Ross Barton (Michael Parr)

[alan45]

Very sensible post Telly Watcher. I doubt too that anyone would have access to see the scripts 3 weeks beforehand - but at this stage I want to believe anything regarding ross being alive! 😀

Let alone 3 MONTHS as claimed by the poster

[kennedyfan86]

Ok so my friends dad found a script for Emmerdale for the next three months. She's told me that in the script, around the time of Vals funeral, Pete is shocked when he comes face to face with a bloody and braised Ross who asks him why he tried to bury him alive. Ross tells Pete that the whole family knew what Pete did to Ross. Ross then spends that week trying to get Debbie back.This is all I know for now.

I'll update when I know more but Ross is definitely alive.

How did your friends dad find a script? I think we need to make friends lol, so Ross is alive? They don't normally give cast scripts until 2 weeks before filming, I'm assuming they must be made up ready to go quite a bit earlier than that though

[darkhorse]

Hilarious how people think I'm lying haha, you'll see in the very near future. Why would I create an account just to make up a sad lie lmao

[mariba]

I'm sure darkhorse that all of us who want Ross to be alive, also want to believe you. There's just so much speculation going on about it at the moment that no one knows what to believe..
All I know for sure is, that if he's dead, and we are expected to watch Pete struggling with his guilt for weeks to come, it would be Carl/Chas/Cameron all over again and I won't bother watching it. Even when Val-the funniest character-is gone, same as Nico away so no Jimmy&Nico at the moment.
I love(d) Ross, because he's not all that you see. There's more layers to him which makes him interesting, and one of the best if not THE best character at the moment.

[mariba]

I'm sure darkhorse that all of us who want Ross to be alive, also want to believe you. There's just so much speculation going on about it at the moment that no one knows what to believe..
All I know for sure is, that if he's dead, and we are expected to watch Pete struggling with his guilt for weeks to come, it would be Carl/Chas/Cameron all over again and I won't bother watching it. Even when Val-the funniest character-is gone, same as Nico away so no Jimmy&Nico at the moment.
I love(d) Ross, because he's not all that you see. There's more layers to him which makes him interesting, and one of the best if not THE best character at the moment.

[kennedyfan86]

Hilarious how people think I'm lying haha, you'll see in the very near future. Why would I create an account just to make up a sad lie lmao

It's the beauty of computers. You're not going to look foolish in person if it doesn't materialise, only on here and you don't even need to come back here.

They do plan stories about 6 months before and they have to draft things so it's not beyond possibility. So, does your friends dad work on the crew or something, how would he see such a thing? Even then it's all different departments, so they'd have to be in the script department anyway, anything that's not being filmed no on the set floor people will know about yet

[kennedyfan86]

Hilarious how people think I'm lying haha, you'll see in the very near future. Why would I create an account just to make up a sad lie lmao

It's the beauty of computers. You're not going to look foolish in person if it doesn't materialise, only on here and you don't even need to come back here.

They do plan stories about 6 months before and they have to draft things so it's not beyond possibility. So, does your friends dad work on the crew or something, how would he see such a thing? Even then it's all different departments, so they'd have to be in the script department anyway, anything that's not being filmed no-one on the set floor will know about yet

[mariba]

I hope you are right lizann Except that Emma wouldn't go against none of her sons. I actually love Emma as mother-a tiger mammy, exactly like any mother would be protecting their own, even as adults.

I've been reading through Emmerdale Facebook and Twitter pages, and people really want Ross back. If he's been killed off, I feel it'll be the biggest mistake this soap has ever made and it will lose loads of viewers. Shame.

[mariba]

I hope you are right lizann Except that Emma wouldn't go against none of her sons. I actually love Emma as mother-a tiger mammy, exactly like any mother would be protecting their own, even as adults.

I've been reading through Emmerdale Facebook and Twitter pages, and people really want Ross back. If he's been killed off, I feel it'll be the biggest mistake this soap has ever made and it will lose loads of viewers. Shame.

[Telly Watcher]

I hope you are right lizann Except that Emma wouldn't go against none of her sons. I actually love Emma as mother-a tiger mammy, exactly like any mother would be protecting their own, even as adults.

I've been reading through Emmerdale Facebook and Twitter pages, and people really want Ross back. If he's been killed off, I feel it'll be the biggest mistake this soap has ever made and it will lose loads of viewers. Shame.

I agree with you mariba. The whole point about Emmerdale's Summer Fate was about publicity and increasing viewing figures and success in the TV awards. The way the producers and storywriters did this was through the main storyline about the helicopter crash.

The Ross exit storyline starting with the fight outside the hospital was a minor one and his exit was so pointless and over so quickly. He either wanted to leave (I have my doubts about that as it seemed like a dream well-paid acting job to me) or the producers thought Ross was past his use-by date and ruthlessly wanted to clear the way for Pete to be the next bad boy. Bad boys on Emmerdale are hired hands who live fast and die young when the Generals decide so!

So, has Emmerdale's Summer Fate been long-term Ratings Winner or Show Suicide? We'll see, but there are about 50 characters in Emmerdale. If I wanted to save money during the making of Emmerdale, I'd rather have lost 4-5 of the minor characters than one big character like Ross who has a huge fanbase and helped keep viewers watching.