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"We can dream, and even six months ago this wasn't even in the offing and we had no real idea of what the actual appetite would be," she said.

“L.A. Women” is in many ways a breezy book, gentle about its crises and suggesting early on that a happy ending is in the offing.

Maybe there was another shock in the offing, but how many shocks have we actually seen in Scottish Cup finals in the last half century and more.

One reason may be that rumours had reached overdrive that an announcement was in the offing.

Naturally, things go awry and Emily almost succeeds in offing Stephanie to keep her secret, only to be foiled at the last minute and hauled off to the clink.