Originally Posted by
EddyBee
I don't think that they have done very well, but they have done a lot better than Iain M, for Robron and for the rest of Emmerdale. They had choices to make, for Aaron and Robert, as well as all the other characters. In Soapland, sometimes the producers get it right, and sometimes they do not. It's just the way it is.
I believe that after a rocky start, the 3 producers were moving Robron in the right direction, the surrogacy story, with all its twists and turns. However, Ryan then threw a spanner in the Emmerdale works by not renewing his contract. A huge problem as future stories had already been planned. How do you write out a character that is part of the soap's most popular couple? How can Robert's departure remain in keeping with the story that we had already been told? A story of a devoted Robron couple that just would not split given their history.
The 3 producers came up with this prison nonsense. It was their best shot given the characters' history and the time constraints. Ryan deserved better, far better. However, given the circumstances, I am not sure what that could have been. Robert has to be seen as 'guilty' to get a prison sentence. A horrid message to send out from what happened to Victoria, but I guess the Emmerdale team feel that the punishment of Lee can be dealt with on its own and at a later stage.