Tonight was the litmus test for the aftermath of the reveal of Bobby the Killer Beale. It passed.
The Bitch-Slapping Bully in the Beale Broom Closet.
The full extent of the horror before Ian Beale has dawned on him - symbolically at the dawn of the day. Ian, shuffling from his house, at the crack of dawn with no one else about, clad only in his pyjamas and dressing gown, to sit catatonically on his Uncle Arfur's bench.
The last time we saw Ian shuffling about thus, he was in the throes of a mental breakdown. This is the morning after the night which was, arguably, one of the worst Ian has spent in his life. The sight of Jane brings the enormity of his future down upon his shoulders.
Jane wants to pack and leave for honeymoon!
Honeymoon is a pretty close-quartered experience, and Ian's going to condemn himself for weeks, closeted with the kid who killed his daughter and the determined dominatrix whose sole purpose for continuing in this marriage is to protect "her" son. Ian's got to spend the rest of his life in the company of the kid who murdered his daughter and the woman who callously dumped her body.
Ian's text message to a curiously absent Peter is, at once, poignant and pathetic:-
I don't want to lose you too.
Well, sorry, Ian, by your own moral weakness, you have.
However, it's abundantly clear that Jane's in charge of things now, and she'll call the shots. Ian is the weakest link here, bar Peter, and he must be guarded at all costs. Ian is now, effectively, a prisoner in a marriage of his own design. Jane is an accessory after the fact in a murder, she deliberately got close to Ian, close enough and cheesy enough to propose to him - not because she loved him, but because she had to make sure he never ever suspected what happened to Lucy; and now that he knows, she'd got to cleave closer to him still.
Ian cannot begin to imagine how Jane functioned so normally throughout the past year. Jane says she did what she had to do ... for Bobby. But did it bother you that she said this with a face like thunder? As time passed and no one began to suss any involvement of the Beales in Lucy's death, Jane breathed easier.
I doubt everything Jane said on Friday night. I don't think she thought of Lucy at all. She got out of Walford with Bobby as soon as she could, and when Bobby made his way back to Walford, she followed him in a blind panic - fearful that everything was going to come out.
For the record, I don't believe Bobby's the innocent wonder that he is. Totally detached from the proceedings, he's either watching the television (as he was tonight) or on his computer. He's totally aware of what he did, and he's turning on the innocent act, manipulating Jane, whose in denial about the little psychopath and worrying the piss out of Ian.
But Peter won't be compromised. Jane's afraid he either went to the police or he was going to the police. Ian won't move anyplace until he's spoken with Peter, and Jane's adamant that Peter could come with them. By the way, she's taking Bobby, Cindy, Beth - and now Peter - on honeymoon with them.
Ian is honest. He doesn't think he can keep the pretence up, which is why Jane is all the more adamant and urgent in her demands to get out of town fast.
Jane was an incarnate bitch throughout the whole episode tonight - calling the shots, ordering Ian about, dictating the proceedings. It was patently obvious that Jane was feeling no guilt at all. She was, however, feeling fear and urgency, and she almost shat herself when Keeble showed up at the door. Keeble's first words were certainly ambiguous enough to cause subtle alarm in both Ian and Jane - the bit about the murder investigation being difficult due to them being close to "the perpetrator."
Of course, Keeble was talking about Dot and the goings-on with Nick Cotton, but she also had occasion to inform the Beales that Lucy's investigation was being scaled back.
Bloody Cindy needs some lessons in good manners and motherhood. There have been some reluctant mothers on the Square in recent years - Dawn and Roxy come to mind - but all this kid does is moan about her baby. Sweetheart, if you can't walk the walk, don't talk the talk. You didn't have to have or keep the baby. In fact, if you were responsible and intelligent, you didn't even have to get pregnant.
Cindy refuses to go with the Beales, instead she demands that they stay. She has school, and besides, who's going to do the heavy work looking after her child? But, of course, she jumps at the chance of having the Beales take Beth for however long, leaving her alone in the house with only Sharon and Masood looking in from time to time. Cindy is one stupid girl. trusting her child away from her with Jane and Bobby. Bobby just might become jealous, seeing Jane coo and ooh over Baby Beth.
Run, Cindy, run! And take Beth with you!
And, please, can Masood stop worshipping at the altar of Saint Jane? I wonder how he would react to Jane's dirty little secret?
The Brattings.
As Lauren waxes, Abi the Brat wanes.
Since they stopped trying to make Lauren the sexy girl, she's gone from strength to strength. She's making a decision whether or not go stay with Tanya. The elephant in the room, of course, is whether or not she terminated her pregnancy. My guess is that she didn't, and that she will return in a year's time with Peter's baby. When we see Peter again is anyone's guess, but he's certain to have a new head.
On the other hand, Abi is a sneaking, little bratty bitch. She's adamant that she's not going to Devon, and mouths off as much to Ben. Ben actually didn't invite her to stay with him. In fact, he chose to go with Sharon to Ian's as she was summoned over to the Beales'. That's right. Ben would rather sit in his brother's front room than spend time with Abi.
What? Are you abandoning me in my hour of need?
That's how petulant and pouty Abi is, but Ben never invited her to stay. In fact, he suggested that she might enjoy staying with her mother. In fact, she could always visit Walford. In fact, when she visited, she could even stay with the Mitchells.
Please be aware: Ben did NOT ask Abi to move in.
However, Abi the bitch is one, who, when offered an inch, takes a mile; and in a fit of pique, informs Max that she's moving in with Ben and that he can't tell her what to do anymore.
Errrr ... Abi, yes, he can. You see, you live under his roof, and you have no job. Every red copper penny you have in your purse is given you by Max. Not earned. Given. You've never had a job in your life, and you don't pay your way. So, yes, even though you might be chronologically an adult, you are still utterly and totally dependent on either Max or Tanya, under whosoever's roof you may choose to live.
One thing for certain - Ben Mitchell isn't going to support her.
What a stupid, little bitch.
Surprise Surprise. Vincent is Mr Fox-Hubbard. Now here's a question: Kim's baby is two months premature. She was due, originally, in April, meaning Kim fell pregnant in July 2014. Last April, right before Good Friday, Denise Skyped Kim on board the cruise ship where she (and presumably Vincent) were working. That's when Denise told Kim Patrick was on holiday in Barbados. Yet we now know that on Good Friday evening, Vincent was in Walford, delivering a bouquet with a gun inside (tip to Den's first death) to Ronnie and snogging her, informing her that he was "newly single."
Kim confirmed when she returned that this baby belonged to her husband, so did he leave the cruise ship, return to Walford to help Ronnie and to see if she were available, ready and willing, and when she wasn't, he returned to wherever his wife was, reconciled with her and got her up the duff?
So, Vincent has connections to Kim, to Phil, to Ronnie and probably to the eventual return of Kathy. As Richard Blackwood said his character is connected to everyone, visions of Bagger Vance danced in my head ...
Bagger Vance is a euphemism for a Southern folklore character. Could it be that Vincent is the latest incarnation of TMN* to appear in Walford?
Tameka Empson is actually quite pretty, devoid of make-up and brass front. I hope the baby lives, and I hope we find out what happened between Kim and Bagger Vance.
The Curious Incident of the Body in the Slater/Moon House and Nick Cotton. The Cotton conundrum continues, with Dot still languishing - or playing the martyr - in a jail cell. It's an enigma for Charlie, Roxy, Carol and Fatboy. It's a time of panic for Les, who's afraid his role in faking Nick's death will result in him losing his licence. The guy who plays Les is really a hammy actor. The Cotton Conundrum is at a loss as to what to do to help Dot, and ultimately, they decide to tell the truth about Nick - how he came to be there and how, I presume, his original death was faked.
The end result is CharlieBoy getting arrested.
The Avenging Angels. Peter Beale and Nancy Carter are the avenging angels of Walford. Peter is adamant in his refusal to accept Ian's acquiescence to protecting Bobby at the expense of allowing Lucy's killer and his accomplice to roam wild and free. The scene where Ian gazes from the front window, only to find Peter, hooded, standing in front of the window, eerily gazing back was easily the most powerful scene in the piece.
Ben Hardy owned that episode - the quirky little cynical smile he gave Ian and Jane the entire time he spoke with them, which totally unnerved Jane. He sneers at the fact that they're going away, sneers the way anyone would at open and desperate cowards. He's leaving Walford, himself. He's going to live in New Zealand.
(Aside: I don't know the immigration necessities for New Zealand, but it amazes me how these people can up and decide to go to someplace like New Zealand or Florida and live - live - as if there were no immigration proceedures and requirements to fulfill. Still, Steven's promised to help Peter get on his feet, and Steven will probably prove to be harder work to bear than Cindy ever was).
Meanwhile, back at the Vic, Nancy's more than a little nervous, especially since Shirley's starting behind the bar again. Why? Well, there's the little problem of Dean and Mick's boot on his throat. Nancy keeps following Mick around like a lost puppy, wanting to know what happened to Dean. He wasn't breathing. Is he dead? Did Mick get rid of the body? Is Mick now the latest in a ridiculously long line of killers walking about in Walford?
Shirley's attempting to fix a problem in the cellar and can't believe how clean the floor is. Mick's sent Linda up West on a pamper day, and Nancy's badgering him for information. Mick pacifies her by saying Dean walked out of the cellar and, seemingly, just disappeared, but Nancy suspects something else when she finds the lighter given Dean by his grandfather, Nancy suspects something else.
I do hope Dean is alive. I couldn't bear Mick joining Murder Incorporated.
Peter wants Lauren to come with him to New Zealand. He's bought his ticket and has money for hers. (That fruit and veg stall must be a goldmine; Martin will really sweep up). On a moral arbiter scale, if Lauren says no, Peter ought to mosey on up the street to the Vic and ask Nancy. She'd go.
Good episode.
Jane needs smacking down.
The Bitch-Slapping Bully in the Beale Broom Closet.
The full extent of the horror before Ian Beale has dawned on him - symbolically at the dawn of the day. Ian, shuffling from his house, at the crack of dawn with no one else about, clad only in his pyjamas and dressing gown, to sit catatonically on his Uncle Arfur's bench.
The last time we saw Ian shuffling about thus, he was in the throes of a mental breakdown. This is the morning after the night which was, arguably, one of the worst Ian has spent in his life. The sight of Jane brings the enormity of his future down upon his shoulders.
Jane wants to pack and leave for honeymoon!
Honeymoon is a pretty close-quartered experience, and Ian's going to condemn himself for weeks, closeted with the kid who killed his daughter and the determined dominatrix whose sole purpose for continuing in this marriage is to protect "her" son. Ian's got to spend the rest of his life in the company of the kid who murdered his daughter and the woman who callously dumped her body.
Ian's text message to a curiously absent Peter is, at once, poignant and pathetic:-
I don't want to lose you too.
Well, sorry, Ian, by your own moral weakness, you have.
However, it's abundantly clear that Jane's in charge of things now, and she'll call the shots. Ian is the weakest link here, bar Peter, and he must be guarded at all costs. Ian is now, effectively, a prisoner in a marriage of his own design. Jane is an accessory after the fact in a murder, she deliberately got close to Ian, close enough and cheesy enough to propose to him - not because she loved him, but because she had to make sure he never ever suspected what happened to Lucy; and now that he knows, she'd got to cleave closer to him still.
Ian cannot begin to imagine how Jane functioned so normally throughout the past year. Jane says she did what she had to do ... for Bobby. But did it bother you that she said this with a face like thunder? As time passed and no one began to suss any involvement of the Beales in Lucy's death, Jane breathed easier.
I doubt everything Jane said on Friday night. I don't think she thought of Lucy at all. She got out of Walford with Bobby as soon as she could, and when Bobby made his way back to Walford, she followed him in a blind panic - fearful that everything was going to come out.
For the record, I don't believe Bobby's the innocent wonder that he is. Totally detached from the proceedings, he's either watching the television (as he was tonight) or on his computer. He's totally aware of what he did, and he's turning on the innocent act, manipulating Jane, whose in denial about the little psychopath and worrying the piss out of Ian.
But Peter won't be compromised. Jane's afraid he either went to the police or he was going to the police. Ian won't move anyplace until he's spoken with Peter, and Jane's adamant that Peter could come with them. By the way, she's taking Bobby, Cindy, Beth - and now Peter - on honeymoon with them.
Ian is honest. He doesn't think he can keep the pretence up, which is why Jane is all the more adamant and urgent in her demands to get out of town fast.
Jane was an incarnate bitch throughout the whole episode tonight - calling the shots, ordering Ian about, dictating the proceedings. It was patently obvious that Jane was feeling no guilt at all. She was, however, feeling fear and urgency, and she almost shat herself when Keeble showed up at the door. Keeble's first words were certainly ambiguous enough to cause subtle alarm in both Ian and Jane - the bit about the murder investigation being difficult due to them being close to "the perpetrator."
Of course, Keeble was talking about Dot and the goings-on with Nick Cotton, but she also had occasion to inform the Beales that Lucy's investigation was being scaled back.
Bloody Cindy needs some lessons in good manners and motherhood. There have been some reluctant mothers on the Square in recent years - Dawn and Roxy come to mind - but all this kid does is moan about her baby. Sweetheart, if you can't walk the walk, don't talk the talk. You didn't have to have or keep the baby. In fact, if you were responsible and intelligent, you didn't even have to get pregnant.
Cindy refuses to go with the Beales, instead she demands that they stay. She has school, and besides, who's going to do the heavy work looking after her child? But, of course, she jumps at the chance of having the Beales take Beth for however long, leaving her alone in the house with only Sharon and Masood looking in from time to time. Cindy is one stupid girl. trusting her child away from her with Jane and Bobby. Bobby just might become jealous, seeing Jane coo and ooh over Baby Beth.
Run, Cindy, run! And take Beth with you!
And, please, can Masood stop worshipping at the altar of Saint Jane? I wonder how he would react to Jane's dirty little secret?
The Brattings.
As Lauren waxes, Abi the Brat wanes.
Since they stopped trying to make Lauren the sexy girl, she's gone from strength to strength. She's making a decision whether or not go stay with Tanya. The elephant in the room, of course, is whether or not she terminated her pregnancy. My guess is that she didn't, and that she will return in a year's time with Peter's baby. When we see Peter again is anyone's guess, but he's certain to have a new head.
On the other hand, Abi is a sneaking, little bratty bitch. She's adamant that she's not going to Devon, and mouths off as much to Ben. Ben actually didn't invite her to stay with him. In fact, he chose to go with Sharon to Ian's as she was summoned over to the Beales'. That's right. Ben would rather sit in his brother's front room than spend time with Abi.
What? Are you abandoning me in my hour of need?
That's how petulant and pouty Abi is, but Ben never invited her to stay. In fact, he suggested that she might enjoy staying with her mother. In fact, she could always visit Walford. In fact, when she visited, she could even stay with the Mitchells.
Please be aware: Ben did NOT ask Abi to move in.
However, Abi the bitch is one, who, when offered an inch, takes a mile; and in a fit of pique, informs Max that she's moving in with Ben and that he can't tell her what to do anymore.
Errrr ... Abi, yes, he can. You see, you live under his roof, and you have no job. Every red copper penny you have in your purse is given you by Max. Not earned. Given. You've never had a job in your life, and you don't pay your way. So, yes, even though you might be chronologically an adult, you are still utterly and totally dependent on either Max or Tanya, under whosoever's roof you may choose to live.
One thing for certain - Ben Mitchell isn't going to support her.
What a stupid, little bitch.
Surprise Surprise. Vincent is Mr Fox-Hubbard. Now here's a question: Kim's baby is two months premature. She was due, originally, in April, meaning Kim fell pregnant in July 2014. Last April, right before Good Friday, Denise Skyped Kim on board the cruise ship where she (and presumably Vincent) were working. That's when Denise told Kim Patrick was on holiday in Barbados. Yet we now know that on Good Friday evening, Vincent was in Walford, delivering a bouquet with a gun inside (tip to Den's first death) to Ronnie and snogging her, informing her that he was "newly single."
Kim confirmed when she returned that this baby belonged to her husband, so did he leave the cruise ship, return to Walford to help Ronnie and to see if she were available, ready and willing, and when she wasn't, he returned to wherever his wife was, reconciled with her and got her up the duff?
So, Vincent has connections to Kim, to Phil, to Ronnie and probably to the eventual return of Kathy. As Richard Blackwood said his character is connected to everyone, visions of Bagger Vance danced in my head ...
Bagger Vance is a euphemism for a Southern folklore character. Could it be that Vincent is the latest incarnation of TMN* to appear in Walford?
Tameka Empson is actually quite pretty, devoid of make-up and brass front. I hope the baby lives, and I hope we find out what happened between Kim and Bagger Vance.
The Curious Incident of the Body in the Slater/Moon House and Nick Cotton. The Cotton conundrum continues, with Dot still languishing - or playing the martyr - in a jail cell. It's an enigma for Charlie, Roxy, Carol and Fatboy. It's a time of panic for Les, who's afraid his role in faking Nick's death will result in him losing his licence. The guy who plays Les is really a hammy actor. The Cotton Conundrum is at a loss as to what to do to help Dot, and ultimately, they decide to tell the truth about Nick - how he came to be there and how, I presume, his original death was faked.
The end result is CharlieBoy getting arrested.
The Avenging Angels. Peter Beale and Nancy Carter are the avenging angels of Walford. Peter is adamant in his refusal to accept Ian's acquiescence to protecting Bobby at the expense of allowing Lucy's killer and his accomplice to roam wild and free. The scene where Ian gazes from the front window, only to find Peter, hooded, standing in front of the window, eerily gazing back was easily the most powerful scene in the piece.
Ben Hardy owned that episode - the quirky little cynical smile he gave Ian and Jane the entire time he spoke with them, which totally unnerved Jane. He sneers at the fact that they're going away, sneers the way anyone would at open and desperate cowards. He's leaving Walford, himself. He's going to live in New Zealand.
(Aside: I don't know the immigration necessities for New Zealand, but it amazes me how these people can up and decide to go to someplace like New Zealand or Florida and live - live - as if there were no immigration proceedures and requirements to fulfill. Still, Steven's promised to help Peter get on his feet, and Steven will probably prove to be harder work to bear than Cindy ever was).
Meanwhile, back at the Vic, Nancy's more than a little nervous, especially since Shirley's starting behind the bar again. Why? Well, there's the little problem of Dean and Mick's boot on his throat. Nancy keeps following Mick around like a lost puppy, wanting to know what happened to Dean. He wasn't breathing. Is he dead? Did Mick get rid of the body? Is Mick now the latest in a ridiculously long line of killers walking about in Walford?
Shirley's attempting to fix a problem in the cellar and can't believe how clean the floor is. Mick's sent Linda up West on a pamper day, and Nancy's badgering him for information. Mick pacifies her by saying Dean walked out of the cellar and, seemingly, just disappeared, but Nancy suspects something else when she finds the lighter given Dean by his grandfather, Nancy suspects something else.
I do hope Dean is alive. I couldn't bear Mick joining Murder Incorporated.
Peter wants Lauren to come with him to New Zealand. He's bought his ticket and has money for hers. (That fruit and veg stall must be a goldmine; Martin will really sweep up). On a moral arbiter scale, if Lauren says no, Peter ought to mosey on up the street to the Vic and ask Nancy. She'd go.
Good episode.
Jane needs smacking down.
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