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The Archers: 24/05/2024

24/05/2024

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Fallon reaches the end of her tether, and there’s a shock for Joy.

Guests gather at Helen’s house ready for Joy’s surprise birthday party, where Kirsty confesses to Elizabeth that George has taken over looking after Rex’s pigs while he’s away.  Joy’s overwhelmed when she arrives – she couldn’t have better friends.  Mick has another surprise for her – he’s landed a job on the Grey Gables security team.  When Joy hears they’d tried to invite Rochelle and her children to the party, she snaps at Mick telling him he had no right to steal her address book and knock on people’s doors.  Mick wonders why he hasn’t met Rochelle before, especially since the accident.  Joy’s enraged when Mick adds that Rochelle’s supposed to care for Joy. and upset mick heads off.   Joy tells  awkward Elizabeth that Rochelle’s been a fabulous daughter to her.  How dare Mick think otherwise.

Harrison tells Fallon that they need to talk.  Harrison can’t believe that the miscarriage isn’t affecting Fallon, Harrison can’t think of anything else.  He hopes Alice goes to prison for what she’s done.  When Fallon reminds Harrison that he knows Fallon doesn’t’ want children, Harrison explains he thought he could live with it, but that was before Fallon got pregnant.  He needs to grieve that baby.  He wonders if the accident hadn’t happened, they would just have got on with the pregnancy.  Fallon is very clear that this wouldn’t have been the case – she doesn’t want children.  They are both on the edge of tears as Harrison heads upstairs saying he doesn’t think he can take this.  Fallon can’t either.

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