Sunday Comments June 23

Nobody can persuade Dev from his quest so off to the cops he goes, positive that his hunch and belief in his children's faith is going to tip the scale. Karl was really stick handling trying to talk him out of it but no dice. Sunita couldn't kill a spider, how on earth could she manage to kill a human being. And if you tell the police your friends think you're crazy, it might be a tad difficult to persuade them your theory is bang on. They think his guilt is driving him. We know it's the truth.

Dev is asking hard questions that nobody can answer and Karl doesn't like it one bit. And why does Craig looks worried or nervous after hearing Dev asking those questions in the Kabin? I think Lloyd and Steve are noticing that Karl is getting a bit more nosy than need be at Dev's inquiries. Dev even cornered Tyrone as a fellow mis-accused. Steve and Lloyd are worried and wondering how to distract him and Karl is increasingly uncomfortable. He pretended sympathy and got Steve and Lloyd to admit the evidence is against Sunita and encouraged them to think Dev is having a breakdown. That makes his theories even more suspect. He's grilling everyone and he certainly has Stella's sympathies. Karl is poking his nose in left right and centre. How does nobody even suspect his motives? He stole Dev's wife. They're hardly even remotely friends.

I do hope that the wedding that Dev was talking about regarding Sunita's inability to hold her alcohol wasn't his wedding but the one of the relative he was talking about because Sunita didn't get a chance to drink champagne at her wedding. She was hauled off to the nick! ... Listened to it again and he said "a" wedding, not his or her or whatever. That's ok then. Continuity ...check. It doesn't make sense to Dev that if Sunita was blind drunk that she could have managed to sneak into the pub and set fire to it. He's got a point. The next experiment is how far away can the fire alarm be heard but Karl saw him running up and down the ginnel and used that against him.

Meanwhile Stella can't imagine it would have been anyone else that started the fire and blames herself for sticking her nose into Dev and Sunita's business, causing Sunita to go off on one. Dev kept grilling her too, trying to figure out the details, and Karl kept trying hard. Surely Dev is going to realize how hard Karl is working to get him away from his quest.

Tina can't stand the name Jake or is it symbolic of more than that. She's worried about the baby being so little and that pull of hormonal motherhood is stronger than she thought it would be. She's also sick to the eye teeth of Gary and Izzy. Tina is tetchy about having to give her baby away and Sylvia putting her foot in it didn't help. Tina is still drawn to the baby and both Tommy and Rita can see she's having a hard time putting it behind her. But now the baby is having a crisis with an infection and it could be quite serious and Tina is in bits.

It annoyed me that Gary was irritated with Tina for wanting to read the permission signature forms. It's not as if she wasn't going to sign them. Worry is worry, it's allowed but it's starting to feel close to bullying. Tina's beside herself with worry. As the storyline progresses, we could all see where this was headed.

The baby, of course, will be ok and a whole crowd barges in on the neo natal post-surgery ward. A bit much isn't it? Tina is most definitely attached to the baby and she knows it now. She can't give him up and Tommy is horrified. So is Rita. She didn't agree with the surrogacy and she doesn't think Tina should keep the baby but she supports Tina anyway. Owen paid out the rest of the money. I wonder if he's paid more than what Tommy owes. Tommy is promising to support her if she does keep the baby. It's not going to be easy, going to war with the Windasses and Armstrongs. Did she sign any contracts?

So what's next for Tina? She's tetchy, hormonal and stressed, that's for sure, but the baby is doing really well now. Onward and upward. Tina has decided to pull legal rank and be the first to hold the baby. The nurse can't stop her and boy, Izzy and Gary were sure disappointed. Tina sat there knowing darn well what she had in store for them even though she's hating what she wants to do to them.

Sean's gossip quest was fruitless. Michelle thinks Tracy will dump Rob but as long as she can goad him into trouble, she'll stick with him. Michelle is really annoying, all smug and superior. You can't tell me she is better at either Carla or even Rob at chasing down and closing deals. Rob is demanding more and more for his share, the share she's giving him nothing for since she didn't make him pay for it in the first place. Demanding doesn't work. Begging only got him 10% of what he demanded.

I'm loving all this sibling angst between them. She probably does feel guilt over abandoning him and her alcoholic mother but then she probably had to get out for her own sake and Rob doesn't see it. He resents her horribly for it. Tracy's new mission to find a way to invest Rob's five grand. Deirdre was interested to hear about the cash and figured it was a result of a scam. I guess without a job, Tracy's back to existing on just her child support from Steve or benefits. Meanwhile Carla has to give job references for Rob and can't in good conscience recommend him. That has to be difficult and Rob went ballistic when he found out. I'm not quite sure it's such a good thing, her blackening his name all over but she does have a point as well.

I don't blame Sean for being upset at Eileen playing the telly all night. His room is on the other side of the wall from the living room! I don't blame Eileen for worrying but she's got to find a way to cope. What next? Eileen is cleaning windows at 6:30 a.m. and Paul still doesn't twig? And she's volunteering for a night shift, too. Deirdre is defending Eileen's corner, concerned. Nobody else is getting the idea, not even Paul.

Deirdre and Eileen drinking was funny, chatting about disappointing lives and Deirdre's belts. Ha! Oh Paul is starting to notice that Eileen isn't on her game! It took awhile. Her work is starting to suffer and she got a stern talking too from Lloyd though Steve was a bit gentler. Eileen really needs help and her mate Deirdre is there for her.

Marcus is trying to get out of going to the wedding with Maria on his arm, introducing her as his partner to a group of his old friends who will not be having pretty girls on their arms. Sean will push him into it and he managed to make sure Maria found out about the wedding in a round about way. Naturally she wants to go but he seems half-hearted. You know he's still self conscious about switching sides and admitting it to his mates.

Marcus is doing all he can to get out of the wedding reception and is annoyed that Sean let the cat out of the bag. Sean does have a point. Marcus does seem to be afraid to face his friends and indeed he avoided his real relationship with Maria until it was unavoidable. Sean pretended to be discreet to their mates while passive aggressively insinuating that there was major gossip afloat and the mates zeroed in and unearthed the truth by backing Marcus into a corner in front of Maria. He had to admit it then and she wasn't too happy about it. I can't blame her.

Sean was bitchier and bitcher the more he drank and Marcus was more and more anxious to get away but he had to defend himself. Maria wasn't too happy to hear he still identifies as gay. His friends feel like he's betrayed the side but Marcus has a point, too. You can't always control who you fall in love with. Maria's insecurities are rampant and you can understand her side of it too. And Maria is getting more and more distracted too, worrying that Marcus is going to dump her and go back to fellas. Marcus doesn't know what to say to reassure her.

Roy is still tetchy too, isn't he and he's still on the rampage for the litter in the street and cleaning in front of everyone else's business in addition to his own. Roy had to give away a lot of defrosted food and Brian seems to have scarfed up most of it in his shopping bags. Greedy guts. Loved Sylvia pointing it out, too. Everyone is noticing that Roy is off kilter.

Sally is nervous about the blind date. To the tune of "Like a Prayer". She looked very nice. Unfortunately she was stood up and it depressed her. Why did Dev show up at the house? To grill Sophie. Why didn't anyone hug Dev when he got upset listening to the sad song? It might have stopped him sniffing. I think Audrey got the better of Tracy. Not difficult. It seemed odd to see so much interaction between Audrey and Tracy, they never usually connect. I think there's another example of other cast members picking up where Ken would normally have been. Tracy got a telemarketing job.

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