Dean Wicks

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This is what I wrote in reply before tonight's episode but never got around to posting until now:-

The stand out time he's backed his family in my opinion is the way he stood by Linda 100% about the rape. He's never doubted her story for an instant, even in the face of Dean, Shirley and Stan's poisonous words. He also listened to Linda when she told him that she didn't want him to physically confront Dean (well, after the initial shock wore off lol), something not many men in soap would have done.

He also made sure that Stan didn't manipulate poor Tina into helping him kill himself.

Despite all of Stan's vile behaviour recently he hasn't kicked him out of the Vic (something I don't think I'd have had the strength to do).

I don't think Mick's perfect by any means. It took him far too long to clock there was something seriously wrong with Linda, and she ought to have felt she could confide in him straight away. The way he took the blame for Ian's kerb crawling was ludicrous (and impacted his family badly so it's true he wasn't looking out for them in that instance).

So he's not perfect but I think he's definitely displayed that he has a backbone and will stand up for his family.

Since seeing tonight's episode:-

Well he put Dean in his place at last. Is that the end of Dean?

Didn't feel dramatic enough and you know how EE goes for dramaticness in a stand off like that.