… happening to Brian.
His exchange with Ruairi about R looking after him in his old age, the peaceful and happy Christmas à deux with JD, and his general and slightly uncharacteristic bonhomie of late just bode
And it would explain why no one has bothered with a load of loose ends. Although there are alternative explanations, such as incompetence, for that.
Well, I hope you are right. I like Brian, although he does have a dodgy taste in wives and is quite ridiculously indulgent to the various hangers-on known as the children.