I found the Thursday October 29th episode to be very telling when Sarah (10yo) reacted badly to finding out that Ross had moved in. I watched her act up and thought ("She doesn't like him. I don't either since he died!"). Even Jack (3yo) tried a Harry Potter wand spell to magic Ross away. It didn't work (worse luck!) but I'd award five nursery wizard's school stars to Jack trying hard at this at 3yo before Hogwarts enrolment is due.Quote:
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Sarah tells Jack it's time to go to somewhere safe upstairs and far away from He who must not be named...
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Junior wizard Jack needs more practice to make Ross disappear and make everyone very happy...
Children of Sarah and Jack's ages can be very "knowing" about people. They naturally stare at people, I think it's some sort of young animal instinct most or all children have up to a certain age. After then they learn from adults that it's rude and bad manners to stare at people. This is why children's reactions to other people can be so much better to judge these people by (particularly when they are strangers) than an adult's perception of them. Basically, what I think Sarah and Jack were being largely non-verbal about was that they found Ross uncomfortable to be around inside their family living space.
I suspect that this scene on October 29th with Sarah and Jack may be the subtle start of Debbie's exit storyline?
Sarah's reaction to Ross suddenly in her home last week was very unusual for Sarah about one of Debbie's boyfriends. Previous history for Sarah shows that she loved Cameron when Debbie met him in Jersey around 2010. Cameron later married Debbie, of course, but by then Debbie had already shown her bad relationship decision ability with previous boyfriends, not least of whom was ex-Andy. Debbie left Emmerdale in her last scene on Friday 12th March 2010, taking Sarah with her, and did not return to Emmerdale until November 2010, 8 months later. This, of course, tied in with the actor's maternity leave for Buster, Charley Webb's baby (born on 04/04/10). If this timing follows through for Charley Webb's latest baby, due round December 2015, then even at a birthdate of 31/12/15, we should have expected Charley Webb to have completed Emmerdale filming 2 weeks ago already, so that Debbie's last TV scenes should be aired at latest by 26th November 2015? Sarah also loves Pete, who Debbie married in August 2015. So for Sarah to not want new boyfriend Ross in the family house during October 2015 is extremely unusual for her and indicates that Ross will never marry Debbie?
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Debbie wonders if it was such a good idea...
to ask Ross to move in the day before...
For whatever reason(s) that Debbie leaves Emmerdale (and let's be honest, I guess that it's going to be for somewhere between 6-12 months maternity leave, assuming Debbie returns to Emmerdale), I suspect that Andy or Cain or both will blame scally Ross for making Debbie leave the village and to want him out of it by one violent or non-violent way or another?
I really think that Ross is in a terrible TV viewer position right now. His recent Emmerdale storylines have been just awful, I reckon. The UK public and many former fans (me too!) have switched to hating him and there really doesn't seem to be any way back for now. Ross has simply become a horrible single wanting chavvy scal character who is just too toxic for Emmerdale and its residents, at least up to Tuesday October 24th 2015, even beyond.
After last Tuesday's viaduct scene with Pete ended, Ross has since toned things down a lot for now. He has what he thought he wanted by getting Debbie back, and even moved in with her, but I don't think this is a stable situation at all. I wrote here in another thread earlier (28/10/15) about how Ross is "like a child who wants to want". Well he may now find that Debbie and her own kids are not what he wants or what will make him happy but that he will deny it to himself in delusion?
On Tuesday (3/11/15) in the pub, Nikhil blames Debbie for Gennie's death. Ross overhears and punches Nikhil on impulse. Duncan Lindsay in the Metro (30/10/15) wrote "Debbie is less than impressed with his outburst." I think that this scene will add to Debbie's growing doubts that Ross is going to be suitable for her and her kids. A gap between Debbie and Ross may now start to grow and set up Ross to becoming more possessive and potentially threatening towards Debbie and her kids in a while, in a cycle of affection and rejection?
Mike Parr gave a recent interview about his recent villainy with Pete and Robert, etc, and said about viewers' reactions "I am expecting there to be lots of backlash, which I really love. I like to pull them in doing the affectionate scenes, then it's nice to push them away again. There was a point where I thought, 'It doesn't matter what I do at the minute, everybody seems to just be cheering for Ross'. Hopefully this will push them away and remind people I am meant to be a villain, so maybe I was doing my job wrong before!"
I totally disagree with these actor comments. He was doing the job totally right for myself and many others before Pete fought with him outside Hotton Hospital, as the very unhappy reactions of his fans proved when Ross "died" then in August 2015. The storylines since then have not done Ross any favours and it really looks to me as if Ross has now already jumped off a cliff but doesn't realise this or that the only way is down. We know from spoilers and film set leaks that Ross is around for some time yet, but there is going to be a new Series Producer from January 2016 in Iain MacLeod. Will he pick up on the latest very negative feelings of viewers towards the Ross character and change everything for Ross's future or just dump him as a complete soap show liability in due course? Time will tell on this. On a more positive note, it looks for now like we're all really going to be getting a kipper for tea in a while or so... So long and farewell, Ross, hopefully real soon. (And good riddance!).
Sources:
Sarah Sugden biography at:
http://emmerdale.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Sugden_Jr.
Jack Sugden biography at:
http://emmerdale.wikia.com/wiki/Jack_Sugden_Jr.
Debbie Dingle biography at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Dingle
Emmerdale 29th October 2015 Full Episode HD video at:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3b...-episode-hd_tv
How "Ross is like a child who wants to want", soapboards post on 28/10/15 at:
http://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/s...976#post833976
Metro Emmerdale spoilers for 2-6/11/15 (published 30/10/15) at:
http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/30/25-soa...agedy-5467389/
Mike Parr interview for Digital Spy (published 22/10/15) at:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s1...-numbered.html
