Coronation Street Part 6: Keep cobbling on!

What's the story with the hot guy slumming it with Sean? Did he kill his wife? Maybe Sean could be next? 🤞

r1 sadly not - we-ve been hoping for a homophobic murder featuring that foul scratty fuckung cunt for 25 years. Old people in the UK have a lot to fucking answer for

Carla's looking better since she had her hair did

r3 did she wash it?

How low can I go? Ask your wife Kenny boy -- she's so low she's bent half over. Ain't that right "Drearie"?

R5 It was Our Tracy! Oh Ken..

Put them in tiers, bitches…

I agree with most of his choices.

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How do you edit it to add the pics?

This is mine, there were lots of faces I didn't recognise. I didn't recognise Hope in there but she's under "hate"

r6 Ken, DO something (and he just fucking dithered as always)

r11 I'd keep your top ones but move Tracy Barlow up a tier and then shove the rest to the bottom.

R13 I do love Our Tracy a lot of the time but the writing for her can be a bit uneven, and I don't like her paired with that sap Steve. She's great with Mary though, or bitching at Carla.

That little butterball Lily is going away to a football camp? It should be a farm for little fatties.

R15 ah yes! I don't do much blame the actress but I saw an episode where that little brat was hella annoying

All those little kids are fucking awful. Hope is unbearable and the girl playing Ruby seems retarded. Cute kid, though.

All Craig's fat has found a new home on Chesney and Paul.

Did Alya blow up real good?

R19 an explosion?

Yes, R20. A bomb was planted in her van. But she jumped out before it exploded. She’s OK.

Said no one ever except him.

The actor who played Jacob posted on Instagram that he's left Corrie for good. I'd assumed it was a temporary exit - it seemed a bit rushed.

Toyah and Imran are rumoured to be dating in real life. Lucky Georgia Taylor, if true!

Imran was so gorgeous! Imagine being spitroasted by him and Adam in that Solicitor's office!

R22 lol, as much as I dislike Izzy I do feel a bit bad being so hard on the actress in previous threads. Girl has got to make a living! Besides, she barely gets more than a scene here and there. Sean, Billy and Eileen are much worse.

Howdy Doody Billy sets my teeth on edge. And what happened to his backstory of being sort of responsible for killing Ken Barlow’s daughter Susan?

R26 it's another storyline conveniently forgotten after Peter got revenge on him. Who in hell would want someone as judgemental and messy as their Vicar?

I hope they make Amy bitchy for a while-and Aadi helps to mend her broken heart.

Yeah, Tyrone, get a pet for the miniature psychopath who's obsessed with her serial killer father. What could go wrong?

I see there's been a stabbing

Yes, Alya was stabbed a few weeks after the vehicle she was driving blew up.

Not a good month for Our Alya.

Say it ain't so!

We can only wish. But I doubt he’ll be dead.

R33 I agree, this storyline is stupid. Likely it will be that the guy is innocent but dumps Sean for doubting him. Not like Corrie can afford action shots on mountain tops anyway.

Imagine landing a role on a big soap then being asked to play opposite one of the worst actors on TV and miserable Eileen

Who will Stephen kill next? Maybe we can sent ITV some requests..

I genuinely think Stephen should go postal and kill a whole bunch of them with an illegally obtained weapon. And other dead wood characters like Izzy would just move away because it’s too painful to remain in Weatherfield.

Of course I wouldn’t show the massacre. We’d see a grim faced Stephen start to walk over to wherever he commits the crime. Screen fades to back. We pick up a month later and find out that he gunned down Sean, Hope, Gary, Kirk, Brian and Ed. And we find out Stephen finally turned the gun on himself.

Sean, Eileen, Billy

Oh yeah, forgot about Eileen and Billy. Yeah, them, too.

Why the fuck was Rita behaving like a stupid old biddy in last night’s episode? Shame on those writers.

^ Yeah, that was weird, R40

What was Rita doing last night, wearing her wig backwards?

I was watching the cheesy old BBC series Born and Bred from the early 2000s, and I was trying to work out where I recognised the hot artist from. Turns out it's none other than Corrie's very own Billy the vicar.

R43 I'm shocked he was once cute

He looked less like Howdy Doody back in them days.

Jesus, if tonight’s wasn’t proof that this show needs a massive cast cull and hard reboot then nothing would be. For fuck’s sake who the fuck thinks Sean is worth watching for more than 30 seconds an episode?

Also with Billy the vicar (teenage boy having an affair with his brother-in-law

I have a feeling they're going to pair Todd with Paul

Yawn re Todd and Paul.

Stephen is nuts, spiking Carla with LSD

Anyone watching?

I am but fast forwarding through 90% of it, only stopping for Evelyn, David, Gail/Audrey and Jenny/Daisy. Nothing else.

Not even Carla being drugged R51?

I stopped a bit to watch it, R52.

My god isn’t the American who plays Canadian Stephen giving one of the worst performances ever? I’m referring to the scene last night when Carla “demoted” him. Poor Tina O’Brian (Sarah Lou) looked embarrassed to be in that scene.

There's an upcoming storyline involving Amy that could be interesting. Don't want to post a spoiler, but if you Google it it's easy to find.

Guess the writers are being lazy and re-pairing Billy & Paul

Stephen is an idiot if he thinks getting Carla out of the way will mean he gets control of the factory, how much can he possibly make in a backstreet knicker factory (as Carla once referred to it!)?

What's up in Weatherfield?

Will Gail expose Stephen and he tries to kill her?

“My god. You’re (insert name of Canadian serial killer here) with a briefcase.”

"Mam, he's Robert Picton with a sewing machine!"

Isn't Carla still waiting to be cleared of causing the factory roof collapse? Ginger nuts is still free as a bird. For a while they were making him a villain but half-heartedly so.

And why would she be afraid of going to jail for knocking down podgy Paul? She would rightly claim she wasn't in her right mind and was not legally responsible. And porky turning down a £15k settlement so he can get more is another ridiculous plot point, he'd have torn Peter's hand off.

Maureen Lipman is such a wonderful actress. She's practically carrying this show.

There is no justice in Cerberus being killed off while Sean lives on.

Paul will be exiting.

He's got Motor Neurone Disease (MND), so it'll be curtains for him.

I hate this...Paul was a great character who was actually likable

That explains why he and Billy got back together so abruptly.

I quite like Paul, I would have axed a boatload of characters before him.

More screentime for Gemma. And it requires serious acting from her. Yikes.

At least the actress playing her mum is good. Did they ever resolve the story of her look alike getting her in trouble? They seem to have dropped that storyline. This show is a fucking mess.

Tonight's episode was brilliant - the best in ages. (I could have lived without the experimental editing, though.)

The extended opening dream sequence was genuinely awful. I agree with those who have written on other boards that although there was some good acting it just didn’t feel at all like Corrie. At least we got a break from the dumpster fire which is serial killer Stephen.

What a surprise twist about Ryan getting attacked instead, sharp writing.

I guess in addition to Gemma getting more screen time we're going to have to put up with more Billy as well!

I would totally be on board with Stephen's killing spree if Sean somehow uncovers his plot and becomes the third victim.

What's up in Weatherfield?

No hotties.

What's wrong with Sarah-Louise, shagging that bit of rough Tesco special sausage when she's got prime Aberdeen Angus steak at home, with a great slab of meat under his wee kilt?!

^ And she spent half of last year whinging at Adam because she suspected he MIGHT have an affair, R73! Such a hypocrite.

R74 she really doesn't deserve him, a many willing to put up with her and she won't even be faithful to him

Jesus, how much queenier can Max get? This new storyline with him and the new girl is ludicrous. I bet he and Gav did the nasty in juvie.

I did think he and Gav were flirting a bit at points, R76

I didn't think it was possible, but Summer might actually be becoming... likeable?

Daisy and Ryan? WTF he’s a worse actor than Sean … almost.

The previous Ryan was gorgeous, Sol Heras. This one isn't bad if you've had a couple of Newton & Ridley's.

I'd suck off Ken-Junior, Daniel, he can be sexy in a nerdy way..I might possibly let Sarah's bit of rough have a go if I was very drunk, he looks like he might be a raunchy shag.

The gap between his two front teeth is a turn off.

R82 he'd have me from behind

Nice scene with Paul’s mother and Shona.

Who are the hottest men on the cobbles?

Adam sitting in his undercrackers tonight. HOT.

Mmmm he's a big horny brute, I wonder how big his sausage is

How are the storylines?

They're actually improving, R88. Last year was pretty awful, but the show has been quite watchable recently (except for Stephen).

I like the Roy & Evelyn friendship, mainly because of the excellent acting

Here's the hottie who played Ryan previously. No idea why they didn't bring him back when Ryan was reintroduced instead of recasting the role, not that the current actor isn't very good

Lindsey Corkhill as Tyrone's druggie mum! Fantastic scene between her and Evelyn.

Claire Sweeney is a good actress but I'm surprised they had the original mum made into his adoptive mother, she just wasn't the type

I remember when Lindsey Corkhill became a gangster on Brookside

The all-time best line in Brookside was when Lindsey was accused of stealing the Spanish holiday money, and Bev McLaughlin said, "It was the girl from the chippy. She's gone from peeling potatoes to stealing pesetas."

Love Bev! Used to fancy the guy who played Mike Dixon!

Bev was frigging hilarious. And the actress Sarah White bore a very close facial resemblance to Celine Dion which added to my amusement.

Poor Adam starts having panic attacks. At least they've given him a storyline after squandering him for years

We call Adam big dick face in our house.

R99 I'm sure he's at least 8 inches and chubby

Are we getting any major shakeups soon? Claire Sweeney's fine and all, but I'm kinda bored. They need to wond it down with the Canuck ASAP.

I don't like Stephen at all either and don't care about Tim's mum enough to be bothered if he kills her.

Wasn't like when Richard Hillman tried to kill Emily or Audrey.

The only good but was the psychological torture of Carla because I actually care about that character and Alison King is a brilliant actress.

Agreed. We've seen the fill spectrum of Carla's vulnerability. She's best when she's leading from the front so I hope this comes back.

I'm not in the age group that would be invested in Paula Wilcox, but I get there is one.

Overall, I worry they're investing in archetypes via more recent joiners rather than mining the richness of the long-term characters, and there's some intimacy lost in that. Missing when Liz and Deirdre were around, for sure.

Completely agree R103. Glad they have picked up on Carla being Ryan's Aunt and showing her supporting him.

Elaine on this show is as mind-numbingl uninteresting as the one who plays Wendy on Emmerdale. Why the fuck were they made regular characters on contract? It makes no sense.

Michelle Connor is a seriously rubbish mum.

Toyah's only been a widow for about a year and now she's engaged again. Just don't get into a car with her, Spider.

I just want a spike to impale Stephen’s head, already. And for Adam to get a haircut.

Can't wait to see Audrey's reaction when Stephen is finally exposed. Why does EVERYBODY steal Audrey's money?

Can't wait for Stephen to be exposed full stop so we can finally move on from this lame storyline.

R107 it's hard to forgive her for killing the hottest guy on the street

R109 what's amazing is how she keeps building it up. I remember she bought Gail's house for her after Richard was exposed. And those Grandsons stole her money from Archie the undertaker

I have to say that I'm glad Fay left. She was a useless character, not a vilain but not sympathetic.

Agreed, but the downside of her leaving is it makes an Anna return more unlikely.

R114 why did you like Anna? I thought she was fine as a secondary character working with Roy and taking care of her family but never had any interest in her leading storylines or feud with Phelan.

I haven't watched in ages. Why's become of Kevin and Abbehh?

R116 I think they're still together. Last I remember of Abi she regretted sticking up for that mechanic lad who raped Amy Barlow.

They’re still together just pushed way to the back burner for the time being

The actor who plays Kevin is lucky to be set for life and still involved in good storylines as a supporting character, such as Seb's murder. Wasn't he going to be let go at one point?

R115, I think Anna could have really blossomed if she there were better circumstances given to her. She was a good, growing presence in Weatherfield and I was sorry to see the sensationalism of Phelan storyline kind of kill any hopes of a long tenure. She also had two husbands who were terrible co-stars and deserved to be offloaded, which I think took the wind out of her sails. It was justtoo much. I wonder what could have been if she had done better. Even with so many people connected to Anna gone, she's still got some deep connections with Roy, Carla, and Gary...and with the viewers because of her involvement in Hayley's death.

Kevin and Abbeh are still together. He just got back from a long stint off under the guise of his Dad passing away in Germany. It might have been because Michael Leveil was involved in a lawsuit against the tabloids and needed time away for that. Looks like Abby will be getting involved with Claire Sweeney's fellow addict character's storyline.

My god, Eileen looks a hell of a lot thinner now. And a nice haircut, too. Good for her.

R122 she'll be getting a new man between her thighs then, the old tart!

I think it's high time Eileen and Gail became the new Jack and Vera

Vera was actually an annoying old cow most of the time, but both were quality actors who could do comedy and drama

Omg Eileen is back with a fake tan and an Ellen DeGeneres haircut!

Is she looking sexy?

She's indexing towards Madge on Benidorm, and I say this with love. Our Deirdre was the same.

Deirdre was amazing, I'm afraid Eileen has never appealed to me as a character. She's just so rude and sarcastic, and I hate her facial tics.

Deirdre & Blanche were amazing together, I'd watch a week of them

The answer is A: Meryl Streep!

I wish that sexy Ali would return

My husband is convinced that the the guy who plays Spider is one of those fugly guys who has a huge cock. Was glad to see him go. Toyah's aging fast.

Feel gross but I find the guy who plays Tim guilty pleasure sexy.

WTF is wrong with the way Craig talks?

I adore Mary and wish they'd invest more in her again.

r132 Spider was hot when he was younger..nice lips and big eyes. I agree with you about Tim... and Gary Windass can rock the tight jeans

I like the friendship between Roy and Evelyn. The charm of the show is the mix of sweetness and steaminess... and also old broads making it with young hotties

R134 I like their friendship too, very well done

Fair play on Spider. I can see it working really well in its time, especially if he has that huge cock.

Rumour has it Spider has his Aunty Em in a freezer in Scotland and has been claiming her pension for 2 years!

Are we going to have to wait until Christmas to get Tim off the screen? He makes me miss sexy scottish villain Tony Gordon.

R138 hmmm

Ugh, not Tim, Stephen the milquetoast Canadian shitshow.

When Paul told Billy he didn't know what he would do without him, and Billy said, "You won't have to," I thought for a moment he was going to add, "Because you'll die first." Bit harsh.

I can't get over Daniel Brocklebank being anti-vaxx.

Was he also anti-vaxx for m-pox?

Just watched that clip after Gail found out Audrey tried to kill herself. Wonderful chemistry and writing

Adi's sleeping with a runner-up from that Over The Rainbow show where Andrew Lloyd Webber picked the next Dorothy. (she wasn't Dorothy).

I can't n't believe I'm old enough to remember him as one of Sunita's baby twins and now he's having sexy times! Hope this doesn't ruin his chances with Amy forever.

R145 I remember when Sunita threatened to abort the twins at 5 months or something (!) when she found out Dec was having an affair!

*Dev!

I wish they had stolen Sunset Beach’s turkey baster storyline for Mad Maya and Sunita.

R148 haha that was a good one. Who'd be Mrs Munrou?

Mad Maya vs. Sunita was quite possibly the pinnacle of televised entertainment.

I actually like Maya until she lost her mind over skeevy Dev of all people. Didn't she smash into a wall at high speed like 'peg-leg' Don Brennan?

And now we have Bernie.

But before that we had Dev and DEIRDRE. For a bit, anyway. What the fuck were they thinking?

Yes, Mad May’s car smashed into a pole and she blowed up real good. I miss her.

Oops, I meant Mad MAYA.

Mad May on EE also blowed up real good but in her house lighing up a ciggie near a gas stove.

I love how collectively horrified the entire UK was by Dev & Deirdre's liaison. It truly brought us all together. It was our 9/11.

We're three weeks behind in Canada. Just saw Stephen's Canada Day party, LOL!

Lol Maya didn't blow up? I remember being surprised she was still alive (and sectioned) as the same crash had killed Don years (I was a naive teenager!)

Deirdre and Dev made sense as a one time fuck. Deirdre had a crush on him and he was alone and horny. It happened on Christmas Day of all times and led to Ken overturning the dinner table in a rage!

Ken's always in a rage.

I remember Ken getting all self-righteous when he found out about Dev, saying, "How could you? I would never cheat on you!" FFS, those two were constantly cheating on each other! It was essentially a shared hobby.

R159 i don't think he said he'd never cheat on her, more like I thought we'd come to trust each other by now. Of course his affair with Martha years later made Dev poking Deirdre in the whiskers look like a minor blip in their marriage.

Interestingly I recently read that they were going to be reunited much earlier in the 90s but Anne had to leave the show for cancer treatment. In the interim they needed to find a storyline for Bill and came up with the relationship with Denise (and Daniel's conception). If things had gone to plan we might also have had no Samir and John Lyndsay!

I really like learning about scrapped storylines, sad as that sounds!

R160 - speaking of scrapped Deirdre-related storylines, I remember the papers reporting in the mid-00s that Deirdre was going to have a one-night-stand with a younger man. He would then start blackmailing her for thousands of pounds, threatening to tell Ken. In the end, there was a scene where Deirdre drunkenly kissed a young man in the Rovers, but that was it. It sounded like quite a dark storyline for that era, so I wonder if that's why they dropped it.

R161 wow I never heard of that storyline, it does sound dark! Blanche could have waded in and sorted him out..

Or Tracy would have whacked him over the head with an ornament.

Tonight’s episode featured a needless flashback and a SFX shot of Adam having one of his anxiety attacks. Bleccch.

Who's the father of our Sarah's baby?

What a slut that Sarah Lou is. Must be like throwing a banana down a hallway.

R166 you watch you mouth, you don't know what you're talking about! Why does everybody need to interfere with my family's business?!

Aldi and the man eater is pathetic

Adi FFS autocorrect

I agree about Aldi and the man eater. I can’t believe some idiots on UK message boards say she should be made a regular. She’s a bargain basement Rosie Webster at best.

Agree she’s a vile chav

As depicted in her very first scene when she was scarfing chips down her big gob. Disgusting.

I need Uncle Canada to be discovered. The writers are hoping we’ve forgotten how many he improbably murdered.

Those bitches on the writing staff need to deliver, R173. These people gave us some damned good television elsewhere and have done great things like bringing Maureen Lipman on, so I can't understand why they've shamed themselves with this festival of stupid. We better get a massive Christmas gift in the form of an [italic]extremely[/italic] satisfying end.

Um, can we talk about the Viktor & Rolf goes to Primark number Sarah Lou had on last week? I was worried that frill collar was going to put an eye out.

I wonder if Adam wears boxers or briefs..

THANK GOD that horrendous child actress who played Ruby has finally been replaced. They waited at least two years too long to do it but better late than never. Jesus, she was awful.

Maybe that means Ruby will be given some part of a storyline

Really tired of the Platts. Where did Gary and Maria go?

Also: Is the Paul dying storyline a long dignified play to get Todd and the Vicar back together for good? Was Paul a mistake of a character that they're trying to fix to save Todd's trajectory?

Todd really isn't that important to the show

He may nit be, but I could see him being important to some people on the production staff. They keep bringing him back.

I think they should brimg back original recipe Todd. I don’t think the actor should be banned forever based on his behavior.

R182 Apparently some of the female cast members (the ones who play Fiz, Eileen, Mary, Izzy) vetoed any chance of Bruno returning as they were afraid of his wandering hands..

Will something will be done about Nick Tilsley/Ben Price? He's been in this odd one-note, low-energy perma-worried state since David bashed his head head in eons ago. It's like watching paint dry. Emotional eunuch.

Adam's hair (and its various moods) is like another character in this show.

How could that silly tart Sarah not use a condom with her rough trade?

🍾 🍼 🎈 It's Damon's! 🎈🍼 🍾

Will it have a gap between its teeth, too?

Her mam Gail was also a tart who didn't know if Sarah's dad was my Brian or his cousin Ian, who she'd been cavorting with when my son was off working his cock to the bone to provide for his family!

Like mother, like daughter!

Catherine Tyldesley has gone viral due to #cakegate. She seems to be a real-life Daisy, expecting free shit for social media exposure.

She doesn't come across well in the video she released:

Why didn't she just ask our Leanne to make it for her?

Or Janice. I hear she needs the money.

Trouble in paradise? Ratings are in the shitter; the storylines aren't that great.

Good. The show (and cast) need a massive overhaul.

That article says many shows have dropped in ratings and more older people might be streaming the show instead?

I do agree they need to rethink some of their storylines, including ending Stephen. I think if he tried to kill Audrey, Gail or a character people care about then it might be more interesting. Who gives a shit about Elaine? (Sorry)

Richard Hillman worked so well because he went after or killed popular characters and it was all well acted and somewhat believable. Here there isn't that tension.

I also wonder how they'll write Peter out as Carla is staying?

Lucy Fallon is returning as Bethanny Platt so that’s good.

Bethanny is lovely and all, but I'm not sure Corrie needs more Platts at the moment unless there's some surprise Becky or summat.

Poor Lucy could have had a big career, she was really good and worked well within the family.

Maybe she will shag Adam's big Scottish cock?

Or Daniel’s?

R200 why not both? If I was really kinky I'd have had Ken too and complete my set of Barlow boys! (Simon doesn't count as he's unattractive)

Looks like Stephen tries to strangle Tim. Just gets more and more ridiculous

Am I missing something or would the most obvious way of getting money be to kill Audrey?

He can't even manage that, R203. It's that much of a shitshow.

Richard Hillman's first kill was simply leaving his business partner to die after her fell

His second was lashing out in anger under provocation from his ex-wife.

The real fun started when he tried to make Audrey lose her mind so that Gail could control her finances.

His bloodiest crime was trying to crowbar Emily Bishop for her house

NuRuby is a big girl.

NuRuby will hopefully get some stories so we don't always have to endure Hope

So glad they backed off the predictable Bad Seed crap with Hope and made her just an everyday prepubescent cunt.

Oh, really? Ruby got the solo in the summer Big Shotz music spectacular or whatever the fuck it’s called. Hope is just a back-up singer and is NOT thrilled about it.

Ruby? You in danger, girl.

Hope is the THIRD backup singer and she's spitting feathers, but they've said in pressers that they wanted to calm Hope down a bit so it'll be interesting to see where this goes. Show still needs a bit of a shakeup.

Does Stephen spend much time with Audrey or Gail?

Why does Billy wear such tight pants?

R212 I imagine for the same reason he rolls his short-sleeved shirts up... lol.

Digital Spy actually reported something on this subject a few years ago.

Brocklebank was exposed as anti-vaxx in Reddit. Lost all respect for him.

Omg Hope and Ruby did Shakespeare’s Sister and it was GOLDEN.

How's Adam's peen?

R214 Did he get vaxxed for M-Pox, though?

Eileen looks like a completely different person.

I wonder if Todd copped a feel or Paul's ass or bulge as he carried him up those stairs

Paul looks very tan for someone on the brink of death.

He's a good actor, I'll give him that. He even brings out some decent acting from Billy.

Chesney remains a block of wood.

While I like Gemma Ihave to admit that I have no idea why they kept Chesney. He grew into a character who elicits indifference.

The actor is probably well liked and serves as filler on the street but yeah he's never elicited any excitement since the time Rita clipped him around the ear when he stole sweets from The Kabin

Too much history with Chesney. They’ll never let him go.

R274 whilst he's been on the show a long time I would argue his contributions are in the same line as Sean or Izzy, who actually remembers more than a handful of (relatively) forgotten storylines despite being on the show so long?

Whereas some characters like Becky, Karen or Richard Hillman to name a few are still well remembered by fans today.

And Corrie has rather unceremoniously cut quite a few actors who've had many years on the show - Derek Wilton, Martin Platt, Curly Watts, Ivy Tilsley...

It's a tough balance. Some of the most memorable characters have dosage limitations, as dear old Julie Goodyear taught us when Bet came back.

R226 I think Bet could have made a successful comeback if they'd written a better storyline, worked on getting her back in The Rovers and Julie was able to meet the huge increase in workload. Her return just saw her camping out on Audrey's set and be bitter in an awful wig.

Bet would be tricky as she is iconic but also maybe a bit dated and camp, but hey, they kept Fred Elliott til the later 2000s.

Is it still Ken and Rita who have jobs for life or does Gail and Audrey too?

Gail and Audrey don’t have jobs. Gail’s last job was as a cleaner in David’s barbershop.

R229 Sorry I knew I shouldn't have been lazy and typed the actor's names instead of characters!

The actress playing Emily also had lifetime guarantee I believe?

Supposedly Julie Goodyear just couldn't cope with the modern-day schedule. In her day there was only about an hour of Corrie a week and the cast were able to rehearse and do poncey shit like that. Nowadays, it's turn up, run-through for blocking then film - and don't dare to need any retakes. If you can deliver what they need these days, it doesn't really matter to the producers if you're a weak actor.

I think Julie left in 1995 when they shot maybe 75 minutes per week. I would have thought they could have eased her back in by shooting around her, it wasn't like she was in scenes with lots of cast. And the return storyline was crap

I certainly wouldn't be entrusting the current staff with a major comeback.

After reading this last night I was sad to read Julie has been diagnosed with dementia. She really made that character iconic

I've been watching some old episodes from the 2000s and it was much better. Not too much filler and acting was still good too

Watching old episodes from the 90s and they are great. Nothing hugely interesting happens, less characters and scenes but a good blend of serious, comedic, and everyday life. Pity soap is a race to be the most OTT nowadays

The guy who plays Henry is adorable but I felt sorry for him having to play those scenes in last night’s episode. And will someone ever tell the little chav playing Gemma to close her fucking mouth after she says something?

I can't believe they're letting this show remain so terrible. I worry that ITV is too afraid or too deluded to shake this show up due to connections to Russell T. Davies and such.

Also, my suspicion is that [italic] Beautiful Thing[/italic] writer Johnathan Harvey is setting the tone here and is one of the main reasons things are a bit stale. It's hard for me to even type that without feeling disrespectful, so imagine how hard that may be for ITV.

I'm hoping Iain McLeod will leave soon. He's been producer for five years, maybe he'll want to move on. A new producer would shake things up.

I can only see them doing a two year time jump (like what Neighbours will be doing) to do the cast overhaul that is so desperately needed.

Who should go?

Haha, R241, Sean is definitely top of the list.

I’d also get rid of Craig, Simon, Izzy, Brian, Kirk, Beth, Ed, Michael, Nina, Ronnie, Stu and Summer. And, for fuck’s sake, Gary-justice for Rana!

Every time Edison Bailey makes his first appearance in an episode, my husband and I imitate his voice, bellowing OH, FOR THE MUSE OF FIRE!!!!!!

He should go.

Seems ITV is looking for an Executive Producer, Continuing Drama.

Have they named he person who's taking over Emmerdale from Jane Hudson yet?

Carla finds out Stephen drugged her with LSD next week

Can't wait to Audrey find out that yet ANOTHER family member has stolen from her.

Where does Audrey keep getting her money from?

She's an old lady and by British standards, attractive. She dates men who die and leave her money.

Well Alf left her the house and salon, Alma's money went on helping Gail. Archie's money was stolen by her thieving grandkids

and Stephen took out a reverse mortgage on the house.

R251 that's the same thing that fucker Alan Bradley did to our Rita!

Did Audrey get anything from her gay ex husband or was it just Gail? I think Gail used some of it to stay in Thailand for several months. With Jenny and Stephen pkanning to move there they better let Gail pipe in with some suggestions.

R253 Ted wasn't her ex-husband, he was a guy who 'date' Audrey to prove he wasn't gay. He didn't leave her anything.

The only inheritances I think Audrey had were Alf, Alma and Archie. Alf's life insurance was invalidated as he'd died just after it expired so she didn't really get any cash, just the house and salon.

Audrey's finances change depending on the plot. Same with Rita

Lewis maybe left her a pretty penny too

Well that's the end of Stephen! What did we think?

My first impression is how gorgeous Adam looks with his new haircut!

It was a decent week, considering how farcical the storyline has been. I got a kick out of the Platts being colour-coded as the Scooby Gang. Sean was an odd distraction during the final confrontation.

I'm so glad Adam has cut his hair.

Can't understand why Stephen didn't check Tim was dead before locking him in the boot of the taxi.

I know, we could certainly have done without bloody Sean. Glad Audrey and Gail were more involved, that's really what this storyline lacked and what made the Richard Hillman storyline so compelling - connection to a core family and characters we care about being murdered. Who have a shit about Rufus or Teddy? It was a shame the hottie rugby player got bumped off but that's about it.

The Phelan story I couldn't like either as they linked him up with annoying Eileen.

I thought Friday’s episode was a hideoysly bad clusterfuck after Monday/Wednesday’s wacky but entertaining episodes. I’ve always liked the actress playing Sally but she was extremely weak. I think she was aware of how bad the scripts were and decided to phone in her performance.

Why did Stephen mutter 'Tim' as he died when he believed he was already dead, it's not like he thought he could be saved.

At least with Richard he killed off already established characters

Gail and Audrey have such great chemistry

R262 - in real life, Helen Worth sends Sue Nicholls a Mothers Day card every year.

Audrey did some good acting as the grieving mother

She did.

When will they get rid of that fucking awful chav Lauren?

So Peter is going to lose it because he killed Stephen? Didn't he almost kill Billy and indirectly kill Tina? What's one more?

Ryan really is a glutton for punishment. Daisy has been nothing but trouble for him and he's still hankering after her.

Why did Audrey have her heart set on having Shuttleworth's do Stephen's funeral? There are loads of areas of the UK that your son didn't terrorise, Audrey. Pick a funeral director from one of those!

Pay attention, R267. It’s because George’s dad arranged the funeral of her serial killer son-in-law Richard Hillman’s funeral, haha.

Archie Shuttleworth was one of Audrey's few allies when Richard made everyone think she was losing her mind back in 2002. He and she also had a good friendship though I think he may have wanted to give her a poke in the whiskers, which she refused.

He also left her the best part of £100k in his will, even though I don't think they'd seen each other for years. It was a useful plot device to give Audrey money for Nick & David to steal.

Amy and Aldi make a sweet couple.