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    Quote Originally Posted by Serena Williams View Post
    I disagree Finn has already supported the other barton storylines he needs his own storyline and a good one. The show sending wrong message that a show can only have one gay storyline on the show. Although I will say Lawrence storyline is interesting I wish Finn would get with Lawrence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Serena Williams View Post
    I disagree Finn has already supported the other barton storylines he needs his own storyline and a good one. The show sending wrong message that a show can only have one gay storyline on the show. Although I will say Lawrence storyline is interesting I wish Finn would get with Lawrence.
    finn and that old geezer no thanks

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    I think Finn has too much of a baby face for ED to put him with someone of Larry's generation.

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    There doesn't seem to be any major storylines for Finn Barton at the moment. He is just included in minor scenes as one of the characters within the general comedy set (Jimmy, Nicola, Rodney, Kerry, Bernice, Marlon and Paddy).

    Finn graduated from university around 2013 but has since stayed in Emmerdale in mainly unskilled paid work. One reason for not leaving Emmerdale for a better life is known to be shortage of money. I'm guessing that he may have an outstanding student loan too. He has had various gay relationships and one-night-stands with mainly young men (Simon, Brad, Aaron) up to 2014 but no-one during 2015 as of yet. However, he did previously have short-lived crushes on the older straight characters of David (then 31yo in 2013) and Declan (then 45-46yo in 2014) but these didn't last for long. With this history, it seems unlikely that Finn would be sexually attracted to Lawrence. Except for Robert, there doesn't seem to be anyone of the right type for Finn to have a relationship with within Emmerdale so a young man from outside Emmerdale is needed for a workable storyline lasting for more than the short-term.

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    Finlay "Finn" Barton, character summary

    Born: 26th June 1992 (23yo)
    Residence: Dale View
    Father: James Barton
    Mother: Emma Barton
    Brothers: Pete Barton, Ross Barton, Adam Barton (half-brother)
    Uncles: John Barton (deceased)
    Nephews: Moses Dingle
    First cousins: Holly Barton, Hannah Barton
    First appearance: 6 December 2013
    Occupations: University student (Economics, graduated 2013), cleaner, B&B Assistant
    Acted by: Joe Gill (2013-, 21yo, DOB 12/02/94)

    Storylines

    2013-2014

    Finlay "Finn" Barton is the son of James and Emma Barton and the brother of Ross and Pete Barton and half-brother of Adam Barton. He has close relationships especially with Victoria Sugden and Eric Pollard and his late wife Val Pollard, who he works for at The Grange.

    Finn arrived in the village with James and Pete after his father, James, lost their own farm in December 2013. He currently temporarily lives with his aunt Moira Barton and her husband Cain Dingle, along with his father and three brothers.

    Finn has recently finished a three-year Economics degree at university. In January 2014, he started work as a cleaner at The Grange, but instantly took a dislike to the job. After initially trying to get the sack, he began to develop a strong relationship with both Val and Eric and grew to tolerate working there, but aimed to save to move to Japan for a career in teaching.

    In late April he used Declan's credit card for a night out in the casino. Ross lost £50 in gambling. The next day Declan finds out when Finn tells him he used his credit card.

    In late May he dates with a man called Simon. They meet up in the pub when Finn said at the bus stop. Whilst in the pub the two kiss. Finn tells him he would love to go with Simon but he couldn't. In Simon's car they kiss again.

    Having no memory of his mother, Emma Barton, due to her walking out following an argument with James when he was a baby, Finn found himself with unanswered questions on his birthday in June 2014 when he and Victoria found videos of him and his brothers, Pete and Ross as kids. Showing the videos at Finn's birthday party, Finn and his guests were horrified to discover the footage switching to an argument between James and Emma about James's affair with his brother John's wife, Moira Dingle. Realising there were more skeletons in the closet, Finn realised that Moira and James' night together had brought him a half brother - Adam Barton, who was also James' son. Later after drowning his sorrows with a bottle of vodka, Finn frets that he can't go home to Pete acting like everything's normal when it's not. He panics that he doesn't know who he is and that his mum is the only person that can help him see sense, which makes him sick.

    In late July he dates with a bloke called Brad. Whilst Finn is away doing something Brad spikes a drug into Finn's drink. Afterwards Finn, feeling woozy, reacted to the drug. When he and Brad get in the car Finn nearly collapsed. Brad drives Finn to a barn, switched the engine off wiped fingerprints on the wheel, restarted the engine and left the barn leaving an unconscious Finn in the car. Later Pete and Cain hear the engine and they open the barn up to find an unconscious Finn still in the front seat. They drag him out of the car and Pete and Cain take Finn to hospital. Cain phones James and he arrives at the hospital with Moira, Chas, Victoria and the Barton boys. Ross tells James he will never forgive him if Finn doesn't wake up. With James by his side Finn wakes up and James tells Finn that everything is going to be alright. Finn tells his father and brothers that he and Brad were at the pub and then they went back to the b and b. He also tells them that Brad's going to Japan. Finn apologises to his father and brothers and James tells him that traces of a drug were found in his system. When James tells him what it's called Finn panics into thinking Brad raped him. He frets that he wasn't told why he ended up in hospital only knowing it was for carbon monoxide poisoning. James tells him that the car he was found in was stolen. Later Finn is examined and he asks Victoria to stay by his side. Victoria tells him to think of 5 of the worst things Val said at the Grange. Later the doctor tells Finn that he wasn't raped.

    Finn comes home the next day. Ross discovers that Gary North ordered Brad to put Finn in hospital. Finn tells Ross that Brad locked him in a barn and tried to kill him, and that Pete's worried sick thinking he got the blame. He panics that people will think he tried to kill himself and that Brad might come back and finish him off properly. He then finds out that he ended up in hospital because of Ross. This hurts Finn. It frightens him when he finds out that the police tell him over the phone they are stopping searching for Brad. After what has gone on Finn feels alone.

    In early August, Pete discovers that Finn is looking at a missing person's site. Upset he looks at a chat page for news about his missing mother. Eric suggested that he should talk to James about his mother. Later in the month he tells Victoria that his mum sent him a message on Finding Family. He is angry when he finds out that Victoria told James that he was looking for his mother. He deletes the profile that he set up to find his mother but he cancels it. When he refuses to give Megan Macey the room number he gets angry and is forced to open the room up. Megan filmed it on her phone and when they got in the room they a box on the bed with a cat in it thinking it belongs to Charity.

    In September, whilst going to a fancy dress do with Victoria, Jimmy catches him in the street wearing braces, cool shades and a bow tie. Jimmy offers to buy them from Finn for £25 but Finn offers for £50. Later in the month he and Aaron Livesy spend the night together. The morning after, he tells Aaron that Eric is going to kill him if he's late for work. Victoria accuses Aaron of having a go at her the night before jumping into bed with Finn. When Ross tells Finn he needs to escape from the village, he's angry to find out that Aaron slept with him. He confronts Aaron over him sleeping with Finn. Finn pines for Aaron, but Aaron has no real interest in him, other than using an unknowing Finn to make Robert Sugden jealous. Finn eventually resents the treatment and moves on. Loneliness leads Finn and Victoria to kiss, which makes them both feel awkward.

    2015-

    In January 2015, Finn tracks down his mother, and he and Ross eventually convince her to be a part of their lives.

    In February, Val is rushed to hospital due to not taking proper care of her HIV. Her nurse, Darren Thompson, is interested in Finn, and they begin to date. Val is alarmed to learn he is HIV-positive and goes to great lengths to scare him away from Finn, including leaving him hateful text messages and smashing up his car. She eventually sorts things out, but Finn soon finds Darren to be suffocating and goes to great lengths to make Darren dump him. When Darren eventually tells him he was looking for a reason to dump him as he wanted to reunite with his ex, Finn is mortified and regrets how he has behaved.

    As the months pass, Finn is consumed by family problems. He has some regret over bringing Emma into his life, as he learns she tried to kill Ross when he was a toddler, and he discovers multiple instances of her obsessive meddling in James' life and relationship with Chastity Dingle. He also learns of Ross' affair with Debbie Dingle, only keeping the secret to protect Pete from heartbreak. He tells Ross that he is no longer his brother and the family was better off without him.

    In August 2015, on the day of Pete and Debbie's wedding, a helicopter crashes into the village hall and Finn is pulled free from the wreckage by his parents. Val is killed, devastating Finn. In a video she recorded during her bout with pneumonia, Val calls Finn her favourite and jokes that she wants him to tattoo her name over his heart with her ashes mixed in the ink. He helps her sister Diane Sugden carry out her final wishes. Emma becomes concerned when Ross goes missing and Finn helps her search morgues and hospitals for him. Ross later shows up and reveals that Pete left him for dead. At first the family shun Pete, but Finn tries to reach out to his brother.

    In October 2015, Finn is given an interesting bet by Jimmy King (Nick Miles), who proposes that if Finn can perform any dare he or his sister-in-law Bernice Blackstock (Samantha Giles) have given him, then he will pay him £100. Jimmy formulates almost unthinkable dares for Finn, thinking he will easily earn the £100 from Finn in order to fix his own financial problems. However, Finn, undertaking dares such as wearing a dress, waxing his thighs, and drinking a blended English breakfast, appears to show no mercy to these challenges, making Jimmy nervous. Jimmy's final dare for Finn was to reenact a performance of his daughter's favourite film, Frozen. Bernice's daughter suggests they double the bet to £200 and both parties agree. When Finn performs the 2013 film Frozen, Jimmy informs him he has lost the bet as his daughter's favourite film was intact the 2007 film Frozen. Finn tells Jimmy he has been conned, but Jimmy stands firm and Finn produces his money.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...3)#Finn_Barton

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    Emmerdale's Finn Barton will prove that trouble really does run in the family next week when he makes an unlikely move.

    The usually-sensible Finn (Joe Gill) will find himself doing a deal with the devil, but fans will be left wondering if he is making a big mistake.

    It will come as no surprise that Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) is at the centre of all the mischief and she will soon have a naive Finn doing her dirty work for her.

    Finn will strike up a dodgy deal with Charity by unwittingly agreeing to help her shift some knock-off action figures. ​


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    Finn strikes a dodgy deal with Charity


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    Finn does a dodgy deal with Charity

    Viewers know that Charity has a history with the Barton family having previously clashed with both Emma and Ross, so could Finn be making a big mistake?


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    Charity and Finn do a deal

    Emmerdale airs these scenes on Friday, April 22 at 7pm on ITV.

    By Sophie Dainty, Digital Spy
    http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emme...e-make-a-deal/

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    Why don't Chrissie and Lawrence hire Finn for the office, to take over Nicola's job

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    Emmerdale's Finn joins the Barton family trend of getting arrested next week, after a dodgy deal with Charity Dingle goes wrong.

    Finn finds himself on the wrong side of the law after Charity (Emma Atkins) recruits him to sell some rare action figures for her, knowing that he has the perfect geeky knowledge to get them shifted.

    As always with Charity, the goods are all stolen and Finn soon gets hauled in for police questioning after his involvement backfires badly.

    Joe Gill, who plays Finn, revealed: "It's Ross and Charity who end up acquiring the action figures. Little do they realise that they're actually quite rare and worth quite a bit of money.

    "Charity gives Noah one to play with and when Finn sees this, he's absolutely gobsmacked as to how they got hold of them. Charity lets Finn have a look and he sees that she has loads of these very rare action figures.

    "Afterwards Charity tells Finn to sell the figures and she'll give him a share of the profits. A normal person would probably just put them on eBay or knock on people's doors, but that's not how Finn does it!

    "He goes all-out and basically holds his own comic convention event in the village hall. It's as extravagant as you can imagine. Unfortunately Finn does too much of a good job and ends up being caught."


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    Ross watches as Finn is arrested

    Discussing why Finn ever trusted a conniving conwoman like Charity, Gill admitted: "It just gets to the point where Finn is so in awe of these action figures and how rare they are, that the fact Charity is the one giving them to him goes completely over his head.

    "Ross tries to do his best once Finn is arrested, but it's all too little too late. As you can imagine, Finn does speak his mind to Ross and lets him know that he's really upset about it.

    "It's a big shock to Finn and also to his family. He's so used to being in situations where everyone's having a go at Pete or Ross. The tables have turned now, with Finn getting a comeuppance.

    "It was strange to do the scenes, really! I suppose Finn is so used to having a go at someone that it's weird for him to be on the receiving end. As an actor, it was also weird for Gill Kearney and Bill Ward - who play Emma and James - to be shouting at me. It's almost as if your actual parents are shouting at you!"

    With Finn's good guy history, is this brush with the law a total one-off? Or could he suddenly go off the rails and start to rival Ross in the bad boy stakes?

    Laughing over the possibility, Gill commented: "Well, you never know really, do you? Obviously Finn is very bright and the best criminals in the world are very intelligent - the ones that get away with it.

    "I think Finn's heart and head are in the right place, so I don't think he'd ever go down that route of being really bad, unless something awful happened to him.

    "But maybe he could think 'bugger it' as he only gets a slap on the wrist. Could he be Ross's right hand man? We don't know."

    We don't have to worry about Finn becoming a criminal mastermind just yet, as his next big plan is to launch a cab firm as a family business - hoping the venture can be a fresh start for all of the Barton brothers once Pete is released from jail.

    "Part of it is that Finn wants to get out of the B&B," Gill added. "Finn just finally snaps and the cab firm is a great way of bringing the brothers together. Finn could do a lot of stuff himself, but he actually thinks for his brothers as well. A taxi firm is something they can all do and he really wants things to go right in the family.

    "The only problem is that a criminal record will damage your reputation as a taxi driver. It's ironic that the only person without one is Ross - and that comes into play in a few of the scenes!"

    Emmerdale airs Finn's arrest on Tuesday, April 26 at 7pm on ITV.

    By Daniel Kilkelly, Digital Spy
    http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emme...gets-arrested/

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    Poor Finn so happy with his convention and making good money but why cover for Charity, was it to protect Ross

    Pierce is a comic nerd fan, any potential spark for him and Finn

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    Joe Gill spills the beans on geeky Finn' s shock arrest for handling stolen goods!

    Hi, Joe! Can you tell us why Finn wants to leave the B&B? Is he not happy there any more?

    "He's been working there pretty much since he arrived in the village [6 December 2013], and things were a lot different this time last year when it was him, Val and Eric together. Now of course it's very different and Eric's attitude towards the business has changed. Finn has ended up taking on much more work. What began as a part-time way to make some extra money has now become a full-time job."

    Does Finn think he's capable of doing more with his life, then?

    "Yeah, without being big-headed, he does. He never saw himself staying at the B&B forever, and things have been difficult because Tracy isn't much help. Finn has become a skivvy and he's had enough of it, to be honest."

    How does he end up striking a business deal with Charity?

    "Ross and Charity have acquired these action figures, but little do they know they are actually quite rare and worth a lot of money. Finn can't understand how Charity got hold of them [TW: Of course, Rotten Ross brought them to Emmerdale village during the Friday 22 April episode. Just so no-surprise for everyone for Th.U.G. then really, and a truly horrible bad brother for Emmerdale's lovely Finn and just more ammo to hate You Know Urrr... I really hope that, in a short while, "clean record" Urrr gets arrested and DNA-tested for something and that some or many (all? such a dream...!) of His previous crimes will become linked by modern science!], but she shows him the rest. It's right up Finn's street, this kind of thing, and I think he's so impressed with them that he really wants to get involved."

    Does he not smell a rat?

    "I honestly think Finn is so in awe of these action figures and the quantity of them that the fact that it's Charity who's giving them to him goes completely over his head! A normal person would try and sell them on eBay, but Finn goes all out and decides to host his own comic convention in the Emmerdale village hall. It's as extravagant as you can imagine!"

    How do the police get involved?

    "Finn has gone to town, putting posters up and advertising the event. He's done too much of a good job in promoting it, so the police find out. Ross sort of tries to warn Finn off the convention, but it's all too little too late... And the police turn up and arrest him for handling stolen goods."

    Is Finn angry with Ross for not being honest with him?

    "Finn does speak his mind to Ross: he lets him know that he's angry, and more! The arrest comes as a shock to Finn, and it's difficult for him to cope. He's so used to his parents having a go at either Ross or Pete, and now the tables have turned and Finn is getting the blame for something massive."

    Were those scenes fun to do?

    Yeah, and it was wierd to have Finn on the receiving end of it. For me as an actor, it was strange for Gill (Kearney, who plays Emma)and Bill (Ward, aka James) to be shouting at me. It was like my actual parents were having a go! It was a really odd feeling."

    Will this brush with the law give Finn a taste for dodgy deals?

    "Well, you never know! Finn is very bright, and the best criminals in the world are intelligent because they always manage to get away with it. I think Finn's heart and head are in the right place. Unless something awful happens, I don't think he'll go down a dark road. But now he's got a criminal record, he might turn into Ross!"

    Can you tell us why Finn wants to start a cab firm of all things?

    "Finn finally snaps and just wants out of the B&B. He thinks that starting a cab firm will be a brilliant way of bringing him, Pete and Ross together as brothers. Finn wants them to all work together, and driving cars is something they all can do. He just wants things to go right in the family for once, after all his mistakes..."

    Won't his and Pete's criminal records go against them, though? They'll need special licences to drive taxis...

    "Yes, this sort of thing can damage your reputation and prevent you from working from being in a car with strangers. It's actually ironic that the only brother without a record is Ross, and that will come into play in the scenes as the story progresses..."

    The Next Chapter.

    Joe says the world could be Finn's oyster now he's left the B&B. "He's capable of doing most things," shares the star. "I loved being in the B&B location set and working in the Emmerdale village. If it all goes pear-shaped then he'll be back there."

    By Laura Morgan
    all about soap, fortnight ending 6 May 2016

    TW:

    It sounds like the taxi firm gets set somewhere like Hotten then and maybe at last we will have an Emmerdalian commuting to work every day? I imagine there will be some comedy scenes with "unlikely" cab customers, plus some dodgy things happening too. I guess that Finn might mostly play the part of radio controller for the "fleet" and that maybe Pete is one unlicensed cab driver there? But time will tell about this...?

    I really think that Finn has so far missed a great Emmerdale trick and opportunity though. He should really soon set up an Emmerdale DNA test lab facility. Just what would EDNA reveal to everyone? Haha!

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