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I have developed a huge crush on Miles (help me: there's still time to stop this) so I'm loving his quirky ways lately. I like the way him and Leah get on, reminds me of the relationships I have with my male friends, jokey and teasing and stuff sometimes but the serious aspect as well. Hope they don't ever ruin it with a relationship as I don't think they're suited in that way.

No, you're not the only one. It's as if she's feeling the nerves from starting all over again. She seemed to especially struggle with her lines in one scene she had with Irene. Apart from Mink going, everything was all mainly relationship related. Sorry to bring a quote in that I made a few days ago (March 12th) in a spoiler thread about Annie coming back. You're not the only ones who think it's been awkward. The first scene with Irene / Charlie was fine, but it went backward from there. Or to be more accurate, around in circles with Romeo again. I thought I'd read in the spoilers some similar comments about Annie - thanks! I didn't like her & Romeo before she left and I dislike them even more now - which is a shame as I was really starting to warm to Romeo.

Is it just me or did something not seem right with Annie tonight? I don't like to criticise acting ability, but her lines all seemed a little forced and awkward. That whole walk down the beach with Romeo thing was just cringeworthy to watch. I can't quite put my finger on what it was though.

Yeah I agree, you can feel the shift in mood of the whole show and I'm liking it.. agree though the Charlie & Angelo stuff is a bit naff.

Loved the interaction between Gina & Mink today. Really highlighted the acting ability.

Ok this is weird... last year it felt like Miles ruined one of my favourite characters, Kirsty, but this year I just LOVE him so far. He's adorably funny!

Charlie and Angelo are THE most unconvincing couple I've seen in a while. I refuse to believe they would go out with each other. Strangely, I'm quite liking Martha and Liam. There seems a charisma there which I thought was lacking with Hugo. And I hate Martha, so this is big for me!!

Ok this is annoying me already. Why are only Geoff & Alf doing anything about the fire? The other lazy arses could at least give them a hand.

I like her, she's feisty.

The whole thing with Xavier & Romeo chasing the envelope full of money round the Bay was brilliant, hope they can keep this hint of comedy to the pairing. I think Xavier could be a lot better with a friend to "bounce off", god forbid he may even show some charisma!

Heh, I cringed at this. Way to overdo it, H&A. I wasn't sure about Romeo at first, but I'm starting to quite like him and Mink. Interested to find out more about them.

True, Leah and Vinnie were perfect for each other, and she has been a shell of herself since he left. I can remember before Leah showed up I was holding out hope for a Sally and Vinnie reunion, then Leah comes along and I was like "Sally and Vinnie who?" Vinnie was one of the best ever characters on the show. Even if you didn't actually like him, it was pretty much impossible to hate him. He's a character they've never really managed to replace. Definitely, he was unique in my opinion. A geezer with a heart of gold. Edit.. that may not have required spoilers actually.. but better safe than sorry!

I loved Leah and Vinnie, they were one of my favourite couples on the show. In fact, Vinnie was just great.

Agree on the continuity issue. I may be biased because I quite liked Beth, but she never gets a mention! Obviously it's not a major thing, but it seems at times like the writers assume we don't remember these little things. Not a fan of the whole off-screen relationships thing as well. I hate it when this happens; it feels like they pick names out of a hat and just lump them in a scene together and pretend they've been best mates all along. I still can't believe she left without Kane ever getting a mention again. Surely he would've seen Ollie regularly since he left? In which case he'd have some idea of what was going on in Kirsty's life, and for all of Kane's faults I think still think he'd care about her. Ebrett: I also can't think of any other 'golden' couples to have split. What a shame it had to be one of my favourite ones - can't win 'em all I suppose.

Aww, just when he was getting more lines too.

Great post ebrett84. Saves me typing it all out - I agree 100%

I agree completely. I'm not particularly big on religion or morals but some of my friends from school were, and it would be nice for kids like that to see a character stand up for their beliefs. In fact, one of my friends is so pretty and always got lots of attention from boys, but none of them got anywhere because she stuck to her beliefs. It would've been nice to see that in Geoff, as he's pretty attractive and could've had attention from girls without immediately turning into a whore (exaggeration, I know )

Absolutely love the character. Amazing acting too, incredibly convincing.

Hi! I'm good, might go to bed soon though... how are you?

I really like Trey's character, he's the best teenage 'villain' we've seen in a while, in my opinion. I'm pleased to see they haven't gone down the 'bad boy turns good' route we've seen so often. I'm a few weeks behind in the UK, so looking forward to seeing him turn into a maniac.

Grim. Just, grim.