and nots forget Zoe Slater quoting the 'bible' back at Dot that time.....
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and nots forget Zoe Slater quoting the 'bible' back at Dot that time.....
if it were my gran or mother id have cops looking for her id be down asking everyone had they seen her not showing any care seems out of character for tanya and ava, jane or billy could mention them calling by telephone or visit looking for cora if actresses wont returnQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Line of the night goes to Cora "Have I died and gone back in time?" Ann Mitchell is a class act. Nice scenes in Church with Dot and Stacey, but why could it not have been normal, going to see your child in the service, without stupid and outlandish plots, then again this is DTC's EE. :wall:
Honey inviting Les to Christmas with Phil, isn't Billy to stay away from Phil and all the Mitchells for them to work as a couple back together
That was fast work getting Cora a flat
We are not seeing Linda eating before when she goes to the toilet
Now I know for sure the EE team are living in a fantasy the way they solved Cora's homelessness! If only the thousands of unfortunate people on our streets tonight knew it was so easy... :wall:
Also, they missed a trick by not really exploring Cora's state of mind. I kept expecting some insight but it never came.
I notice Linda disappeared to the loo again. However, I'm still not convinced about her suffering from bulimia because she's never been shown eating compulsively or hiding the evidence of a binge. I don't know what else her behaviour could mean though... :searchme:
I know. That was just completely and absolutely ridiculous. I was figuratively jumping up and down hurling invectives at the telly. It just detracts from Cora's situation and the situation thousands of people like her find themselves in. As Dazzle says they could have explored Cora's mental state, but even if they didn't do that they could have explored the position homeless people find themselves in and actually how DIFFICULT it is to get somewhere to live. Instead of that they find a quick fix by blaming the Council and the individual head of the department who are probably having to work under very difficult circumstances with austerity cuts and the rest and by-pass the system just by a few people sitting down and a tweet. If only it was all that simple!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
I completely agree with you! The whole thing makes me quite angry. If they couldn't do Cora's state of mind or the homelessness problem justice, they should never have tackled it in the first place. :angry:Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
we saw awhile back Cora reacting quite angrily to offers of help and refusing when people offered her food or a bath etc, so there was a story behind her being on the streets (losing Stan, heartbreak, grief?) - but she is now offered a flat and all is ok?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
I thought all the church stuff was way too much. If they wanted Stacey to have a moment of reflection there must have been a different way. The 'Kris Kringle' service made me laugh cos that's what I thought she was saying.
I've always seen Dot's quoting bible references as a bit amusing (in a bizarre Monty Python old ladyesque way maybe) - having a deeply evil child it balanced that out - Her Nick being as near the antichrist as EE has got and yet she still was happy to quote turning the other cheek and suffering not the children.
The Cora storyline - she's clearly not coping and as with many people who become homeless it's not about just rehousing them they need lots of support and help else they just become homeless again. Again there's only so many issues a soap can deal with in any sort of depth without making it all a bit wishy-washy.
I thought all the church stuff was way too much. If they wanted Stacey to have a moment of reflection there must have been a different way. The 'Kris Kringle' service made me laugh cos that's what I thought she was saying.
I've always seen Dot's quoting bible references as a bit amusing (in a bizarre Monty Python old ladyesque way maybe) - having a deeply evil child it balanced that out - Her Nick being as near the antichrist as EE has got and yet she still was happy to quote turning the other cheek and suffering not the children.
The Cora storyline - she's clearly not coping and as with many people who become homeless it's not about just rehousing them they need lots of support and help else they just become homeless again. Again there's only so many issues a soap can deal with in any sort of depth without making it all a bit wishy-washy.
if i remember cora moved after stan's death to live with tanya but did she ever leave the square?
i think cora living with carters at pub would have been rather interesting fighting with babe and elaine
if i remember cora moved after stan's death to live with tanya but did she ever leave the square?
i think cora living with carters at pub would have been rather interesting fighting with babe and elaine
There are a couple of organisations advertising on tv that for around £ 20 you can gift a homeless person a meal, shower, clean clothes, medical checks and help with finding homes and jobs .. I wonder how effective they are ..
no she 'said' she was going to Tanya's but never went, that's when she started living on the streetsQuote:
Originally Posted by lizann
ive donated to a few local homeless charities here, not a big amount, im a bit cautious of giving over stealing and fraud
i cant believe tanya especially wouldn't have came to find cora
ive donated to a few local homeless charities here, not a big amount, im a bit cautious of giving over stealing and fraud
i cant believe tanya especially wouldn't have came to find cora
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Originally Posted by sarah c
I agree with both these comments. To be fair to EE, since I last posted on the subject I've read there's still more to come with Cora's story, so I hope we're going to see her get ongoing support. I don't have much faith it'll be dealt with sensitively given how they wrote her getting a home, but EE have delivered on a couple of occasions recently (Shabnam's stillbirth and Les/Christine), so you never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rear window
I think Tanya was away at the time because she didn't answer her phone. It's strange how Tanya's part in this has been ignored. She could have been written into the storyline via phone calls to Abi without an appearance by Jo Joyner.Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah c
I've just a look online and Crisis have a "Reserve a Place at Christmas" appeal going at the moment:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
See more at: https://community.crisis.org.uk/rese...n=crisisatxmasQuote:
£22.29 reserves one place at Crisis at Christmas and provides...
Welcoming support from people who really care
Three nutritious hot meals including Christmas dinner
The chance to shower and change clothes, have a haircut and get a health check
Expert advice on life-changing issues like housing and employment
An introduction to Crisis year-round services for training and support for the future
I'm going to donate to this appeal because Crisis is a well-respected homelessness charity. I hate to think of vulnerable people being cold and alone this Christmas. :(
thats a very good idea Dazzle.I think I will too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
The one thing that shocks me about homelessness
when I read about it- it hiw easily it can happen
to people who seem to have secure lives.
One thing goes wrong ( loose home or job)
and it snow balls from there.
Not everyone has a family who will.or
is able to help them when they have
problems!!
Yes Crisis is very reputable .I think.I will too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
When you read about people who have
become homeless and their stories it
is shocking how one thing in their lives
goes wrong and things snowball from
there. Their lives seem to have been
reasonably secure up to that point.
Very shocking how it can happen!
:angry: We waited how long for this??? Wasn't worth opening the safe deposit box Stacey, unless of course mad Jean is telling more porkies? :wall:
I think she's likely telling the truth but hopefully there's a lot more to it. Fans have been speculating that Kyle is Stacey's half brother and it seems they were correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by flappinfanny
Jean was so annoying in Thursday's episode! While she and Stacey have had some very moving scenes in the past, she spends most of her time flapping and screeching. I find it incredibly irritating! I hope she's never made a regular character again.
I noticed Linda playing with her food during the family meal. Was it a clue to what's going on with her, or was it simply an understandable lack of appetite due to stress? I can't decide at this point.
Some fans are speculating Nancy will marry Tamwar and convert to Islam. I think that could be an interesting storyline and it would be good to see the pair get more screen time. Against my expectations, I think they work well as a couple.
Jane's comment of it's nothing, just bruising is interesting. Has she suffered some sort of internal injury which will catch up with her?
I can't believe how many family meals the Carters have. It's like the pub runs itself without them.
Kush's 'doesn't everyone deserve the truth, no matter how hard' after he'd followed her without question. And then Shab's look as he continues after her when they come back. It's all slowly building to the truth coming out.
Jane's comment of it's nothing, just bruising is interesting. Has she suffered some sort of internal injury which will catch up with her?
I can't believe how many family meals the Carters have. It's like the pub runs itself without them.
Kush's 'doesn't everyone deserve the truth, no matter how hard' after he'd followed her without question. And then Shab's look as he continues after her when they come back. It's all slowly building to the truth coming out.
Good old Tracey, what would they do without her?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rear window
A good episode from EE tonight, but hasn't the Linda eating disorder storyline come out of the blue and a little random. It's a bit hard to care about it when it has come from no where. However great performances from all concerned. I did think the Slater scenes were the best to be fair. Perhaps both storylines were a bit too much for one episode?
There have been some subtle clues like Linda complaining about having a baby belly, but I think they were too subtle. I feel the signs should have been ramped up slowly and not just been evident during the last week. Maybe the writers wanted to keep us in the dark just like Mick was. People with eating disorders go to great lengths to hide them after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by flappinfanny
I must admit to some tears at Linda admitting to hating herself and her body. That rang very true to me.
I hope there's no miraculous recovery after a few counselling sessions, which is what has happened in every other soap eating disorder storyline I've witnessed.
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by flappinfanny
While I like the storyline of Stacey finding out her father had another family, the way it's been written has been extremely contrived. The letters, the safety deposit box and the mysterious key were all plot points to draw out the secret for as long as possible and don't really make much sense.
And what exactly was the point of having Kush there the whole time. Also very contrived! The duff duff could still have happened without him hanging around like a spare part during Jean's confession.
yes no need for kush in those scenes and this particular stacey storyline
good scenes between mick and linda and her explaining her past eating disorder
yes no need for kush in those scenes and this particular stacey storyline
good scenes between mick and linda and her explaining her past eating disorder
But it did give Shabs the reason to look funny at him when he was still there...
Has it been totally proven that Kush is the father ? Or is it an assumption based on time factors ?:hmm:
dtc thinks kush as dad is better, don't see how myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
so far stacey going by her dates only proof
dtc thinks kush as dad is better, don't see how myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
so far stacey going by her dates only proof
Stacey does seem positive so I imagine the dates between her sleeping with Kush and Martin were far enough apart for her to have no doubt (I worked out it was possibly a month apart in a post I wrote a while back). Going by dates that we viewers can't be sure of does leave wiggle room though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen1
As we never saw them do the deed, as far as I am concerned they haven't. So much happens off screen these days, that soap seems better than the one I am watching. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by lizann
I would love Stacey to be wrong and have the baby be really Martin's, I liked him telling Jean, he would be Stacey's Brian
I found Jean very annoying with the reveal which was obvious but who cleaned out the safety deposit box, was it Sean or Kyle, Sean gave Stacey the key so must be Kyle or his mother or other siblings
.
I'd also like Stacey to be wrong and for Martin to be the baby's father after all. I'm going to hate seeing him hurt when he finds out the truth. :(
I think it was Kyle who emptied the safe deposit box because he was shown with the key during the Halloween episode.