In the final episode of Sweet Bobby, Kirat’s case against the catfisher takes an unexpected turn. As Alexi is putting the finishing touches to the series, he gets a phone call that changes everything. Listen to the full six-part series today. For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access to all our investigative series and daily and weekly shows, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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So it's Thursday and I've just arrived outside the radio station.
I was scared as I was leaving, and I'm scared now.
It's the first time I'm doing the show since Sweet Bobby went live.
Since the podcast came out, Kira hasn't presented her regular show, but for the first time, she's on her way back to Desi radio.
I don't know if people will know what I've been through because I haven't put anything on my socials very much and, like, I've always been private on my socials, so.
And as Kira is preparing to go back on air, we're putting together this final episode.
It was going to be all about closure, about Kira getting her life back on track despite everything, including all the tensions and complications within her own Punjabi Sikh community.
And it's still all about that.
But we've basically had to rewrite the end of the series because something new came to light, something unexpected.
Just as we were putting together the finishing touches, I get a call from Kirat.
And it's a call that, for the first time, really gives me insight into why Simran did what she did.
The closest I think I've ever gotten.
There was a phrase that she used which bothered me.
She honestly believed that we were both in a dark place and living in this kind of alternative reality or this fantasy world that she'd created was bringing us both some kind of happiness and joy.
And then the fact that she's only just realized that it wasn't any kind of fantasy for me.