A Normal Service Will Resume Shortly

I have been awoken from my blogging slumber by the news that Kate O'Mara is joining (albeit briefly) the cast of Family Affairs as Chrissy Costello's posh mum. Having starred in some of the most glamorous soaps, how will she react when she learns her character is the mother of a woman who has munchausen's syndrome by proxy, son-in-law is a paedo-battering cabbie, eldest granddaughter has knowingly married a gay, and youngest granddaughter gets abused whenever the storyliners get bored?