Emmerdale - Current Episode Discussion - III

[Son of Cain]

So what did Samson confess to ????? That it was an accident??? Then how did it happen? Because some nasty little scrote pushed him... Why did not say that instead of bashing up Josh.. how badly? Did I miss a scene where Josh is shown with another black eye??? Why are soaps so crap at writing exit storylines for their characters...

This is the problem when things happen off-camera. Because we did not see what was said when Samson went to the police station or when he went to court, we are left to draw our own conclusions. I imagine Samson confessed to threatening Matty and maybe trying to rob him, but did not offer any statement in mitigation when he plead guilty in court. This would explain his four year sentence. I think the writers come up an idea for these stories write a beginning and an end, but struggle with some of the bits in the middle, and take the easy way out by allowing important parts to happen off camera. They explain these bits in a few sentences which are suppose to make sense of it all, but rarely do.

We can now look forward to getting back to Tom, the man who borrows a drill but does not borrow any drill bits. What was he doing in Belle's house, fitting secret spy cameras? Or hanging a few pictures.