It definitely sounded like Gittings rather than Gittins, but you never know. #TheArchers

That’s a good point, which I failed to spot. Can I blame Jeremy Howe?

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Old Man Gittings, that Old Man Gittings
He must know something, he don’t say nothing
But Old Man Gittings he just keeps breeding along.

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It’s a sad day for Tony at Bridge Farm.

He’s being put out to grass. Luckily there’s plenty of grass for him to be put out to as Helen has auctioned off all the cows that aren’t her own special milky Montbéliardes. 2/2

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Ruth has things on her mind.

The teaser writer is too embarrassed to say “breasts”. 1/2

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So that just leaves Kate who is not rotten (and Debbie, obvs., but she’s staying in Hungary.)

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Hurrah!

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Sarcastic? Me? I’m shocked you should think such a thing.

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I still think a Tontine would be the fairest way forward, with David/Pip administering the place after Brian’s demise until there is only one heir left.

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The entire value of Home Farm is consumed by legal fees and Usha ends up running the place…

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… to bring Debbie back from Hungary. But that doesn’t look as if it is happening, so I think we have to go to Plan B, which is Spiritual Home Farm. With Kate in charge the land will be nourished and restored holistically, and the Cotswold Lions will lie down with the Brookfield lambs.

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The trouble is he is fixated on the most useless of the five children that he and Jennifer have/had between them, and he knows it, which is paralysing any rational decision making.

The right answer for everybody (except for the one person who really matters) is… 1/2

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Spiritual Home Farm. It will be wonderful.

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Hissy fit? This is a shouty fit. Where’s my popcorn?

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Is it too much to expect Brian to keep his word? After fifty years I think we know the answer to that one.

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Ooh, the disappointment arrived quicker than expected.

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You need to make a long-term plan. Like digging a deep hole and filling it with chemicals.

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“The Anguses are going to market tomorrow. I think I might add Dane to the herd. It would be the kindest thing to do.”

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Adam is definitely going about this inheritance business in just the right way. Taking Brian with him every step of the way.

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This Helen-Dane relationship is clearly a passion for the ages.

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NUE - naturally useless employee. Adam just thinks he’s more than that.

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Who let Ian out of the cupboard?

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C. Luke is not a Horrobin. Stewart, however, is.

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It worked so well in the Te Rum.

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in vino veritas?

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Helen has a decision to make.

Send the Anguses to Casey Meats, or slaughter and dismember them in the comforting environment of Bridge Farm, where Henry seems so eager to assist in the process. 2/2

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Adam thinks about the future.

He imagines a green Wellington boot stamping on his dreams - forever. 1/2

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I was making a Grace Archer joke there.

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But what if Ruairi dies before Adam? Asking for a friend.

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Chris plays with Lottie, Lottie confides in Pip, Pip tells all to Stella, Stella doesn’t care a bit.
Whistling psalms we burn down the barns during lambing.
Whistling psalms we disrupt the farms across Ambridge.
It’s a cock-up.

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