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Sincere? He was a huge, selfish, deluded phony. I hate Kirkwood's kill what may attitude, but this show lost nothing when they got rid of him. Sam could have been good, but they wrote her as being ridiculously weak and the actress was nowhere near good enough to pull it off.

Indocine - College Boy Directed by the one and only XAVIER DOLAN!

When he returned it was said he'd already been out a few months.

She was the first Corrie character I ever fell in love with. My absolute favourite.

In the UK, the age of consent is 16. Harry is 15, the actor is 23 this year. Why would you be surprised that Darren made you laugh? ATD can do anything. One of the most underrated actors in soap.

The way Kelli Hollis is wasted on ED this show has always infuriated me. When Ruby left her it should have been permanent so that they could that Ali a new stronger, no holds barred direction.

Did anyone else see the promo at the end of the Backstage Live special?

I don't see why they had to cover it up. Kids on tv are horrible anyway, so why not send him to juvie until he's 18 or so and then bring him back, trying to acclimate to a normal life again and all the story beats that can be played from that.

I really like Jenny Bradley so far and she's succeeding in making Kevin relevant again. On a surprising front, this Faye pregnancy story is so far being told quite well. The actress who plays Faye is doing a great job. Owen can't go soon enough for me. It's a head scratcher why they think keeping Izzy around is at all necessary. She is the worst succubus on the show. It sucks that they had to break up Jason and Eva for her to go on maternity leave soon. I really think it would have been a good time for her to become pregnant with his kid, especially with Sarah and Bethany returning. Speaking of maternity leave, actors in soapdom are getting pregnant all over the place lately. In recent memory, there's been Fiz, Kylie and Eva from Corrie. ED has Nicola, Charity and Adam had a short paternity leave, and EE has Lauren. I wonder who will be next?

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That was brilliant.

I just love that Bossy got into the credits. I love that mutt.

I'm guessing you haven't seen this yet then?

I am surprised that you haven't lauded him for his assets yet.

He plays Joe Roscoe. The eldest (and fittest, damn!) brother.

It sounds like it might have happened, but with me watching 5 soaps I can't really remember to be honest. Who was the last alcoholic in the village anyway? All I can think of is Miles de Souza, because on DS when Callaghan debuted on Hollyoaks his hilarious Miles de Bouza nickname always stuck with me, but that was before my time.

I am loving every step of Laurel on the sauce. I actually like and care about her again. As has been mentioned here, it just feels like complete validation and karma as an Ashley fan that her and Marlon's life is becoming a complete hole. As you can probably guess, Charlotte Bellamy is playing the hell out of it. The scene last year where she kissed Ashley on her wedding day and he gracefully rejected her was one of the most cathartic scenes I ever witnessed after a character assassination. And today was especially great with her becoming a bit vicious before running out of the factory. The only thing I fear is Marlon, of course. I won't be able to take his reaction, which he'll no doubt make all about him. And with Nicola going on maternity leave soon, she's probably going to feel utterly alone.

With that brief scene of Chas coming out of Katie's house with Leyla and Vanessa, I really hope we'll get to see her hang out with them now. She desperately needs those two to bring her back to life.

Even in the midst of his living hell, David still managed to get the best line of the night by telling Nick to run over Gail when she stopped them from leaving to confront Callum. The way he said it, killed me. Jack P. Shepherd spits out those dark, sarcastic lines brilliantly time and time again. Jenny's return is off to a good start. Did Jenny really have a crush on Kevin back in the day or was that just something they made up tonight? They do have chemistry, [Annie Sugden] any road [/Annie Sugden]. Monday's episodes were in fine form. Sally was fantastic as usual these days. It was a great idea to get her involved in the Platt story, fearing she was going to prison. Surprisingly Sophie was pretty hilarious, too. "Why is there a stick on the table?"

I have always liked Abi, so getting to see her/Lorna Fitzgerald take up the bulk of the live scenes tonight was a pleasure. Those extra long pauses Jane had made me think Laurie forgot a line or two. I was waiting to see who would be involved with the recreation of the very first scene tomorrow. Nice to see a Fowler (Martin) will be. As soon as Adam left Joyner's mouth, I cringed for her. It didn't help that it was followed by one of the extra long pauses for Jane.

The part that confused me is when Peggy told Phil to leave the past in the past. Why would she say that if Kathy were alive? It made me think it had to do with Michelle (possibly about Mark Jr. being Grant's), but then, I can't see why Ian would need to be told right away.

Nicola Wheeler will be going on maternity leave. http://www.digitalspy.ca/celebrity/s12/emmerdale/news/a629429/emmerdales-nicola-wheeler-pregnant-with-her-first-child.html#~p4Fu9x8f4ftiOD

In random as hell news - http://www.digitalspy.ca/celebrity/s3/coronation-street/news/a629632/hayley-tamaddon-joe-tracini-go-public-at-georgia-may-footes-leaving-do.html#~p4Fsk8iJWbWMT0

He told that story (not the Peggy part) on the Back to Ours special as well. Maybe someone told him otherwise?

Carl, on the Graham Norton special tonight, Mary gets some love with Linda Davidson in the audience where he speaks to her for a bit.