Stella has said Yes to Karl's proposal. More fool her. Gloria's thrilled but Stella knows she's probably the only one. Eva was more thrilled about a new frock. Leanne was dead set against it and Karl. But when Gloria found out that Stella offered Owen a partnership she mentioned having a bit put by and looked decidedly shifty. She can afford to thrown an engagement party, and all.
Owen would still end up having to get a loan to pay his crew and buy more supplies. It's a difficult spot in the short term but he thinks he can do it. Anna's not so sure. Catching the Prices celebrating and spending money infuriated him. Even when he found out Gloria paid for it, he decided he'd be suing for his cash. And how can Owen afford to eat and drink at the Bistro these days? Owen is furious, Stella is worried sick. In Owen's position, I'd probably sue, too. Stella doesn't have a choice but to put the pub up for sale and get a job. I'm surprised Kevin isn't charging them all rent but that's another plot hole really. I mean, wouldn't you at least charge a nominal rent or ask them to pay the utilities? Karl should get a job too. Stella's going to take advantage of Leanne and take a job at the Bistro but she thought it might be as bar staff. What she got was cleaner. Does a tiny place like that need two cleaners? And Gail already looks at Stella as a rival, co-mothers-in-law after all.
Stella reckons cleaner's wages will pull her out of the hole. It won't hurt, i suppose and Karl should definitely get of his backside and it's about time he offered. kI don't know if we were supposed to find Gail lording it over Stella and her mops funny but it wasn't. Why did Gail even need to have more than one mop? I really don't see why the Bistro even needs two cleaners. Now Leanne is feeling guilty about not lending Stella the money and Gloria is making noises about finding other ways out of the hole.
Norris manages to get his nose into everywhere doesn't he? He's such a nasty git and wasted no time spreading the gossip. He speculated that Stella burned it down herself. But they already think that Sunita did it on purpose, so why would he think that? And arson isn't a reason for insurance not to pay out unless you've done it yourself or practically handed the keys to someone that did it. I loved the little exchange between Sally and Gail, however, when Sally was dying to find out and since the Prices are in Kevin's house and Kevin isn't there, Sally can take it upon herself to do a bit of digging. With Gail's "help". Well no, but Sally promised to fill her in. Love it! Nice little scene.
Sylvia seemed intent on hiding the letter from Roy but Hayley doesn't understand why. Maybe Sylvia has a point and Hayley in her everlasting quest for honesty and truth (just like Roy of course) just might be opening a wound that shouldn't be opened. Hayley is determined that Roy find out about the letter so Sylvia was backed into a corner. Roy decided not to open the letter. He's closed the book on his father and that should be an end of it but you know Hayley won't be able to let it go. It's clear, no matter what Roy says, that the idea of communication with his father has thrown him. He was very defensive about it too, even when Hayley hadn't said anything else. Clearly it's on his mind. He's debating and fretting and cleaning now. What to do? Roy doesn't need the nagging. He is curious about the letter no matter what he says. His mind isn't on his job and he's just going to have to bite the bullet. Hayley and Sylvia pushed and pushed until he opened the old wound. There's no going back now.
Even Gail can tell that David's fussing and overworking himself. All of this business about David working too hard, everyone saying it's not good for you but no word about his epilepsy until he collapsed and then nobody even blinked and seemed surprised, like his epilepsy was a routine thing when really, it had been forgotten in the show for a couple of years now. He took a funny turn or two in the salon and he even took a bit of a funny turn in the Bistro, though it was odd that Steve was the one that jumped up, concerned. Audrey and Nick are both arguing about how to give David a break and make sure he doesn't suffer financially. Must be nice working for family! Audrey is fussing over David who really does think he's handling it. Again, she keeps skirting around his health issues. Does she think mentioning the E word is going to send him round the bend?
Katy is back. Can't find someone to mind the baby. David's storyline needs a bit extra to make it more scarey. Therefore David looks after Joseph just before he collapses in the park. What a scary thing for a child to see but Max did manage to call Nick when David collapsed. Usually epileptic seizures only last a couple of minutes. David must have been out for longer than that if he didn't come round until Nick got there. Even providing it was at the neighbourhood Red Rec, it would have taken Nick longer than a couple of minutes to drive there and find them I would think.
Don't take David home, take him straight to the medical centre, people! Well they did talk him into going at least. And now Nick knows that Sally knows the paternity secret. It's all thrown David for a loop. All he has to do is take care of his health and take his meds and it's unlikely it's going to happen. He went a couple of years without a problem, after all. It will be hard with a new baby but he's got a good support network.
David's worried now if the baby could have epilepsy and wants to see if there is a test. That's going to put Kylie in a spin. Why? The baby could prove not to have the gene and that only means the baby doesn't have a gene for epilepsy, not that the baby's not David's. But it does also mean a genetic test will tell you who the father is, too.
Where'd Karl get the overalls? This episode was filled with people that never seemed to be friends in the past being all over each other. Dennis and Rita, Steve and Michelle at the engagement party? Gloria and Rita dislike each other. Steve and Michelle are hardly Stella's best friends and Steve has sacked Karl about 18 times. Carla is intent on having Rob and Peter make friends. I don't think it's ever going to work. Peter threw Marcus into the mix as a buffer. Talk about feeling like a fifth wheel in the middle of a peeing contest. Kylie needs new maternity tops and Gail offers her some clothes. She's even tinier and it's unlikely Gail still has 22 year old maternity clothes.
Gary's been invited to an army reunion of a few mates. Tommy does want Tina back but reckons she doesn't want him back. Izzy discovered the 200 pounds that Gary spent on the ring for Tina and Anna overheard it and raked him over the coals for it. Gary in return, threw her quick rebound with Owen after Eddie's departure in her face. Izzy was suspicious enough to ferret out the truth and confronted Gary straight away about both the money and Tommy's accusations about fancying Tina. Tina was horrified and stoutly denied anything was going on. So did Gary but we know he's got a thing for her.
I'm glad Izzy tore a strip off him. He's in denial about how he feels. Tina considered giving the money back and that in turn, makes it not a gift and it's the right thing to do. Gary found the ring, Tina's paying for it. Gary's pissed and blames Tommy for putting a bug in Izzy's ear. Take responsibility for your actions, mate.
Gary wants to avoid the reunion but Izzy insisted. She's also forgiven him for spending the money on Tina's Dad's ring. She's handing over cash, probably some of the money Tina paid back for the ring. Funny thing is, though he does fancy Tina, he really does love Izzy, I'm sure but he wasn't too happy when his mates were all over his photo of Tina. Green eyed jealous monster, for sure. He wasn't happy to see Tina arguing with Tommy either. So again, he decides he should look after Tina but with a few beers under his belt, feeling down about army mates, and the green eyed monster loose, he made a pass at her. Tina wasn't having any of it which is refreshing.
Tim isn't the keenest father is he? Not really finding a comfortable routine and Faye doesn't really care if she's late for school. She's just happy with her Dad. Tim's still struggling with parenthood and more interested in games on the iPad than making sure Faye's got what she needs for school. Anna's discovering that Faye is living off takeaway and having to watch football. It's clear she's not really happy but she's not giving up yet. Is Tim working? Apparently so. Owen is crabby about Tim being in the house and the obvious, Tim isn't up to parenthood. Anna knows that Faye has to want to come home oh her own. Meanwhile she's probably not eating properly and seems to really know her way around the kitchen. Chesney really needs a serious attitude adjustment. He wouldn't look after Joseph and then accused her of palming him off on David callously. He knew about the appointment, after all. Accusing her of lying, and not looking after him because he thought she was lying, or so his ranting implied had me cursing at the screen. I wish both of these people would just go away. Even if Rita and Dennis didn't really belong at the engagement party, it was nice to see them.
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2 comments:
I also found the scene with Gail, Stella and the mop sad and far fetched. Nick is constantly going on how fully booked they are and when an experienced bar worker is out of work they hire her as a cleaner? I'm not a fan of Stella but at least she would be more pleasant to the customers than Leeane who is always miserable.
I thought that mop scene was hilarious, Gail getting all high & mighty aout 'her' mop. Funny stuff!
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