Current Episode Discussion VI

[Lizzie Brookes]

I think Martin's carrying this a bit too far - smashing up Phil's windscreen etc. Ok so Sonia's gone and there is nothing he can do about it - so forget it, let her go and get on with life. He wull hopefully meet some nice girl and have more vhildre. After allLisa went off with Louise goodness knows where but Phil isn't wasting time trying to track hjer down just sothat he can see Louise. He's now conentrating on Ben and Stella like a sensible man.

[Kim]

I think Martin's carrying this a bit too far - smashing up Phil's windscreen etc. Ok so Sonia's gone and there is nothing he can do about it - so forget it, let her go and get on with life. He wull hopefully meet some nice girl and have more vhildre. After allLisa went off with Louise goodness knows where but Phil isn't wasting time trying to track hjer down just sothat he can see Louise. He's now conentrating on Ben and Stella like a sensible man.

Phil does want to find Louise. A few months back, he asked Ben how he would feel if his sister came to live with them. Ben said he wouldn't like it, so he let it go. Also, I don't think Stella even knows about Louise, so it would jeapoardise things a bit there.

Part of me agrees with that, because it had been a good 3 years before he mentioned her. He went off to find her after Lisa took her of her own accord, so after it was Den's fault the last time, I would of thought he would have gone after her the minute he got out of prison, but he didn't.

I don't think Martin is a family man deep down, 'cause if he was that desperate he would have took the registration number of that car or found a way to follow it, not sit around for a week and then break a windowscreen. That is such a 16-year-old Martin image.

[Dutchgirl]

I don't think Martin is a family man deep down, 'cause if he was that desperate he would have took the registration number of that car or found a way to follow it, not sit around for a week and then break a windowscreen. That is such a 16-year-old Martin image.

I think it is odd after a week of no show on the part of martin.

[Lizzie Brookes]

Bit of a pathetic, childish thing to do to my mind.

[DaVeyWaVey]

A very good episode tonight! I really enjoyed it, it was very gripping! Martin must have been very very desperate though kidnapping Ben like that...

[Kim]

A very good episode tonight! I really enjoyed it, it was very gripping! Martin must have been very very desperate though kidnapping Ben like that...

I thought it was a bit of a let down myself, but everyone has their own views. All we saw in terms of the kidnapping was about 5 minutes, and not Phil's caring side, just his mouth and force, and the way he treats women. He almost pushed Stella out of the way. I would have thought he would have took Ben to that railway on which Jean Slater previously tried to kill herslelf, and not given Phil a two minute treasure hunt type thing. Again, we really saw the teenage version of Martin, with little sense, of course. That is not the way you'd react if your son had just been kidnapped by the person responsible for the death of your nephew.

[Richie_lecturer]

How did Martin get up there? Did he use the ladder beside the bridge that is used by workmen to access the line? If so this was in broad daylight, and surely passers by or stallholders would have stopped him. More to the point, these ladders would be sealed off to the public, for if they weren't, every Tom Dick and Harry would be jumping off the bridge.

If he got to the bridge via the station entrance, again why did nobody on the platform stop him?

I enjoyed the scene with Pat and Ian.

[parkerman]

Personally I thought the last five minutes were nothing less than embarrassing. I couldn't believe that the scriptwriters would write such nonsense and that the actors would actually agree to play out the scene. Just dreadful.

[Footie_Chick]

How did Martin get up there? Did he use the ladder beside the bridge that is used by workmen to access the line? If so this was in broad daylight, and surely passers by or stallholders would have stopped him. More to the point, these ladders would be sealed off to the public, for if they weren't, every Tom Dick and Harry would be jumping off the bridge.

Didn't Nick Cotton managed to get himself on that bridge aswell, it was awhile ago when Mark was still around as well. Seem to remember him talking to him from on the ground.

[alan45]

How did Martin get up there? Did he use the ladder beside the bridge that is used by workmen to access the line? If so this was in broad daylight, and surely passers by or stallholders would have stopped him. More to the point, these ladders would be sealed off to the public, for if they weren't, every Tom Dick and Harry would be jumping off the bridge.

Didn't Nick Cotton managed to get himself on that bridge aswell, it was awhile ago when Mark was still around as well. Seem to remember him talking to him from on the ground.

If I can remember correctly Nick Cotton climbed up some scaffolding which was there at the time