I'm glad that Ben is looking out for Shirley Carter. Someone needs to since her son Mick is too focused on his newfound relationship with Janine Butcher the one person the entire Square hate.
Yes at some point you have to let go, or the pain kills you, but each person has their own time to overcome a grief. Hurrying at this time doesn't help. Especially since in this case the grief is due to a murder. Unfortunately, however, at some point you have to look forward. In this case the person who committed the murder is in jail awaiting trial, I hope Shirley can look forward ... and go back to being the badass She was some time ago!
Newish viewer - I know Shirley and Ben's dad were an item at one point (yes?), but do Ben and Shirley have a good relationship? I am not sure I've seen them together much
It's complicated, her and Ben seem to have grown closer in the past few years but as a teenager Ben hit Shirley's best friend over the head with a picture frame and killed her so of course she was angry .
Shirley was around Ben a lot when he was a kid due to Phil being unreliable and drunk, as well as her best friend Heather. Like the person above me has said, Ben killed Heather (in a moment of rage, it wasn't pre-planned or anything) and for a while Shirley really hated Ben. However, I think she eventually grew to forgive him and saw that he regretted killing Heather.
