“Imagine being Eileen Grimshaw!”

Imagine being Eileen Grimshaw, eh? After being let down and cheated on, then enduring a couple of quite dull partners (there was one who was a fireman with a wife and that one off Cold Feet), you finally meet a good’un. He’s kind to you, nice to children and animals, and he even heats up your microwave lasagne for you if you’ve had a long shift and some tricky customers at Streetcars. Okay, so he had bad luck with his business partner who ran away with all the neighbours’ money that had been deposited in that shiny new building development scheme, but that wasn’t his fault. And he’s worked so hard to get himself back on his feet. Life couldn’t be better... oh, dear! So never mind those who’ve lost friends, lovers and relatives at Phelan’s hands – we think it’s quite right that Eileen is the one to get the final showdown. In our eyes, her shattered dreams are by far Phelan’s most heinous crime.