Archers Addicts 5 !!!!!

Nooooo ...

A kidnapping in the offing?

Sounds like he's been hanging around the school for some time and chatting to Henry.

Surely someone would spot him. A man with a dodgy beard would soon set alarm bells ringing. Most parents are on automatic alert these days.

I don't like the sound of Helen's surprise and the fact that Rob may have to go away afterwards.

Prison???

I never for a moment thought that Rob was off the scene.

I am suprised that Helen etc does not seem to have been warned that he was very unlikely to go away quietly.
They should have been aware that Henry was very likely to be approached by Rob and the school warned to keep a watch out. Her advisors have failed her there.

Do you think Rob will try to kidnap Jack/Gideon or both children or take revenge on Helen herself?
The most dangerous time for a women experiencing domestic abuse is when she has left her abuser.

I thought Helen sounded very unsure that he had gone Nellie but really what can she do. Please let someone at the school have seen him.

I think he's going to kidnap Jack. Mummy's surprise will be a ruse to distract her.

I don't think Rob wants Henry. He's just using him to get Jack.

If he was going to kidnap Henry he could have done so already. He is obviously desperate and living rough, sounded dishevelled and with no way of keeping Henry if he does abduct him. Planning something nasty for Helen. Oh No!

Have to go to mumsnet and see the spoilers now but, of course, they will not help ...

Aagghhhh!!!!

"A man with a dodgy beard"...... Beards are two a penny nowadays, even in Borsetshire.

Apologies for a bit of a derail here but, I checked out of TA for a few months and missed quite a chunk. I never found out what happened about Jess's baby? Did they ever reveal why the DNA test proved that Rob couldn’t be the father? Did he get someone else to do that for him and is so, who? Or is that a plot line still to be revealed? Other than this, I'm up to date! Anyone help?

In the worst case scenario there have been many cases of fathers who have killed themselves and the children when in situations like this.

Rob said to Henry about giving mummy a surprise and then going away for a very long time. (To prison?)
In which case I feel he might be going to try to do something like trying to kill Helen or/and the children.

He would not be likely to get a very long sentence just for abducting them and Rob is not stupid.

If he is of a mind to get revenge on Helen he could do it more effectively by killing the boys or someone else in her family and thereby further punishing Helen who will have to live with the consequences for evermore.
After all as far as Rob is concerned none of this is his doing it's all Helen's family's fault for what they have done to him.

It really is a question of what route the script writers want or dare to take and how much mayhem the Beeb will allow. Very nasty I know, but unfortunately it happens.

I agree that this is a totally possible outcome of the situation in RL Nellie but I have to hope that more attempts at this sort of thing happen than actually succeed. Maybe this will be one of those.

This can't go well, oh dear.
On a lighter level, Lilian and Justin, how old are you?! Boy? Girl?I don't think so! Love Lil hiding in the bushes in her fur coat and oversized wellies!!

I thought the SW would have left us in suspense longer before Rob re-appeared. Given us time to forget him and then spring him back on us. I think Rob saying he might be going away for a long time means suicide. I don't think he would consider the possibility of going to prison.

I wonder if he'll turn up at the next Jack contact session? Perhaps that's when the surprise will happen, it must be due soon.

I wonder if he still has the gun?
To continue with your lighter note Eirel - fur coat and no knickers!

What about Toby's story? I still feel there is a child in Brighton although nothing to hang that on.

Yes. At first I thought ex girlfriend was having a baby.

Well! Thats my worst case scenario gone down the pan.
I hope they catch Rob soon,

So how did Rob know Helen was going to leave Henry and Jack in the car?

Henry might have been primed to leave a book in the house but he seemed really surprised to see Rob.

As six year olds go he's spectacularly dim and he really should see a speech therapist.

Rob must have been watching Helen and the house for some time. He's got nothing else to do. Oh, the thought of being watched and spied on!

I think this will be the end of Rob. What else can they do with his character now?

Bloody hell. This is serious stuff.

He does sound younger than six merlotgran.

I don't think he knew; I expect he was just watching and waiting for an opportunity. Poor baby in the wind and rain. I know these things go on for years but I hope this is over soon - in a good way too.