*The Archers thread

[two sheds]

I missed the episode when Rob's mother turned up Have I missed something important and it is worth me finding it to listen to?

Don't think so, it was just .... tanatalizing ... you feel sure that something's going to happen next time but it might not ...

 

[wiskey]

I reckon he's both

He doesn't like Ian does he cos Ian thought he was horrible to Helen ages ago.

 

[belboid]

Only caught the last few minutes of that but OMG Rob is something else. Is he actually homophobic or just spiteful?

Both. He's a real mans man. Or something

 

[belboid]

He doesn't like Ian does he cos Ian thought he was horrible to Helen ages ago.

Naah, because he doesn't want Helen to have any friends.

 

[wiskey]

Naah, because he doesn't want Helen to have any friends.

He's properly gaslighting her

 

[trashpony]

Rob hates Ian - he beat him in the cycling race and then punched him afterwards. Clip here so you can relive the glorious moment

Maybe someone will kill him? Has there ever been a murder in Ambridge? Although Helen may then rewrite history and reinvent him as a fabulous father and husband

 

[wiskey]

I reckon they'll keep it going until Helen has Damien ... then Rob will take against Henry and lock him in a cupboard and treat Helen badly and dote on the new legitimate heir.

 

[trashpony]

I reckon they'll keep it going until Helen has Damien ... then Rob will take against Henry and lock him in a cupboard and treat Helen badly and dote on the new legitimate heir.

I think he'll leave her and take Damien. After locking awwwight! in a cupboard

 

[davesgcr]

What do you all reckon on Joe Grundy departing this life over Christmas ? - seems to be a build up towards it ....

 

[susie12]

Yes. He'll probably sit in the armchair of death that did for Phil Archer and Jack Woolley.

 

[trashpony]

He'll die on his cart and Bartleby will bring him home to Grange Farm

 

[davesgcr]

He'll die on his cart and Bartleby will bring him home to Grange Farm

Something like that , or a conflagration in the cider shed ....! (bound to be on Xmas Day too)

 

[belboid]

What do you all reckon on Joe Grundy departing this life over Christmas ? - seems to be a build up towards it ....

it's certainly one of the stories they're building towards. Ian & Adam looks like boiling over earlier than that. But there's still Ruth's leaving David, Helen killing Rob (or vv), all Lizzie's clothes falling off, and Roy and Kirsty's first kiss to come as well

 

[wiskey]

Roy and Kirsty's first kiss to come as well

not just me who thought that then

 

[dolly's gal]

why doesn't Rob want Helen to talk to his mum? he was trying to usher her out very quickly. is there something she knows she might give away?

 

[wiskey]

Does Rob know about Helen's anorexia? cos he was needling her about eating too much at the wedding which is pretty low (no lower than his other antics though).

 

[Mogden]

Does Rob know about Helen's anorexia? cos he was needling her about eating too much at the wedding which is pretty low (no lower than his other antics though).

I wasn't a listener during her Henry pregnancy but I got the impression she had eating problems then and I'm assuming Rob the Knob is stirring up old wounds.

 

[a_chap]

Listening to the omnibus this morning I discovered that Rob had told Ian about Adam's so-called fling(s). What a cunt.

 

[weltweit]

Listening to the omnibus this morning I discovered that Rob had told Ian about Adam's so-called fling(s). What a cunt.

Indeed, a wanker of the highest order, still completely in character.

 

[wayward bob]

Does Rob know about Helen's anorexia? cos he was needling her about eating too much at the wedding which is pretty low (no lower than his other antics though).

i noticed that too. whether or not he's doing it on purpose i can see it being yet another part of this horrible storyline...

 

[wayward bob]

where does dr lock know him from do we think?

 

[a_chap]

Who's Dr Lock? (I didn't get to listen to all of the omnibus)

 

[wayward bob]

richard lock the doctor moving into wherever it is the grundies got kicked out of. iirc there was some love triangle thing with usha and shula? they had a "where do i know you from?" type exchange and rob was sounding extra shifty...

 

[davesgcr]

All going too nicely for the Grundies - expect a radio "disaster"

 

[FiFi]

There's just too much potential for disaster this Xmas.
It's not Eastenders for crying out loud!

 

[Shirl]

richard lock the doctor moving into wherever it is the grundies got kicked out of. iirc there was some love triangle thing with usha and shula? they had a "where do i know you from?" type exchange and rob was sounding extra shifty...

I think I remember that Rob went to Dr Lock for his paternity test.

 

[two sheds]

I think I remember that Rob went to Dr Lock for his paternity test.

Oh HO!

 

[a_chap]

((((Linda)))

 

[wiskey]

I think I remember that Rob went to Dr Lock for his paternity test.

Yeah it was... So I guess if he did fix it Dr Lock will either be in on it or have been duped

 

[purenarcotic]

Does Rob know about Helen's anorexia? cos he was needling her about eating too much at the wedding which is pretty low (no lower than his other antics though).

Even if he is unaware, it's just another way to control innit. It's that whole thing of nothing the victim does is ever quite right. I don't listen but from what I read it seems they are doing the coercive control aspect of it brilliantly.