Sunday Comments December 15

Too many coincidences and Anna is just going to have to believe that Faye is in it up to her neck. She didn't even object when Owen banned Grace from the house. That should have been a clue right there. Anna was determined to at least put a believing face on in it to fend off the force of Barlow but alas, there's even video evidence so there's no denying it. Mary niggled it out of Asha and bared the evidence. Boy,  are there some huge apologies in the offing here.

Grace put the full frontal attack on Faye to try to keep her quiet but they got suspended (excluded) anyway for fighting. She stayed quiet, stayed schtum.  Gary was right, friends don't get friends in trouble. Saying she's sorry isn't enough and she has to suffer the disappointment of the ones she loves, too, especially her newfound dad.  Sally got her nose in there and probably shouldn't have been there and Tim couldn't get out of the house fast enough. Tim thinks everyone is blaming him for abandoning her. He shouldn't have run out scared, in that case. He just wants to be Faye's friend, not a proper dad.

Faye wasn't willing to say Grace is the ringleader. She'll lose her BFF. Probably the best thing for her.  Grace's parents are no help.  Anna confiscated Faye's phone. I hope she took Asha's phone back to her as well. Faye ended up with a juvenile caution on her record. What happened to Grace? Is she getting one as well? We didn't get to see the talk between Anna and Leanne, more's the pity. After Anna's being blind to everything and smug about it, it would be good to see her eating a bit more crow and she ended up shouting at Faye and taking it out on her.

But now Brian is involved. Grace and Faye are not in his school but Simon is and there will be action taken, police action. With the police involved, and Grace giving Faye the evils (and a mother that seems to make it all about her), will Faye tell the whole truth and nothing but? Yes, it will.

Poor Simon, kind of hard to rise above it when there is video evidence of your humiliation all over the internet. The kid is terrified and hates that everyone knows. Now that the cat is out of the bag, he's probably scared that Grace is going to beat him and everyone will see his humiliation. So Tina ends up having to mind Simon but doesn't she work in the pub at all in the daytime? She's not been lately.  

You like to have the groom's input into wedding arrangements but when there's something so important like an upset child in crisis, you need to leave him to it. There are priorities and flowers aren't one of them and I know Carla isn't the world's most maternal person but even she can see that Simon has to be a priority. Why didn't Carla hire a wedding planner from the start?

It's unfortunate, she's coming across as very selfish and it's not that Peter doesn't want to get married but that's what Carla thinks. A wedding is usually a bigger deal for the bride than the groom, the pomp and circumstance, that is. The stag night seems to be the last place Peter wanted to be and when you think about it, the last one he had he barely survived. No wonder he'd rather have a quiet night in!

Carla fears she will drive Peter away. A. he's already halfway out the door and B. It wasn't about her being bossy, it was about his self esteem taking a kicking. and C. a bit of cold feet? I liked the scene with Carla and Rob talking things over and making peace. Peter isn't going to like hearing about it, oh no he isn't and he let Carla know well and truly. Excellent scenes between two excellent actors.

I know Fiz and Tyrone probably hung out with Tommy and Tina so Fiz and Tina would be good mates but we hardly saw that so it's weird seeing them act like good friends. I wondered why Peter went so far from his doorway to light up but he'd told Steve he smoked a lot that day so I suppose he was on his way to the shop for more cigs. And all the more convenient for Tina to come past, I guess. She later came back with him and a bottle of milk so perhaps he was going for cigs.

Tina's getting sassy with Peter and he's lapping it up. I think he's been feeling low and his self esteem has been having a kicking lately. The crisis with Simon and Carla's seeming indifference to it, and he's ripe for a pretty face. Them Barlow genes will out, you know. Even Liz can see something's up. She's flirting and he's got it bad. Denial is a river in Egypt. 

Yes, Peter's old enough to be her father like Kevin was for Molly but Peter's a lot better looking and sexier than Kevin ever thought of being. This one, at least, I can understand. Liz caught them a little too close for comfort in the gents'. I don't think Liz is going to be able to unstoke that fire. Peter's on an ego soothing trip and she's on the rebound.

It's nice to see that Kirk hasn't forgiven Beth and forgotten so quickly. Makes a refreshing change. It took quite a few days. I bet she won't be so cocky again. She wants to keep Kirk in her life and this made her stand up and realize he's not quite the pushover she thought.

Hayley's telling Roy over and over to leave her alone to work on the dress and he persists. She seemed to get on with the chemo treatment ok. I don't blame Roy for worrying and hovering. She's biting off more than she can chew. Looks like she was the one behind Mary's offer of a chess game. Kept Roy out from under her feet for awhile.  More goodness with Carla and Hayley together.

Trying to get Roy to face funeral plans is an uphill battle so she did it in a roundabout way. It's a bit underhanded but Roy always seems to manage to find other priorities to get out of doing the hard emotional stuff. She's right, it's not too early to set up the arrangements for the funeral and not just as a reality check for Roy but he just can't do it. Really, though, it would be better if he knew what she was planning rather than have everything be a surprise to him. He finally got his head around it with an hour or two alone time to absorb it and they're able to move ahead.

Why is Michelle blaming Steve for the mess of the accounts? That much paper can't possibly have been generated by 5 minutes' ownership. Liz seemed to recognize the accounts book, calling it "that old thing", implying the previous period of ownership. Therefore Stella would have used it as well if it's still ongoing. It's a bit contrived so that Michelle has yet another reason to mouth off at Steve, that and the school thing as well. Oh shut up. Mind you, Steve doesn't help matters, avoiding work and skiving.  This couple has never gelled for me and I'm losing the will to live.

Steve seems to have a new BFF and he's spending time and talking on the phone and lying to Michelle about who's on the phone. He's such a terrible liar, too and Lloyd, as a good mate does, keeps schtum. It's about time Michelle followed up with a phone call and busted Steve. A four hour lesson? Really?

The olives have made a reappearance at the Bistro! Yay!


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