Emmerdale - Current Episode Discussion - III

What employee there HASN'T started a fight with a customer

belle and sam out of hospital very very fast

Just how thick is Rebeccah?? ffs

13/14-year old girl goes soliciting by choice?? Was that judge or solicitor one of her clients??? ffs

smug ******* bails thinks he has won, hope not and he goes down

Isnt it all coming down to Charity not reporting rape within 1 year of it happening? Thus allowing Bails to say it was consequential and slide under the law back then about her being a minor.

Lucky ... oh boy where did he hire nurse Ratchet from?

I ponder if the producers initialy where going to get rid of Rebbeca but realised they had by accident created a comedy genius character.

Surely Bails is guilty of statutory rape, regardless of the circumstances in which it took place? Charity was under age at the time so even if it had been consensual it would still be considered rape by the law.

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Originally Posted by emerald

Surely Bails is guilty of statutory rape, regardless of the circumstances in which it took place? Charity was under age at the time so even if it had been consensual it would still be considered rape by the law.

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This is an extract from legal statute emerald, and is as you say "Currently, the age of consent for penetrative sex, oral sex and mutual masturbation in the United Kingdom is 16 years. If any individual has sex with someone under this age, then he or she may be charged with a criminal offence and may receive a 14-year prison sentence or if they are under 18 a 5-year prison sentence.[15] Similarly, the Sexual Offences Act 2000 prohibits a person in a position of trust from performing sexual acts with someone who cannot consent, which includes minors and "very vulnerable people".
Bails seems to be using a consent loop hole where for some reason that can be 14yrs, all very confusing ?

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Originally Posted by Perdita

Just how thick is Rebeccah?? ffs

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This whole storyline with Rebecca and this nurse is weird.

Yes!!!!! Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!!!!! :D

First verdict-----:thumbsdow
The rest ------ :cheer::cheer::cheer::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup :

Ah bless Emerdale, sentencing passed the same day as the trial.. they dont even do that in a magistrate court:cartman:

Caine becoming increasingly soft and touchy feelie.

Why are the police always shown as being so thick. Belle said Lauchlan told her he was responsible for his families deaths, he did not tell her he had caused the crash. You can feel responsible for things happening without directly causing them to happen, which is what Belle thought he meant.

Surely this Rebecca hostage plot has gone on for long enough and needs finalising. I wonder if the character is leaving and a lot of time in-fill is underway?

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Originally Posted by Son of Cain

Why are the police always shown as being so thick. Belle said Lauchlan told her he was responsible for his families deaths, he did not tell her he had caused the crash. You can feel responsible for things happening without directly causing them to happen, which is what Belle thought he meant.

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i dont understand how they believe belle was involved

Are those straps meant to stop Rebecca getting out of bed, because she can touch her hands together so could easily undo them. If they decide to keep her prisoner at least make it real. She could hide behind the door and hit the nurse over the head with something and escape.

What kind of nurse would take on a "job" like that anyway, regardless of how much Lachlan is paying her?

Did Lachlan tell Robert the full truth about Rebecca, did he name the nurse?

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Originally Posted by emerald

What kind of nurse would take on a "job" like that anyway, regardless of how much Lachlan is paying her?

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Perhaps she has been struck off or let her registration lapse and cannot get a proper job.

Let's hope that was not a lethal injection she gave her, that it was a sedative and she is just going to leave her somewhere whete she will be found.

Rebecca returns , didn't take long to get back and reunite with Seb ? Be hopes "Nurse Ratched" gets locked up pdq , no excuses to let her off the hook.

bex returns in the graveyard

She looked so ghostly I was half expecting her to start singing Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights"...

Duane, you are not blood related to Seb so keep ya neb out it you annoying moo.

So was the kid doing a Skippy, going for help or just off to the pub.

I recon Ryan will save the day re Ross.

I do wish Soaps would stop continually using the phrase 'cold blood murder' when most of the killings are 'hot blooded'. Many of the murders we see happen in anger, unintentionally, or even accidentally it is only when characters try, unnecessarily in some cases, to cover them up that they come to be seen as murder.
Just seen another case of someone accidentally overhearing something they shouldn't have, how many times do writers use this.
I'm getting fed up with Charity and Ross indulging in their self pity, people come back from wars with worse injuries than him and get on with their lives. As for Charity I have never liked her character, even tho' she was abused and I should feel sorry for her I don't think it excuses her behaviour.

no dingle court for debbie and joe but for charity

The Dingle court thing really annoys me, as does the whole concept of the Dingle clan being all about "family" as Zak has insisted on many occasions over the years. Where was that sense of family when Charity was being kicked out at 13 or when Shadrach was being violent to Faith and later to Cain? "Times were different then" isn't really an excuse - the Dingles have never had any qualms about operating outside of the law so why would the morals of the time have bothered them?
I'm surprised Charity ever settled in Emmerdale in the first place, considering the family she feels let her down were living there. I wonder how much of her backstory was planned from the start and how much was added on later?

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Originally Posted by emerald

The Dingle court thing really annoys me, as does the whole concept of the Dingle clan being all about "family" as Zak has insisted on many occasions over the years. Where was that sense of family when Charity was being kicked out at 13 or when Shadrach was being violent to Faith and later to Cain? "Times were different then" isn't really an excuse - the Dingles have never had any qualms about operating outside of the law so why would the morals of the time have bothered them?
I'm surprised Charity ever settled in Emmerdale in the first place, considering the family she feels let her down were living there. I wonder how much of her backstory was planned from the start and how much was added on later?

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I think a character gets introduced for a particular reason... then they wait to see if the character is popular and they expand their storylines if he or she is ...

could kathleen still be alive, no body found?

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Originally Posted by lizann

could kathleen still be alive, no body found?

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Surely not another 'back from the dead' story as in Corrie?

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Originally Posted by emerald

The Dingle court thing really annoys me, as does the whole concept of the Dingle clan being all about "family" as Zak has insisted on many occasions over the years. Where was that sense of family when Charity was being kicked out at 13 or when Shadrach was being violent to Faith and later to Cain? "Times were different then" isn't really an excuse - the Dingles have never had any qualms about operating outside of the law so why would the morals of the time have bothered them?
I'm surprised Charity ever settled in Emmerdale in the first place, considering the family she feels let her down were living there. I wonder how much of her backstory was planned from the start and how much was added on later?

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I think they are trying to turn Charity into a nicer person, so the backstory is to explain and excuse why she has been so nasty in the past.

I was mostly wondering why nobody in that big extended family could take Charity in as a teenager. The Dingles have never had any problems seeking revenge on various characters who they feel were responsible for the deaths of "one of their own" (Zak's sons Ben and Butch for example) yet they have other family members suffer in silence, like Charity and Faith. (both female characters, but hopefully that's a coincidence...)

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Originally Posted by emerald

I was mostly wondering why nobody in that big extended family could take Charity in as a teenager. The Dingles have never had any problems seeking revenge on various characters who they feel were responsible for the deaths of "one of their own" (Zak's sons Ben and Butch for example) yet they have other family members suffer in silence, like Charity and Faith. (both female characters, but hopefully that's a coincidence...)

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They probably wanted Charity to be this lost soul that had to survive life somehow.... she was introduced to Emmerdale a few years after the original Dingle clan arrived so they had to make out that they had not seen her for some years ...

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Originally Posted by emerald

I was mostly wondering why nobody in that big extended family could take Charity in as a teenager. The Dingles have never had any problems seeking revenge on various characters who they feel were responsible for the deaths of "one of their own" (Zak's sons Ben and Butch for example) yet they have other family members suffer in silence, like Charity and Faith. (both female characters, but hopefully that's a coincidence...)

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The women in the Dingle family are treated badly

Chas debuted as a stripper for Ashley

Charity debuted as a lady of the night with Chris Tate

Debbie in foster care

I am enjoying Charity's storyline and I think her father could be a good addition, I do find Vanessa annoying, too involved, just irritating me

i understand why vic is angry, she has a right to be

many missing the joint stag, cain, sam and of course lachlan :p robron karaoking well that was not camp at all

Has Vic really got a right to be angry? Her so called love of her life was a thug and a person who slept around even when he was with her. He chased Emma with a loaded shot gun with intent leaving his Mum injured without calling for help. Vic without all the facts goes straight to the police trying to clear the name of a bloke who left her without a thought so now his mum her brother Cain and Aaron could all go to prison because she is on a moral pilgrimage.

Its not long ago she mowed down Ashley in her car and tried to dodge the law.

Please could someone tell the actor who plays Aaron to cheer the F up.. all his lines are delivered in such a depressive tone its getting so boring.

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Originally Posted by Splashy

Has Vic really got a right to be angry? Her so called love of her life was a thug and a person who slept around even when he was with her. He chased Emma with a loaded shot gun with intent leaving his Mum injured without calling for help. Vic without all the facts goes straight to the police trying to clear the name of a bloke who left her without a thought so now his mum her brother Cain and Aaron could all go to prison because she is on a moral pilgrimage.

Its not long ago she mowed down Ashley in her car and tried to dodge the law.

Please could someone tell the actor who plays Aaron to cheer the F up.. all his lines are delivered in such a depressive tone its getting so boring.

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i think she has, lied to by all and she may have gone on the run with adam knowing he wasn't a killer

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Originally Posted by lizann

i think she has, lied to by all and she may have gone on the run with adam knowing he wasn't a killer

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Sure but then the actress would have been out of a job too ....

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i understand why vic is angry, she has a right to be

many missing the joint stag, cain, sam and of course lachlan :p robron karaoking well that was not camp at all

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Have we got our hats ready for the wedding of the year?

What did anyone think of the last two episodes with Chas and Paddy having to say goodbye to little Grace? Personally I thought they were sad but very moving. The only problem I would have is the constant use of dream/what if sequences - maybe just one of these scenes would have been enough. I'm glad it centred mostly on this storyline instead of being mixed in with others.

What was the operation that they took Grace away for?