Sunday Comments, February 15

Lines of the week:

• Vernon "Who is the greatest husband in the world" Liz "Gissa clue"
  
• Jack to Paul "You are your father's son all right! Get OUT!"
  
• Becky "Do you know what i don't get?" Roy "The London Review on Books?"
  
• Audrey "You did leave sommat behind" Ted "Something important?" Audrey "She is to me!"
  
• Janice to Leanne "You seem to get off on doing dodgey things." (pot? kettle?)
  
• Dan to Leanne "Panic over. No further action"
  
• Rita "It'll be like an Officer and a Gentleman" (remember this in about 10 months' time, k?)
  

Leanne is like a cat on hot bricks wondering what Paul is up to. He made his statement and implicated everyone and then he "confessed" to Jack and Ty and Molly too. The problem is it's the old little boy calling Wolf isn't it? Will they believe him? Jack has it spot on as usual. Paul only confessed to get back at Leanne, not because he felt guilty about doing it. How disappointed must Jack be!!! We've not seen him that drunk for ages, not even after Vera died. I'm rather glad Paul overheard Tyrone insulting him. It's not as if it was a surprise anyway. Well the police weren't slow in coming to talk to Leanne and Monkey Boy. Now, can Leanne keep her cool? MB probably can. They weren't arrested, just questioned. So how come they were "released on bail"? It didn't take long for the gossip to ramp up, between Lloyd and Blanche. Good God, because Paul went to the police, the insurance isn't paying out. Nobody gets anything! Damn straight Leanne will make sure Paul fries and she gets off. I would really enjoy seeing Paul's spoiled smug face looking sideways behind bars. I really would.

Now Janice has found out about the whole scheme too. Leanne can lie but she can't lie to Janice. I don't understand how Janice can be on such a high horse about Leanne doing dodgey or illegal things. She's certainly not above it herself. And ok, she's not as bad as Cilla was and maybe Janice really is an honest person .... wayyyyyyy down deep! Paul's charged with the arson and Jack seems to be speaking to him again, even willing to pay for a solicitor. If Leanne can hold her nerve, she might get away with it. And she did!

Audrey got hold of Ted and they are going to meet up! She's so preoccupied that she forgot she was taking Gail to get her plaster off. Anyway, we get to meet her long lost love. Ted. He seems quite nice and very dapper. Poor Ted, though, what a shock he got. And afterwards, Audrey's imagination was threatening to take flight, comparing him to blue collar Bill. Are you picking up any hints yet? Because you should be but i won't say what the conclusion you should be drawing is, in case you don't already know.

Liam, Maria, Carla and Tony almost seemed like they were mates at the start of the dinner party, making jokes and that. Maria didn't even stay though and what happened? Liam passed out on the sofa. Carla should have rang Maria, even if it was late. Didn't Liam get his self out of Carla's fast in the morning but he had to face the music when he got home. I think Ozzy agreed with Maria's ranting too. Maria probably wouldn't be so upset if it hadn't been Carla alone in the flat, given their history. Well she's soon got something more important to worry about. Marcus seems awfully worried about Maria's baby not moving much. That's his job and he knows whereof his speaks. And the scan proved the tragic news, the baby has died and Maria had to give birth to it anyway. It must be the worst nightmare, poor kid. I can't imagine how awful that must be and she never told Liam! Problem is, her jealousy is making her think Liam was *with* Carla, and possibly blaming Liam and and Carla was just winding her up further. I just hate it when you watch this sort of thing and know it's an obvious plot device. Any other time, the row would have been over in 10 minutes but they had Carla continuing to wind her up and having her moan about Liam and then when she finally found him, he was all sweet and contrite and loving about the baby and she *couldn't* tell him then. And the next day, after she slept on the settee, he got all growly again and didn't give her a chance.

I think she's just blinded by grief and not thinking straight and Liam being so defensive isn't helping her get any words out. It's contrived, i know. And Poor Marcus in the middle, he nearly let the secret out. Did you see his face when Liam said he thought Maria overreacted (until he realized Liam didn't know what was going on)? Naturally Marcus would go so Maria would have someone there. Another jerk of the heartstrings... did they have to show that wee little hand? *gulp* She couldn't even go home, she went to Audrey's.

There's definitely cracks in the Tomlin union, when the wife can't stand the idea of spending three weeks on a cruise boat with her husband. Now, while the cool cat's away, will the little mouse play away? Hmmm Claire's finances don't seem to be in very good order. Ashley was trying to keep the business going and kept it quiet so she wouldn't worry. What is it with these people that keep crucial information secret from their spouses???? There's a vast difference, and i do mean *vast* between seeing Jason in his boxers and seeing Jerry Morton in his.

Becky and Jason definitely going to give it another try. She's a bit cautious after last time... for about 10 seconds. She really likes him, you can tell. Becky got away quick in the morning, nearly as fast as Liam. Guess she didn't want to face Eileen. She didn't know she was going to have to face Roy's disapproval though. She stayed out all night and with a married man!