Betrayal seemed to be the main theme of this week's Jericho — six weeks in and everyone's turning on each other.

The fragile partnership between the Blackwood boys was destroyed by secrets coming out; Coates found a way to take down the Prince; and Alma was left heartbroken after her ticket out of Jericho left her high and dry.

But despite the drama in certain scenes of tonight's visit to Jericho, the pace of the show seems to have slowed to snail's pace. After a literally explosive series opener, the series has struggled to build momentum — or are they saving the nail-biting scenes for the last two episodes?

Here's what we learned from episode six:

Time to bring up the bodies

JESSICA RAINE as Annie and HANS MASTHESON as Johnny.

We knew it was coming — and cash-strapped Charles Blackwood is not going to turn his nose up at some cheap stone for the viaduct. Charles and Isabella break the news to Johnny and Annie — who of course panic. And why oh why did Annie immediately blab to poor George! Stay calm, she tells him, eye twitching.

CLARKE PETERS as Coates, SAM BOTTOMLEY as George,JESSICA RAINE as Annie, JEANY SPARK as Isabella and DANIEL RIGBY as Charles Blackwood.

Charles managed to show a softer side, approaching Hattie to seek her permission to dig up her beloved Jack — and she agreed, despite Annie's not-so-subtle attempts to talk her out of it. And so the funeral procession marched back to the moors, Johnny and Easter the only volunteers for the grim job. Annie and Johnny almost got away with it too — until of course Coates was able to find Red's body, as it seemed to be buried only an inch below the coffins. Uh-oh.

Alma's found her ticket out of Jericho

... in the form of Rory McCleod, who she shared an illicit kiss with last week. Sher continued to play with fire this week, despite Lizzie's attempt to bar him from the Capstick. Talk of Paris, leaving Jericho, true love... it was all a bit fast, and a bit too good to be true. And poor Davy. But in Rory Alma has found her way of escape — and wasted no time in hatching a plan with him, asking Davy to 'plese forgiv me' in a farewell note and slipping out in the dark, bags packed.

Coates was challenged

Clark Peters as Ralph Coates in episode 3 of Jericho.
Clark Peters as Ralph Coates in episode 3 of Jericho.

While Coates could wrap Charles around his little finger, to an extent, Johnny posed a new threat for Coate's authority this week. Demanding all the keys — including the all-important one to the gunpowder store — Johnny made Coates squirm as he put him in his place — backed up with a letter from his big brother. Lace Polly tries to reassure him that 'you came here with nowt', and that Johnny's no real threat — but Coates wants to run Jericho without the Prince sniffing around.

Was Isabella jealous?

Isabella isn't covering up her lingering feelings for Johnny very well, projecting onto him that there mustn't be tension between them when she's clearly the source of all of it. I honestly don't think Johnny gives a toss about her anymore, but the way Isabella looks at Annie shows she's far from over her one-night with the rougher Blackwood brother, let alone her barbed remarks about her being a 'glorified skivvy'.

When Johnny bit back about Charles and Isabella's separate rooms, she harped on about their mutual 'admiration, loyalty and respect' — but it was clear he'd touched a nerve.

Easter became a man

CLARKE PETERS as Coates and ELLIOT BARNES-WORRELL as Easter.

Easter earned his first wage, bought his first pint and had what could have been his first romp with Mabel. Good for him! He's been the hero of the hour more than once, and it was quite touching to see how overwhelmed he was by the wage Coates paid him for the grave digging. It was also nice to see Mabel back in the Capstick, healed and happy, propositioning poor innocent Blackwood employees. Gulp.

Isabella wanted a proper marriage

Pictured: DANIEL RIGBY as Charles Blackwood and JEANY SPARK as Isabella Lamton.

And the award for most awkward kiss of the series (yes, I know, even more awkward than Johnny and Annie's lingering looks) goes to Charles and Isabella. Isabelle, no doubt still irked by Johnny's comment about their sleeping arrangements, decided to take things up a notch and ask Charles if they could be man and wife properly, not just for the business. "Can you forgive me?" she asked. "There's nothing to forive," he said, and that was that. He was in a sentimental mood — finding a nice clearing for the new graves, offering proper headstones, and tenderly taking Isabella in his arms. I almost miss his furrowed brow.

Coates suspected the Prince

Coates, who has started gathering 'evidence' (was that the tin used to make the key imprint? I couldn't tell) and set off on a mission to find Red's killer. Johnny was quick to play 'us and them' with the navvies as if he'd never been one, talking about how 'they' move on and 'they' keep close ranks. Coates then decides to snoop around Annie's, and despite and stunningly defiant performance by a clearly terrified Annie, it looks like the gig is up for Johnny. Annie was daft enough to use an initialled blanket to wrap Red's corpse in (because of course she had AQ blankets, sigh) and Coates seems to think little Annie couldn't have had anything to do with it — it's all the Prince.

JESSICA RAINE as Annie and SAM BOTTOMLEY as George.

Epiphany spilled the secret

Epiphany's bid to look after her employer and protect him from the wickedness of Johnny and Isabelle backfired spectacularly this week, blowing the Blackwood brothers' fragile relationship to smithereens, along with any hope Isabella and Charles could have a proper marriage. I don't think she meant to do it — Charles said he had forgiven Isabella, Epiphany just didn't realise what for. Poor Charles. The sad, furrowed brow came back pretty sharpish. And he was wonderfully passive aggressive when Isabella asked why her things hadn't been moved. "Epiphany's been busy." Ouch.

Alma had her heart broken

Pictured: NATALIE GAVIN as Alma.

Behind that Irish charm and handsome face was, well, a bit of a cad really. Having 'lay' with Rory on the moors, Alma packed a bag and went to wait on a rock, in the dark, for her new love and her ticket to adventure — only he never showed. I know I've been ragging on her all series, but I did actually, finally, feel sorry for Alma this week — she learned a hard lesson in a horrible way. Lizzie was super mum once more, reassuring her fears about Davy finding out she wasn't a virgin anymore: "You're father couldn't [tell] the night we got wed." Brilliant.

Johnny's in hot water

CLARKE PETERS as Coates.

Johnny went on the run for all of ten minutes before being led back to Jericho behind Coates' horse. His brother thinks he's probably a murderer, the navvies are turning on him and he realised to save George, he had to leg it. But the goodbye scene between him and Annie was excruciating — never-ending tennis of 'don't go', 'I have to', 'don't go', 'I have to'. Give me strength. But now he's back, under Coates' guard, and 'ready to face what comes'. Place your bets now on how long it takes guilty-faced George to crack and confess to Coates.

Only two episodes to go — and let's face it, you can't build a viaduct in two episodes after spending the last six continually running out of cash or falling out with someone. I'm hoping Jericho ups the pace a bit in the next two weeks — because it's losing a bit of it's spark.

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