Emmerdale - Current Episode Discussion - III

[katie hunter]

Once again, huge misunderstanding from a newer viewer.

I heard Mary chastising Gus for stealing Rhona's passport when she was unconscious. I just went back to watch old episodes and found that this is not quite what happened.

Gus, in fact, called an ambulance and really cared about Mary's being okay. I had assumed that he had a depraved indifference to human life and pulled the passport out of her sweater pocket. I was so annoyed that Rhona didn't lead with this in court, that Mary didn't get up to testify about that. However, that wasn't the case at all.

It didn't make his stealing the passport any less evil, but he absolutely got Mary the help that she needed and showed concern.

It makes this story less cut and dry to me. He is still a rat. He still should have allowed Rhona joint custody and he still shouldn't have been ready to take the baby to France.

In a way I was cheering on Rhona when she didn't give the preprepared statement that wasn't the truth at all. But she also went way overboard. I understand it from an emotional level, but she's been preaching putting Ivy first, and she did anything but that. Ivy is going to have quite the stigma in life, being the child of a convict. Of course on soaps, almost everyone is, but my eyes were open and I can admit that the situation was far more complicated than I believed by the more recent scenes that I'd seen.

Eight years is a little crazy. Gus didn't kill anyone. He is guilty but rapists get out of prison sooner than that.

I haven't watched that long, but I understand where Marlon is coming from. He seems like such a sweet, earnest guy. Ivy's best chance for a normal future is with him, not either biological parent.

Gus is a rat but what Rhona did was purely for her own selfish reasons. She wants Ivy for herself, she didn't think about her family or the eventual impact it will have on Ivy not having her father in her life. Marlon is right to be angry IMO.

[lizann]

I do not think so, surely the courts and social services would have to come to a decision about that.
Will Rhona have to give up working at the vets to look after Ivy? If so how will they manage for money? Marlon cannot earn much at The Woolpack. He works in a pub whose main trade should be tourists, but we hardly ever see any in there. There really cannot be enough meal trade to justify a full time chef.

i think ivy would be better adopted out to a new unknown family away from both gus and rhona

[Son of Cain]

Why is Rose in Emmerdale, I must have missed the bit when she explained it.

[lizann]

Why is Rose in Emmerdale, I must have missed the bit when she explained it.

she was hotten general despite being in benidorm, conveniently bumps into dawn and with evan sick, a donation match for sale likely

[Son of Cain]

she was hotten general despite being in benidorm, conveniently bumps into dawn and with evan sick, a donation match for sale likely

Rewatched. - Rose said she was at a wake, that turned into a boozy all nighter, fell down some wonky stairs, and broke her arm. All explained in one sentence with no detail. Very convenient, then just happened to be checking out when Dawn arrived. Must be one of the most contrived introduction of a new character ever. Why would the hospital have Will listed as her next of kin. Usually when you go into hospital they ask your details, including your next of kin. Does the hospital have a list of everyone in the country and their next of kin. Sounds like Rose has not lived in the area for years so I doubt the hospital would still have her details on file. Anyway would a broken arm be considered a serious enough life threatening condition, that necessitated contacting a next of kin. Yes, contrived or what.

[ccahill2]

Anyway would a broken arm be considered a serious enough life threatening condition, that necessitated contacting a next of kin. Yes, contrived or what.

You speak the truth. Now, if she had a head injury from the fall and was in such bad shape that the doctor's didn't believe she could consent to medical intervention, that would be different, but for a broken arm? Simply absurd and a plot point not well thought out.

[lizann]

dawn bringing mother rose to home farm to stay without even asking kim

charles going bob marley jamaican on manpreet

[Son of Cain]

Whoever owns the house that Rose was house sitting, is not going to be too pleased.

Rose, a clone of Kerry and a reincarnation of Faith, just what the village needs.

Still waiting for Charles to find the bits in the bible on forgiveness.

[katie hunter]

dawn bringing mother rose to home farm to stay without even asking kim

charles going bob marley jamaican on manpreet

Dawn changed her tune pretty quickly. Yesterday she was saying that Kim had been more of a mother to her, today she rolls out the red-carpet to Rose. Bizarre behaviour.

[ccahill2]

The scene with Chas and Charity and the prosthetics was touching and very real. I like that the show can show intimate scenes like that that are written with dignity.