Emmerdale

[Slade]

Well I didn’t think Cain arranging for the van to be ambushed would come out so quickly. Charity and Debbie will forgive him, they all forgive each other eventually (and this time it won’t even be eventually). What I’m looking forward to seeing how it affects Nikhil and Jai’s relationship when Nikhil finds out his own brother shafted him simply to teach him a lesson especially with Priya now gone. I always felt the problem with Priya is that they didn’t give her any storylines. The actress can’t do much if she doesn’t have to material. Kind of like the centre forward who can’t score goals without the crosses/through balls from the midfield players.

Like Red Ranger I too wanted Ryan give Nathan more than just a smack in the mouth and when Aaron offered to help I was thinking - yes please! Nathan is an utterly reprehensible individual. I get annoyed just looking at him now. As I suspected Faye didn’t report it. I quite liked the chat with Faye and Natasha and the way Natasha humiliated Nathan (even though I thought the deal he arranged with that guy was sound). Natasha does seem more likeable now but let’s not forget she’s a cold blooded killer. Speaking of which I’m assuming that’s where she buried Mark’s body hence the reason why she reacted like that and why she doesn’t want Home Farm open to the public. How long she’s planning on keeping it up for? Anyway if Maisie’s back tomorrow that should make things interesting with Ryan again. Hopefully.

[Red Ranger 1]

The gameplaying between Natasha and Nathan was one of those occasions when I was almost praying it would go the distance.While it was quite nice to see Nathan humiliated, I was kind of hoping he'd stick around and mess Natasha about a bit longer.I think he really is her creation, he's got his arrogance and ruthlessness from her, just with none of the intelligence.

[Slade]

I knew Natasha confiding in Nathan would turn out to be a bad move. I was thinking you’re making a mistake. I know Nathan was glad to see the back of his dad but seriously how was she expecting him to take her confession, although thinking about it perhaps she wasn’t thinking straight. Nathan wasn’t entirely stupid because he saw through her lie about Mark’s death being an accident. I was actually more on her side than his (even though she created this mess) simply because I completely detest Nathan. He just showed how he acted completely out of self-interest. Did he think about Maisie and Will when he blackmailed Natasha? I have a feeling though that this isn’t the last we’ve seen of him. In the unlikely event that he blows all the money what’s to stop him from returning and simply blackmailing Natasha again.

[devon]

I miss Nathan already

Katie; you are such a hypocrite.

[Slade]

^^I don’t! Good riddance to bad rubbish. You’re going to have to remind me what Katie’s been hypocritical about.

Zak thinks it’s confidence but I just think Cain’s deluded. He is going to have to work some miracle to get Charity to marry him. The way Debbie’s been acting lately I’m almost glad she’s going. She’s just getting on my nerves now. I think she’s being selfish and not really thinking of other people (Andy taking his daughter away from him and Nikhil last week knowing that her dad was involved in ripping him off and still reaping the benefits from his money).

Aaron’s gone back to being completely unlikeable. He just spent virtually all that episode treating everybody really badly. Paddy when out of his way to be nice to him and Aaron was really unpleasant. Despite everything Adam tried to see if he was ok more than once and Aaron was a tosser to him. He was rude to Dianne in the pub and I thought he was just awful to Eli who was actually just trying to look out for him and make sure he didn’t get into any trouble. The problem with Aaron is when things are going ok for him he can be quite likeable but when things aren’t going his way can be pretty awful.

There’s still something between Maisie and Ryan. It’s obvious Maisie still has feelings and I’m sure Ryan does too but is making more of an effort to suppress them. With Nathan out the way, Natasha tied up with sorting her businesses after the money she gave Nathan and Katie out the picture, all we need is for Maisie and Ryan to be alone somewhere and who knows what could happen….

[devon]

^ Katie cheated on Andy with his adopted brother Robert. Granted, it was a long time ago, but still...

Yeah, Nathan is scum...but he's a good love-to-hate character, and soaps need them or it would be boring. He reminds me of a young Chris Tate.

I reckon it wont be long til Aaron visits that gay-bar -

obviously, he'll meet his upcoming boyfriend there.

Doug-Diane-Rodney's-mate Love-Triangle, methinks - meh.

Edited March 9, 2010 by devon

[Red Ranger 1]

Yeah, Nathan reminds me of Chris Tate as well.Who was pretty young when he first appeared.

I'm glad that Holly dumped Aaron, it means she isn't going to get hurt.And there's at least two reasons why he'd be a rubbish boyfriend:He's gay and he's a git.

I quite like Debbie so it's a shame she's going.It does all feel a bit contrived but with Charley going on maternity leave I guess they didn't really have much choice.Maisie and Ryan...Hard to tell.I think both of them want a sibling relationship but whether they'll be able to forget about what they used to be, I don't know.

[Slade]

It’s funny because I knew about Katie’s infidelity but I just couldn’t make the connection about her being hypocritical. So I guess it was her attitude towards Maisie last week calling her a tart.

Something I forgot to mention regarding the previous episode was that I thought Bob was quite defensive of Gen regarding the whole money thing. Firstly him giving her the money in the first place made me wonder if he’s still harbouring feelings for her and then when he stuck up for her regarding Viv.

Chas - - Cain telling her about the wedding and her reaction made me laugh. Then when she realised Charity was driving the truck on a job for Carl and she had to stop Charity in order to talk her into going to town so she could eventually convince her into going to the registry office was also funny. And when she told Carl then he, Scarlet, Edna etc found that hilarious - that was good. I’m really surprised Cain genuinely thought Charity was going to go through with it. I didn’t realise Charley's pregnant. Was it just me or did they avoid showing her waist down in any scene she was in?

Maisie and Ryan – For me it felt as though they were being too nice to each other, almost as though it was forced.

[Zetti]

They mostly show Debbie on the couch with a pillow or from the waist down. I knew she was pregnant but still found it hard to tell when she was filmed full bodywise.

[-Kevin-]

^^^ Are you serious ?

Shes HUGE !!! Compared to how she was a while back shes massive now, everywhere!