Ross Barton (Michael Parr)

In today's episode we saw again the typical soapland 'let's gang up against one person'-attitude which I absolutely hate! It's just so black&white that it's not realistic at all.
Yes-Pete did wrong but suddenly everyone has forgot what Ross and especially Debbie did to him.
I just couldn't believe my eyes how strongly his own family turned against him! His mother, who actually tried to kill Ross as a baby herself, leading this shameful brigade! Yes I would be angry at him too, but I wouldn't have treated Pete like that. He knows he's done wrong and the main concern for everyone should be to find Ross now, and for Pete and Ross to try to solve this. They should totally forget about Debbie. But of course this is drama and they(writers) are making the most of it while they can. I just don't like this pointing fingers type of writing..it happens all the time in soaps, so unrealistic that everyone would think the same way and turn against that same person and wouldn't see any other shades in between.
All and all..whole Emmerdale is very hard to watch at the moment and if Ross is going to be adding more misery to it with his return, I don't know..maybe he should have kept away, or at least to make his return very short. I never thought I would say this..
Emmerdale urgently needs some fun and laughter.

In today's episode we saw again the typical soapland 'let's gang up against one person'-attitude which I absolutely hate! It's just so black&white that it's not realistic at all.
Yes-Pete did wrong but suddenly everyone has forgot what Ross and especially Debbie did to him.
I just couldn't believe my eyes how strongly his own family turned against him! His mother, who actually tried to kill Ross as a baby herself, leading this shameful brigade! Yes I would be angry at him too, but I wouldn't have treated Pete like that. He knows he's done wrong and the main concern for everyone should be to find Ross now, and for Pete and Ross to try to solve this. They should totally forget about Debbie. But of course this is drama and they(writers) are making the most of it while they can. I just don't like this pointing fingers type of writing..it happens all the time in soaps, so unrealistic that everyone would think the same way and turn against that same person and wouldn't see any other shades in between.
All and all..whole Emmerdale is very hard to watch at the moment and if Ross is going to be adding more misery to it with his return, I don't know..maybe he should have kept away, or at least to make his return very short. I never thought I would say this..
Emmerdale urgently needs some fun and laughter.

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Originally Posted by mariba

In today's episode we saw again the typical soapland 'let's gang up against one person'-attitude which I absolutely hate! It's just so black&white that it's not realistic at all.
Yes-Pete did wrong but suddenly everyone has forgot what Ross and especially Debbie did to him.
I just couldn't believe my eyes how strongly his own family turned against him! His mother, who actually tried to kill Ross as a baby herself, leading this shameful brigade! Yes I would be angry at him too, but I wouldn't have treated Pete like that. He knows he's done wrong and the main concern for everyone should be to find Ross now, and for Pete and Ross to try to solve this. They should totally forget about Debbie. But of course this is drama and they(writers) are making the most of it while they can. I just don't like this pointing fingers type of writing..it happens all the time in soaps, so unrealistic that everyone would think the same way and turn against that same person and wouldn't see any other shades in between.
All and all..whole Emmerdale is very hard to watch at the moment and if Ross is going to be adding more misery to it with his return, I don't know..maybe he should have kept away, or at least to make his return very short. I never thought I would say this..
Emmerdale urgently needs some fun and laughter.

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Like Debbie said, what she did wasn't as bad as what Pete did.

Debbie was the cause of it. As were the family around them. All of them knew what was going on and yet none of them thought of telling Pete before they got married!
I like Ross, but I can see this from Pete's point of view as well. I must say I did like Ross more before she became obsessed with Debbie. Donna and Ross were great.
We'll see what happens..

Debbie was the cause of it. As were the family around them. All of them knew what was going on and yet none of them thought of telling Pete before they got married!
I like Ross, but I can see this from Pete's point of view as well. I must say I did like Ross more before she became obsessed with Debbie. Donna and Ross were great.
We'll see what happens..

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Originally Posted by mariba

Pete is facing up to his past on tomorrow's hour long episode..hmm..could it be that Ross is back already..?

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I watched last night's Wednesday episode and a number of things of interest got shown.

First off, Ross had been carrying the fake passport that Cain had got for him in the name of Stephen Parkin. (I wonder if he had Cain's cash on him too?)

Second off, The police are due to visit him in hospital later today, Thursday August 27th, presumably to enquire about his identity, his injuries and how he got them.

So for now, no-one in the hospital or police knows who Ross really is. I don't think Ross will wait around to meet the police and reckon he'll run away from the hospital early this morning. He could maybe find somewhere to stay away for a while or even go back to Emmerdale directly if he has no money and nowhere else to go.

The ITV spoiler for today's episode says "Pete faces up to the past" and another spoiler summary says:
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Emmerdale Episode Guide – Thursday 27th August

Cain's angry to learn Pete is hanging around but Moira thinks he wouldn't attack Debbie as he worships the ground she walks on. Cain, however, points out Cameron did as well! Later, Debbie's unnerved to see Pete in her house. He tells her he is just picking up his stuff, but he's heartbroken to see she's terrified of him.
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Source: http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/emmerdal...-s1525362.html

At first I thought the spoilers meant that Pete would find himself away from Debbie, his family and job at the farm, for a while anyway. The ITV spoiler for September 10th says "Pete’s vulnerable state worries his family", so he must have gone downhill mentally/emotionally by then. Even up to then, nothing is mentioned in any spoilers about Ross but we all know that proves nothing, given the secrecy about the whole Ross plot for the past 3 weeks. I suppose Ross could return later today, it is the Thursday big storyline episode after all.

That would be typical soapland stories ... severely injured person, especially with head injuries, becomes conscious and is well enough to leave hospital with just a few scars in the face to make their way home and threaten the family ... :wall:

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Originally Posted by mariba

Debbie was the cause of it. As were the family around them. All of them knew what was going on and yet none of them thought of telling Pete before they got married!
I like Ross, but I can see this from Pete's point of view as well. I must say I did like Ross more before she became obsessed with Debbie. Donna and Ross were great.
We'll see what happens..

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I can see Pete's point of view too, but he went too far!

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Originally Posted by mariba

Debbie was the cause of it. As were the family around them. All of them knew what was going on and yet none of them thought of telling Pete before they got married!
I like Ross, but I can see this from Pete's point of view as well. I must say I did like Ross more before she became obsessed with Debbie. Donna and Ross were great.
We'll see what happens..

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Emma did tell Pete she suspected Debbie of wanting Ross but he didn't believe her or Debbie talked him round

Finn and Moira knew about Ross and Debbie only

I think deep down Pete knew Debbie loved Ross more than him and was settling, Debbie should have been honest with Pete, if Moses true father wasn't revealed as Ross, he and Debbie would be gone

Cain knew, Chas knew, Charity(?)....