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* DisabledLoveInterest: Angie, a blind woman who Chris falls in love with.
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* TitledAfterTheSong: The episode is titled after Music/TheRollingStones song "Blinded By Love".

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* TitledAfterTheSong: The episode is titled after Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} song "Blinded By Love".



-->'''Sharon''': And why are you both still hanging about?
-->'''Dorien''': I'm struggling with my new book. Writer's block. I need distraction. And I'm nosy.


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-->'''Sharon''': And why are you both still hanging about?
-->'''Dorien''':
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'''Dorien''':
I'm struggling with my new book. Writer's block. I need distraction. And I'm nosy.

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* FoodSlap: Tracey splashes a glass of drink at Chris' face after it is revealed that he is rushing the divorce to remove Sharon out of a villa he has inherited. It misses however.

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* AffairLetters: Sharon catches Chris on his phone and realizes that based on his text messages, he's cheating on Angie.
* AffectionateNickname: Apollonia is called "Appy" to Angie.
* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: The blind Jack wears sunglasses for most of the time that he is talking to Dorien, although he takes them off near the end.
* ContinuityNod: Once again, [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles the fact that Chris is infertile]] is mentioned.
* CreepyCrossdresser: Sharon manages to traumatize Appy by claiming that on Friday nights, Chris wears a bra and fishnets and calls himself Yasmin.
* DisabledLoveInterest: Angie, a blind woman who Chris falls in love with.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Dorien apparently believes that a person who is blind has heightened sensual awareness (although Tracey considers it rubbish).
* FoodSlap: Tracey splashes a glass of drink at in Chris' face after it is revealed that he is rushing the divorce to remove Sharon out of a villa he has inherited. It misses however.misses, however, leading to Dorien getting her own splashing in and making contact.
* TheGhost:
** Michelle [=McCarthy=], who Sharon swaps shifts with because she wanted to go to her grandaughter's christening.
** Wendy, the apparent new wife of Marcus.
* GreenEyedMonster: When Sharon discovers that Chris intends to marry Angie, she gets extremely jealous, even though she denies it and intends to tell Angie about Chris' true colors merely to make herself better.
* InventedIndividual: When Chris asks whether Sharon has gone out with anybody since they broke up, Sharon makes up a man she was with named Gary, a paramedic and captain of the lifeboat team down Southend who died rescuing kiddies and puppies.



* SeriesContinuityError: Chris' mother is depicted as still alive, even though she had been previously established as having died way back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS5E6DeadLoss Dead Loss]]".

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-->'''Sharon''': You've smartened yourself up a bit.
-->'''Chris''': "Pillow" of the community now, ain't I?
-->'''Sharon''': It's not "pillow", it's "pillar".
-->'''Chris''': What, like the rice?
* MistakenAge: Jack falsely believes Dorien to be about 38 or 39, even though she's at least in her 60s by now. Dorien initially runs with it, until he asks her to do some extreme sports with her at Chris' villa.
* OffscreenCrash: Appy smashes something made of glass on Chris as the girls leave the party, although it occurs entirely off-screen.
* TheOldestProfession: According to Sharon, Chris used to meet other women in alleyways with £20 in hand.
* OneShotCharacter: Angie and Jack.
* SeriesContinuityError: Chris' mother is depicted as still alive, even though she had been previously established as having died way back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS5E6DeadLoss Dead Loss]]".
* ShipSinking:
** The [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS8E5CantJudgeABook last time Chris had shown up]], he had started a relationship with a Sharon look-alike called Josie. No mention of her is made in this episode, with Chris having found a new love called Angie in his life.
** Marcus is now mentioned to have married a woman named Wendy, apparently having separated from his previous love Geraldine.
* TeenagePregnancy: Implied with Michelle [=McCarthy=], who has become a grandmother by the mere age of 29.



* WritersBlock: Dorien claims to be having this when asked why she's lingering around. Well, that, and she's nosy.

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* WritersBlock: Dorien claims to be having this when asked why she's lingering around. around as Sharon is waiting for Chris. Well, that, and she's nosy.
nosy. That said, it's eventually undone after Dorien observes Chris and Angie and decides to base her book on Angie.
-->'''Sharon''': And why are you both still hanging about?
-->'''Dorien''': I'm struggling with my new book. Writer's block. I need distraction. And I'm nosy.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Chris calls Dorien "Doreen" when he returns.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Chris once again calls Dorien "Doreen" when he returns.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Chris' mother is depicted as still alive, even though she had been previously established as having died way back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS5E6DeadLoss Dead Loss]]".
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Dorien and Tracey are out, Dorien having been given a dinner from Barry Quid as he plans for the opening of the new flagship store, much to Sharon's annoyance, who hadn't been told this. Just then, she receives a text message. It's her old husband Chris, and he wants to see her.
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* Date First Aired: 06/02/2014

Chris shows up and reveals what he's been up to since his last appearance - he's become a carpenter. He also wants a divorce as he's found a woman named Angie. Jealous, Sharon makes up a former boyfriend named Gary who died rescuing some children on his lifeguard duty. During this, Angie shows up. She's actually blind and she has a guide dog with her.

Everyone talks and Angie invites them out. Sharon is still jealous however and decides to tell Angie of Chris' past. At the party, Dorien finds another man - the also blind Jack, who thinks she's 39. However, when Jack wants her to head out on an adventure break, Dorien admits the truth.

Sharon gives Chris the divorce papers and asks why Chris is treating Angie much better, who notes that it's because she was a better girlfriend than her. The girls also find from Dorien that Chris has inherited a villa in Cyprus, with Tracey realizing that their rushing the divorce because Chris doesn't want Sharon to have any hand in it. They leave, planting the seed for a breakup in the future between Angie and Chris in the process.

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!!This Episode contains the following tropes:

* AccidentalMisnaming: Chris calls Dorien "Doreen" when he returns.
* FoodSlap: Tracey splashes a glass of drink at Chris' face after it is revealed that he is rushing the divorce to remove Sharon out of a villa he has inherited. It misses however.
* {{Malaproper}}: Chris calls himself the "pillow" rather than the pillar of the community.
* TitledAfterTheSong: The episode is titled after Music/TheRollingStones song "Blinded By Love".
* WritersBlock: Dorien claims to be having this when asked why she's lingering around. Well, that, and she's nosy.

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