It feels as if TPTB don't quite know what to do with Jodie, and I don't just mean her fringe, which goes up and down like Kit's pants. Sometimes she's a Tracy-luv style minx, at others a full blown psychopath. When she was first in the show (after the confused kidnapping), she wanted to steal David and take over Shona's life as revenge for Shona leaving the family home - despite the fact she was a) pregnant and b) kicked out of the house by Papa Ramsey. Then when David seemed impervious to her charms, she seemed to forget this and go after Bethany. Then she seemed friendly with Bethany and Sarah was her nemesis, and now she's back once again plotting Shona's downfall. She refuses to help her sis with Harper and then sabotages Shona's cake baking afternoon by burning the cake with Harper asleep upstairs. Just buy a flipping cake Shona! I'm sure Freshco do a Chloe the caterpillar.
Talking of pain in the ass family members, Ross is hanging around number 9 like a bad smell (he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who uses deodorant) and making regular raids on the fridge. It seems that Tyrone has been down an internet rabbit-hole because first of all he thinks the moon landings were faked and then he starts banging on about aliens. Also a bit of a psychopath, Ross charms Tyrone by spinning some daft tale about a hacker getting into secret government files about UFOs, which Ty then repeats in the pub, to universal mockery.
Another day drinker is Kit who's picked up a scarlet clad lovely in a bar (see above), only to change his mind when he gets her back to the flat, not before Bethany has walked in to bear witness.
And finally: new set alert! The tattooist shop has been there for a while, but we've never seen inside, but that might be about to change as the tattoo artist steals Summer's doodle and puts it up in his window as his design. Could this be the start of a beautiful relationship?
Rachel Stevenson - on bluesky
