Emmerdale Spoilers 9th-13th November 2015

[maidmarian]

andy wont want ross near his kids

Reverting to "thug " mode - his default setting
wont help!

[Telly Watcher]

When I wrote "the village 'good guys' Andy, Robert and Pete" it was meant as a bit tongue-in-cheek and a relative term, as in "better guys when compared to Ross who most definitely is not a good guy".

All of Andy, Robert and Pete have had dodgy storylines and moments in the past, also Aaron and Cain and others, but Ross is in a very different and unenviable league right now for someone of his age. Even Ross's moments with Debbie can be selfish and he has no real interest in her kids, they are just an inconvenience to him. Ross is like a child who wants to want. He doesn't really know what he wants and if you gave him what he said he wanted he'd say he didn't want it anymore but now wanted something else, and so the wanting cycle continues...

Ross is currently car-crash TV and his own worst enemy. His self-centred mission in life is to blame others for his own problems and history and is wrecking the village society for everyone there. Right now, we have:

- Robert recovering in hospital from attempted murder by Ross and with Aaron in jail being blamed for it;
- Pete having survived two attempted murder scenes by Ross;
- Pete now at the police station confessing to 'attempted murder' on Ross for his fight and apparent accident with Ross at the hospital;
- Andy and Robert about to be involved in a car crash soon because Robert finds out that Andy set up Robert's shooting (which Ross suggested to Andy as in 'Strangers on a Train');
- etc.

The start of all of these storylines always comes back to one guy. Ross.

I couldn't buy Ross's attempt to explain himself during this Tuesday's episode with him on the viaduct with Pete. What he said didn't for me justify what he's done to others throughout his time in Emmerdale and particularly lately. It wasn't even as if Ross was crying drunk. Instead, the sober Emmerdale "villain" just switched out of character and went from being self-styled tough-guy to being a blubbing self-centred kid. I always find it tragic when a screen character self-destructs for the wrong reasons. It's quite common for people with pyschopathic/sociopathic tendencies to kill themselves on impulse because of unstable emotions but maybe this is too much to expect for soapland. However, as Debbie is leaving soon then Ross isn't going to have a good woman around Emmerdale to pull him back from whatever edge he's heading for so we TV viewers might be in for a Christmas treat on this yet?

I see the TV viewer ratings have increased recently over the latest storylines. Although the dark nights have probably helped the ratings, as has the drop in ratings for EastEnders and time clashes with Emmerdale, an obvious reason for more Emmerdale viewers is the car crash storylines. Just like a real car crash, people stop and stare out of interest for a while and are glad that it doesn't involve them but then they move on and get on with their own lives. I do wonder if the TV viewer ratings can be sustained once storyline burn-out happens, as there is only so far that a storyline can go without killing off a character through violence/accident/jail/hospital/relocation/over-use/etc. Maybe we are now seeing more of the "cast cull" we were promised from Summer Fate in August 2015?

Emmerdale has about 20 houses and farms and about 50 residents and is a very small cul-de-sac community to host these larger-than-life storylines. It really looks like it could do with a community lifesaver quick. Maybe Paddy should check the residents for BSE?


Emmerdale village

[tammyy2j]

I'm glad Nicola is back

[sarah c]

When I wrote "the village 'good guys' Andy, Robert and Pete" it was meant as a bit tongue-in-cheek and a relative term, as in "better guys when compared to Ross who most definitely is not a good guy".

All of Andy, Robert and Pete have had dodgy storylines and moments in the past, ;

Hmmm...as someone who has recently come out of a long term abusive and violent relationship (receiving end) I wouldn't call Andy battering Jo 'dodgy'??

[maidmarian]

.I admit to not being an Andy fan- but
surely being a wife-beater -killing your
adopted mother in a deliberate fire
and letting your adopted father go to
prison for it counts as a lot more than
a bit dodgy.Apart from various other actions.

Pete is dangerous through being dense-
Im not qualified to know if that affects
him being held " criminally responsible"

Robert biggest fault til recently was being
a bit free and easy with other peoples
wives/girl friends. The women didnt appear
to object ? and hes now had a change of
sexuality.

So really tho Ross has done some bad things
recently and I dont excuse that-I dont see
he is worse overall than the others.It would
take ages to list and quantify the actions
of those mentioned (inc Cain ) and the result
may be surprising.I wont mention the"old"
Eric Pollard-but the current version has a long
way to go before he "recaptures" the original
and hes still there.

Ross does still seem to have a devoted fan
base- tho no one knows how long that will
last.Or how long viewers will have an appetite
for such stories -but they do seem to -at present.

[Serena Williams]

Isn't he into motor racing or something like that?

I do agree that it would be a surprise but not sure where he can go from here. He has the kids though so would be surprising if he left. But then Debbie will be going so will the kids be going with her?

How far in advance is the writing done? He doesn't start until new year and I would assume stories will be planned and in place for a few months at least?

Adam Thomas posted a photo on his Instagram few weeks ago from the village I think and was wearing a suit. Could suggest a court case though maybe? (Chrissie?) Not sure why else he would be wearing a suit unless for a funeral

I heard the Emmerdale writers plan storylines well in advance by months but I also heard the show films six weeks in advance but I do not believe that. I think the show films close to two months ahead of actually appearing on air.

[Serena Williams]

I think this might be the scene Ryan Hawley was unable to attend some award show because he said he was filming some dramatic scene on a Saturday. I also recall that Danny Miller said he also could not attend some award show because he was filming. This was a few weeks ago like late September early October,

[Serena Williams]

Jimmy's got his work cut out as Nicola is back in Emmerdale and harbouring a big secret.

Robert finds out Andy shot him and their lives are in peril after a deadly showdown! (A car chase ends in a crash.)

Which villager discovers Megan is pregnant? (Jai. But he's high on drugs and may not remember later.)

Sources:
Whats on TV/Inside Soap, 31 Oct-6 Nov 2015

Hello will there be more detailed spoilers about Aaron and Robert? Will they get back together?

[mariba]

So we can expect another brotherly feud in Emmerdale now with Andy and Robert for a change..yawn...
They could leave Pete-all the rest could just go away-wouldn't miss them. Ross has served his purpose, same as Robert. And Andy has become boring..

[mariba]

So we can expect another brotherly feud in Emmerdale now with Andy and Robert for a change..yawn...
They could leave Pete-all the rest could just go away-wouldn't miss them. Ross has served his purpose, same as Robert. And Andy has become boring..