Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - V

[parkerman]

I can't help feeling that the producer and scriptwriters have done the Oliver storyline a great disservice by the way they have portrayed Leanne. The main emphasis has shifted from Oliver and the heartbreak for the parents to Leanne's unreasonable behaviour. The situation was retrieved somewhat by Steve's reaction to the court finding, but still it was spoilt by Leanne and diverted the attention away from any empathic feeling we might have to both parents in a situation like this, to being about Leanne and her unpleasant and aggressive behaviour, so that it is hard to feel any empathy or sympathy for her.

[Ruffed_lemur]

I can't help feeling that the producer and scriptwriters have done the Oliver storyline a great disservice by the way they have portrayed Leanne. The main emphasis has shifted from Oliver and the heartbreak for the parents to Leanne's unreasonable behaviour. The situation was retrieved somewhat by Steve's reaction to the court finding, but still it was spoilt by Leanne and diverted the attention away from any empathic feeling we might have to both parents in a situation like this, to being about Leanne and her unpleasant and aggressive behaviour, so that it is hard to feel any empathy or sympathy for her.

I think the producer and scriptwriters have done the storyline well, at least so far. I do feel empathy for both parents, and don't think Leanne's behaviour is unpleasant at all. She's just like a Mother Lion really! Quite understandable really.

[Dennis tanner]

I think the producer and scriptwriters have done the storyline well, at least so far. I do feel empathy for both parents, and don't think Leanne's behaviour is unpleasant at all. She's just like a Mother Lion really! Quite understandable really.

Regardless of any empathy I might feel, she is very unpleasant to anyone who says or does the slightest thing she disagrees with. She has no empathy for anyone else.

[Perdita]

Regardless of any empathy I might feel, she is very unpleasant to anyone who says or does the slightest thing she disagrees with. She has no empathy for anyone else.

She is desperate and must feel very much alone which means she is lashing out ... I think Steve did the right thing when he suggested she is doing all this for herself rather than Oliver ... but I can understand that a parent easily can lose sense of reality when faced with this kind of situation ... I cannot help feeling that if either Nick or Steve had been honest much earlier about how they feel about the life support for Oliver Leanne might not have gotten so bitter and twisted ... however, I suppose it would have been less dramatic and a lot less comments on this particular bit of the story

[Jadefalcon]

I do also wonder that with her saying that Nick and probably now Steve should be no part of this, will she still be expecting them to sell their businesses, like Steve with the cab firm, Nick with his business etc.

[Perdita]

I do also wonder that with her saying that Nick and probably now Steve should be no part of this, will she still be expecting them to sell their businesses, like Steve with the cab firm, Nick with his business etc.

Not needed now as that money was for Oliver's treatment in Germany ...

[Son of Cain]

I can't help feeling that the producer and scriptwriters have done the Oliver storyline a great disservice by the way they have portrayed Leanne. The main emphasis has shifted from Oliver and the heartbreak for the parents to Leanne's unreasonable behaviour. The situation was retrieved somewhat by Steve's reaction to the court finding, but still it was spoilt by Leanne and diverted the attention away from any empathic feeling we might have to both parents in a situation like this, to being about Leanne and her unpleasant and aggressive behaviour, so that it is hard to feel any empathy or sympathy for her.

I think this story has been well told. Leanne's aggressiveness and unpleasant behavior are in character for her, she has always been like this even tho' it has done her no favours in the Oliver story. Leanne has always been hot headed and aggressive and does not listen the other person's point of view before jumping in with both feet. She has taken things too far in this case by accusing Dr Howarth and others of wanting to "murder" her son no doctor would do this. Leanne simply cannot accept the reality of the situation, even if the courts agreed to keep Oliver on life support there is currently no cure or treatment for him, even if there was in the future, he is is having continual brain damage and so it would be too late for him. I think that Leanne feels that as long as Oliver is kept on life support he is still with her even if he is unresponsive and she clings to the hope that he one day he will come back to her. The thought of turning off the machine is unbearable to her, as then she will have to accept he is gone foreveer and she is simply not ready for this. When this happens she will have nothing to fight for, and this is what has kept her going. Unfortunately she has driven everyone away from her, and one can only hope, her family will have the patience to be there waiting for her to come to terms with the situation.
While not on the same scale I was in tears and found it extremely difficult to agree to the vet putting my cat down, I had hoped that he would simply die in his sleep and alleviate me from having to make that decision. So I can understand Leanne and do not know how I would have reacted in her situation.

[Snagglepus]

While not on the same scale I was in tears and found it extremely difficult to agree to the vet putting my cat down, I had hoped that he would simply die in his sleep and alleviate me from having to make that decision.

I still feel the guilt of having to do that twice in recent years.

[Son of Cain]

I still feel the guilt of having to do that twice in recent years.

When our other cat died we never got another as I could not face having to go through that again.

[Ruffed_lemur]

I think this story has been well told. Leanne's aggressiveness and unpleasant behavior are in character for her, she has always been like this even tho' it has done her no favours in the Oliver story. Leanne has always been hot headed and aggressive and does not listen the other person's point of view before jumping in with both feet. She has taken things too far in this case by accusing Dr Howarth and others of wanting to "murder" her son no doctor would do this. Leanne simply cannot accept the reality of the situation, even if the courts agreed to keep Oliver on life support there is currently no cure or treatment for him, even if there was in the future, he is is having continual brain damage and so it would be too late for him. I think that Leanne feels that as long as Oliver is kept on life support he is still with her even if he is unresponsive and she clings to the hope that he one day he will come back to her. The thought of turning off the machine is unbearable to her, as then she will have to accept he is gone foreveer and she is simply not ready for this. When this happens she will have nothing to fight for, and this is what has kept her going. Unfortunately she has driven everyone away from her, and one can only hope, her family will have the patience to be there waiting for her to come to terms with the situation.
While not on the same scale I was in tears and found it extremely difficult to agree to the vet putting my cat down, I had hoped that he would simply die in his sleep and alleviate me from having to make that decision. So I can understand Leanne and do not know how I would have reacted in her situation.

I think her family and friends would still be there for her. I really don't know how she would cope though. Jane Danson plays this as if it is real.