something of herself.

Here...comes...Shazza!!

Shazza is a bit wacky, wonder if she's got a VW camper van with CND sign on the front?

Yes, I knew I'd heard it somewhere - just forgot.

Clearly all is not well with Belinda and Dave.

Belinda's friend Shazza is on the doorstep. Her comment about Molly being in the army doesn't sit well with Molly.

Nothing wrong with making your own soup!

I never took to Shazza but at least she did offer some support to Belinda which is more than Dave did.

Haven’t quite made out Shazza

Molly is feeling a bit left out, now her mum is moving on and has found other friends. Molly is also finding it hard to detach.

Party time...onion soup...yummy, yummy!

Actually, Shazza is right. Molly is almost as bad as her Dad in trying to put down Belinda's idea. They are very narrow-minded.

Another catchphrase from Nan - lobbing Shazza off a bridge on the M25!

Look at Smurf sitting there on his best behaviour all excited because Molly has called him.

Smurf rings - isn't adapting to life back home very well and urges Molly to come to Newport. He stands at the railway station with a bunch of flowers for her. I've always thought it was rather ungrateful of her to tell him to thrown them in the bin. What a waste!

Look at Smurf with his flowers - what is he thinking? Surely, she must have realised that he doesn't think the same way about them as she does.

"Nothing feels normal" - I think we're all feeling that way at the moment Smurf!

Yeah, but they weren’t all crumpled so someone else could maybe fish them out and appreciate them.

I think Molly is really very concerned about one member of the section in particular, that's why she's impatient to get back. She just isn't seeing what is going on with Smurf at all.

Now he's got Molly's attention, after mentioning CJ was at this spot. Yes it was perfect..so is CJ.

Newport is indeed a sh*thole Molly and I've only been through it once.

Mind you, I do like the look of Laugharne. Molly's interest is alerted when she knows CJ has been here when Smurf's brother's ashes were scattered and he read Dylan Thomas.

"Got back together" oh dear, how many hints does he have to drop.

"We need to be together!" - hmm!

Really, Molly gives Smurf ALL the wrong signals.

Crikey - she just ignores all the really strong hints and brushes it off because she's thinking of CJ. If she wasn't she might have told him to take a hike by now.

Love this bit when Molly and Belinda snuggle up together. Molly has come around to the idea of Belinda moving on. She sees that the army and CJ's belief in her are changing her life and Belinda deserves a chance to change her life too.

HIdden message in Molly's comment about being friends with somebody you never thought you would be friendly with.

Molly is very suspicious of Shazza's motives and despite Dave being such a rubbish husband and parent, she doesn't like that Shazza is coming between husband and wife.

Meanwhile, the next morning, Smurf and Dave are entertaining all the little Dawes children.

Nan comes in and tells Molly that Smurf is "a good 'un".

Smurf is nice with her brothers and sisters. Dave is really struggling with the idea that he's losing Belinda.

Dave's views are pretty archaic!

I thought they could do with Belinda's extra money anyway.