After a Ballum glimpse at the coronation celebrations, last night saw Ben juggling a million and one things whilst agreeing to do even more in order to help Jay and Lola. On Monday, Ballum thankfully managed to escape most of the pomp and overt shows of royalism, and we see them out in the Vic… Continue reading 8th and 10th May, empty cup

We got a small and unexpected update on the whole parental responsibility situation last night, which has perhaps made things even more confusing with regards to what the plan actually is with it. Before that though, we got the smallest of Ben cameos on Wednesday as part of Billy's surprise birthday celebrations. He had no… Continue reading 3rd and 4th May, finalise it

Last night we saw another example of Ben subconsciously projecting what he's feeling onto someone else, although this one was to Jay and was less abrasive, more truthful; if only he'd been given the recognition for his efforts. So the family might not be willing to make Ben feel like he can be relied upon… Continue reading 2nd May, important to me

Well, Wednesday was an uncomfortable watch. We saw Ben's control slipping from him over the course of the episode and he wound up going along with something he's not happy with and putting his mask back on - and a more explicit depiction of how he's giving himself a semblance of control. Warning for discussion… Continue reading 26th April, under control

It's typical of EE, isn't it? As soon as Ben might be starting to acknowledge that he needs help, another bombshell is dropped on him and he's forced back into his shell. Some cute stuff but also some angering stuff last night. Before all that, the episode picks up where it left off, which was… Continue reading 25th April, everything

Well, that's certainly a lot to get our heads round! From Ben's obsessive behaviours to how he reacts to the Lewis news, how they collide in an ugly way and Callum being around to witness most of this. A Ballum episode opener, what a treat! And in Ballum's flat, no less. Callum's eating breakfast while… Continue reading 24th April, get up

We had a little bit of boxing match set up on Thursday, which provided another opportunity to remind us how this is out of character for Ben, and few other little interesting things thrown in too. Obviously the first weird thing is that Ben and Phil are casually having breakfast in the cafe. Or rather,… Continue reading 19th April, endorphins

Wednesday continued this week's theme of 'more Ballum than expected'. And quite a bit of interesting stuff in there. First of all, Ballum appear to be people watching outside the cafe with their coffees when Nugget approaches, having clocked them. He points at Ben first, asking if he helped at the accident. He then has… Continue reading 5th April, natural