Emmerdale - Current Episode Discussion - III

[ccahill2]

That was a gaping hole to me. I kept expecting her to go on about Celia and she never did. To me, Celia is far scarier than Ray, and the one the family is most in danger from.

[Perdita]

That was a gaping hole to me. I kept expecting her to go on about Celia and she never did. To me, Celia is far scarier than Ray, and the one the family is most in danger from.

Maybe she had not quite finished telling them ...

[Son of Cain]

Sure is developing towards the ending of this storyline now...

April has to tell about celia now too

I was surprised she never mentioned her name when she told Marlon and Rhona...

I believe this tale has to last till Christmas, if too much is disclosed at once, it will be hard to drag it out till then.

[Son of Cain]

Sure is developing towards the ending of this storyline now...

April has to tell about celia now too

I was surprised she never mentioned her name when she told Marlon and Rhona...

Could not log-in all day yesterday or this morning.
I still do not completely buy into Bear's situation. When he said to Dylan "my family is here" unlike the other workers Bear was not fleeing from a war zone or a place where they might have been persecuted. He knows what a "normal" comfortable life is like, so I find it hard to believe he could think his current situation is good. He has seen what happened to Anya and what Mick did to Robbie, hardly what you would call "happy family life. For me having to live in a cold drafty shed would be enough to get me wanting to move out.

When Eve saw Bear in the field, there was someone driving the van, who looked like he was an overseer or ganger, where is this person we have never seen him since, surely he would be doing the job Celia is offering to Dylan.

[ccahill2]

I would not mind if Ray goes for a haircut and Mandy goes all Sweeney Todd on him. It would serve him right.

And once Moira learns about Celia, I could see she and Cain being quite the force to be reckoned with. And even if Dylan doesn't wake up right away (I'm rooting for the little tyke), I'm hoping that they realize that Eve may have been right.

[johntrevor]

I would not mind if Ray goes for a haircut and Mandy goes all Sweeney Todd on him. It would serve him right.

And once Moira learns about Celia, I could see she and Cain being quite the force to be reckoned with. And even if Dylan doesn't wake up right away (I'm rooting for the little tyke), I'm hoping that they realize that Eve may have been right.

Surely after all that has now happened, there is enough people who now know about Celia and Ray, for them all to get together and demand police action and protection. With Paddy going to see Dylan in hospital will he wake up just enough to tell Paddy about seeing Bear?

[Perdita]

Surely after all that has now happened, there is enough people who now know about Celia and Ray, for them all to get together and demand police action and protection. With Paddy going to see Dylan in hospital will he wake up just enough to tell Paddy about seeing Bear?

Sure Dylan will be fine and back at work in 2 weeks time with not a scratch to be seen...

[johntrevor]

Sure Dylan will be fine and back at work in 2 weeks time with not a scratch to be seen...

Yep good old Hotten General

[Son of Cain]

Surely after all that has now happened, there is enough people who now know about Celia and Ray, for them all to get together and demand police action and protection. With Paddy going to see Dylan in hospital will he wake up just enough to tell Paddy about seeing Bear?

The problem here, and with Soap's in general, is that in trying to pack in maximum drama, they overdo it and pack in too much. Too much, so that it becomes unbelievable. When I watch good quality, we'll written drama, I engage with it, knowing that although I am watching fiction, I believe that this something that could happen in real life. With Soap's and this story in particular I think they go just too far. I know about drug dealing and county lines, people trafficing, modern day slavery, child prostitution, but just find it hard to believe these attempts to tell the stories have any essence of truth in them. I think it would have been better if they had tackled the drug dealing and slavery as separate stories, with different criminal characters not at the same time.

[ccahill2]

After Dawn talked to Joe about her background, I expected to see scenes where she figured out what was going on with April and talked to her or even helped her by relating her own experiences. However, I suppose I expected too much. Dawn is too narcissistic and has enough of her own issues without seeing what's going on with April.