They broke Josh! I can't believe they broke Josh! I was making such distressed noises throughout episode 7.24 of Waterloo Road. My heart is shattered.

AND JOSH AND HIS DAD DIDN'T EVEN HUG. THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN I WAS CONVINCED THEY WOULD HUG, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HUG, AND THE SCENE CUT AWAY BEFORE HUGGING COULD TAKE PLACE. I SWEAR THIS PROGRAMME IS DELIBERATELY TRYING TO HURT ME NOW.

Matt also broke my heart a bit. This entry would be full of 'nooooooo Matt' had that episode not overwhelmed my thoughts with 'nooooooo nooooooooo Josh ALSO FOR GOD'S SAKE JOSH AND TOM PLEASE HUG, JUST HUG, JUST ONCE.' (The allcaps bit overwhelms my thoughts in more or less every episode with Josh-Tom interaction, to be honest.)

It was lovely to see warm scenes between Josh and Tom, though. Their relationship is probably my favourite thing on Waterloo Road, but of course we don't see it unless it's required by the plot, and when it's required by the plot they're usually in conflict. In this episode they weren't fighting each other! It was great! They were standing together, fighting Josh's... horrible, distressing mental breakdown.

Well, all right, the 'horrible distressing mental breakdown' part wasn't especially great.

I swear, if this storyline ends without a Josh-Tom hug, I am going to punch the BBC in the collective face. Watch out, BBC: I'm coming for you. Alternatively, make Tom hug his son for once and no watching out will be required! Everyone wins! Especially Josh, who needs hugs in vast quantities.

(Question: will I ever stop writing entries in which I endlessly reiterate how much I want two characters in something nobody watches to hug? Answer: possibly, if they actually hug, in which case it's 'I'M SO GLAD THEY HUGGED' entries until the end of time.

Everyone throw me fic ideas that are just flimsy excuses for Josh and Tom to hug, please.)


I think Waterloo Road may genuinely be my favourite British television programme of the moment. That's... really embarrassing.