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Line of the Day: I don't know, I did make a note of a couple but they really didn't jump out at me overall. One was from Richard, aka Dastardly Dick, "Audrey's part of the package and I'll take care of her no matter what" (he sure went from the pitiful son reliving horror to menacing (in our eyes) pretty quickly!) and then Deirdre assessing Ken "Ken's a 'clod', definitely". (Ok, it was probably Claude, any Blake fans out there? But I like it the other way :)))

Richard seems to be taking the "hide in plain sight" tactic making sure Gail knows up front about what Audrey believes of him before she had the chance to tell Gail and turning on the symp0athy vote with the story about his mother. Cleverly I'm sure he added in a lot of truth but I'm afraid I don't quite buy it. I guess it's a case of knowing how much he lies and how far he'll go to manipulate people that you never really believe anything he says. Even though he slipped by telling Gail he split with his wife before she died, he's got Gail right where he want her. Audrey's hysterics in front of Richard and Gail and trying to take the kids only makes her look like Richard's right. All the evidence really is circumstantial and with Richard's abilities, it is understandable why the police would back down even though you would think they were more than used to clever people trying to outwit them. The inspector was worried about looking like a "plonker" on this case. He has cause to worry. He IS one. Dastardly Dick really worked him over. The only thing I really found a bit much was when Audrey was confident and composed and ready to confront Gail only to completely fall apart when Gail and Richard came to the door.

Now.. this new decorator bloke, Alex… PHWOARRRR!!! Isn't he GORGEOUS! You know what, he looks a lot like Danny and I loved him too :) Sally sure had a swoony MOP moment didn't she when she looked into his eyes in the café! Nice touch, that scene with the grit in the eye and later her telling Kevin about it was lifted from the old movie Brief Encounter. Good movie that, and all. Figures, it's the classic Soap Opera Phrase of Doom more or less when Sally finally made the decision to settle for Kevin, thinking that thunderbolt of love at first sight doesn't happen anymore when you get older, and the next thing you know… BOOM!

I like the Nelson's but what's happened in their past that they seem to be so reticent about? So in spite of Gail working full time, people still expect her to be home in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday! Ken said he didn't want to weigh himself down when they went away… what? With a house key??? Plonkers of the world unite! And if you're wondering why there hasn't been any comment from the gallery over here about Vik and Maria and the gambling lately, it's because the whole thing is so boring it isn't even worth the effort. Till next week….