... there's a family at each others' throats. But the Mitchells weren't the only ones at war this week...
The will reading
Zainab's revenge
We're not sure why Zainab chose to destroy Jane's life rather than Christian's, but as the old saying goes - 'hell hath no fury like a woman who's been banished from a book club shortly after discovering that her son has been having it off with a man'. So, Zainab revealed the sound clip of Ian aka Captain Beale having his timbers shivered by Janine. Poor Jane, forced to stand by her man again *and* help him wriggle out of a murder enquiry into the bargain. "Just don't make me regret this..." she said as she took him back and drove him to the canal to destroy the incriminating evidence. Can't see anything she's likely to regret there...
Peggy's revenge
Poor Peggy didn't get the Vic, but you can tell that she's already figuring out how she can turn Roxy into a silent partner in her own pub. Peg had the pleasure of seeing Phil kick Janine onto the ground outside the Vic (second time in as many weeks - Janine should look into planning permission for some kind of permanent cushion out there to soften her falls). Then Peggy had the great satisfaction of revealing that Glenda isn't, in fact, married to Archie and has no right to contest the will, *and* she managed to convince Roxy and Ronnie to get Glenda to sling her hook. Still, Glenda's enigmatic black cab revelation about her pregnancy makes us think that Peggy hasn't been called 'Tweetie Pie' for the last time...
Janine's revenge
Janine's like the Terminator. Shoot her down and she'll keep coming after you. Even when she's down to one limb and half an eye socket, she'll still find the energy to drag herself to your door for one last spot of extortion. One minute she was branding the Mitchells a pack of 'inbred simpletons' (hoorah!), the next she was lying in the street (boo!), the next she was cackling hysterically, then crying in the Square (hoorah!), then she was triumphantly demanding £10k from Jane and Ian. All in a day's work for Ms Butcher...
And finally... Quote of the week:
Zainab to Mo on the book she was running on 'who bashed Archie Mitchell over his bonce with the Queen Vic bust': "Gambling is immoral and profiting from someone's death is despicable. But they are very generous odds on Ronnie..."
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