Bright Eyes

Peggy was the surprise tonight. Barbara Windsor was hammy as all get out. (Is that the phrase?) Anyway, I was far more excited to see that Ronnie is back. I missed her like crazy.

YOU BLASPHEMER! Charity IS Emmerdale! I am actually shocked Declan has a fan. This storyline (starting with his breakdown/hitting Megan) is the only time he has ever been remotely interesting. Of course, don't cry yet, there is still tomorrow ... I think we can both agree, at least, that Kate Oates has given us another splendid climax.

QUEEN Charity's line, "You were never a match for me," was the perfect cap to a brilliant episode.

A new emo character is coming: http://www.digitalspy.ca/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a598862/hollyoaks-to-introduce-new-teenage-regular.html#~oQRAKGhZWa9BSJ So, not only are the new unnecessary McQueens going to be poor substitutes for the original creations, but now Kirkwood is blatantly bringing back one of my favourite characters in a new form. This just pisses me off, to be honest. The guy has been stealing from himself and classic EastEnder's plots his whole 2.0 run and now he's not even trying to hide the fact that he has completely lost any originality whatsoever.

Holy !@#$%^&*] at Declan hitting Charity in the face with a [!@#$%^&*] meat tenderizer! Only on Emmerdale.

Ah! I was right about Declan! I am at the edge of my seat to see who dies this week. As I said before, Charity is the last great, classic female vixen/bitch/villain left. I will be at my wits end if she meets her maker. The great thing about the UK shows is the uncertainty. If Emma Atkins has left I will be utterly devastated. On a brighter note, I love how much they've written Doug to not care for Marlon. When he told Ashley he didn't understand why Laurel traded him in for "that bit of rope," I was LoL'ing like only Emmerdale, always the soap with the best comedy, can make me do. And, of course, Sandy. He is just such a legend. Everything he says makes me smile.

Same here. When I first saw those scenes of Winter trying to kill Nicole at the TV station or wherever they were, I was transfixed by Braxton's chilling performance.

Carl, have you checked out the show anytime recently? Blackburn has really done a remarkable job rehabilitating Tracy. He's brought back her close relationship with Peter, which I know you missed. I know I've said this before, but he's also made Sally one of the MVPs of the show, too. And, this Neal stalker story has been must see for me. When could you ever say that about a Lloyd story? I've never seen a story like it before. He's not some loud psycho. Just very disturbed. I can't wait to see where they go with it. It's hard for me to understand how he was so horrible at Emmerdale, but has been pretty good at Corrie so far.

Bob going out of his way to sympathize with Ross was such a heartfelt beautiful moment for the both of them. Bob and Brenda have shown such compassion to Ross. I hope they build a relationship between them. It would certainly piss off the horrible Marlon. I'm going to guess that Declan has finally wised up regarding Charity and is the one that poisoned the wine. Some magazine revealed that someone will soon die. Kate Oates biggest triumph are her amazing climaxes, which haven't been matched by any soap since she took over. I can't wait to see what new hell she has planned.

I never saw her Y&R stint, but Tamara Clatterbuck was great on DAYS as Barb Reiber.

Unfortunately, Kirkwood sees all the characters who came after his first stint as desposable. His biggest WTF this tenure was his treatment of his best creation, Clare Devine. AMS, I can't believe you think Keiron is unattractive. He's not a total babe like my ATD, but he is cute. Of course, I think almost all the guys on the show are hot in their own way.

But this is Hollyoaks and considering it's Ste, most of those people are probably 12 year old girls.

Callum and the entire Kane clan were fantastic, especially the mother, Martha. What Kirkwood did to them was pathetic.

I always liked George's first boyfriend, whose name I can't remember. I never see all the rotgut stuff you mention since I only browse DS, but I liked their relationship for what it was: George liking Ste, who used him a couple times. Nothing more, nothing less. Anyone that actually feared they were going to be something other than that is an idiot.

Hollyoaks Another victim of Bryan Kirkwood's plotting Steven Roberts l George Smith l Exits September 18 http://www.digitalspy.ca/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a597287/hollyoaks-actor-steven-roberts-leaves-george-role-its-been-fabulous.html#~oQasobRIfUeqkT

I've certainly been interested in them for years now. My favourite teacher, a poet as well, was a fan of theirs and once desribed a romantic picnic scene they shared with such happiness, I've always been keen to see it.

I don't understand how this show could be so good, but then turn around and give into that horrible Dingle groupthink bullsh*t. Chas has been the worst during this whole Aaron return story and even how she reacted to Megan today, knowing what Charity has done. It's not entertaining, it's straining to watch, especially with how they are writing Edna as if she should be falling over them for forgiveness. It's just gross. In fact, I am more than ready for Chas to get the hell out. I'm done with her and her horrible hair. The Dingles would be best if they only consisted of Zak/Lisa/Sam/Belle. Cain can stay too, as Kate Oates has done a lot to rebuild him like she has with Ashley and, of course, Queen Charity must stay as long as she as a hard comeuppance. She's practically the only real bitch soap operas have at the moment.

I agree that they were the first, way before the horrible Luke and Laura, who were, begrudgingly I admit, the most successful. Though there were obviously tentpole couples during this time I would say the three supercouples until Luke and Laura came along were; 1. Jeff and Penny (ATWT) 2. Steve and Alice (AW) & 3. Doug and Julie (DAYS) Would you guys include any other couple on that list?

A clip from a 1999 episode of Hollyoaks, featuring a bit of Ashley Taylor Dawson in his short first stint at around the 3:00 mark. AUTUMN 2014 TRAILER!

Richard Bekins (Jamie Frame, AW) was in tonight's episode of Boardwalk Empire.

Who killed Damian Smith?

It's so nice to see how well Kate Oates has recuperated Ashley from the hatchet job done to his character by Blackburn. This last episode, being able to tell off the almighty shrew that is Marlon, was proof that he is back in fine form.

Not only did Patsy Palmer/Bianca not get Julia's theme on her last episode, but she didn't even get the duff duff. Ouch.

Rest in Peace, John Bardon (Jim Branning) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/posts/John-Bardon-1939-2014

Having one of those nights wishing to see this and that from the past that I never had a chance to see. For one, the Laura Burns story, who was obsessed with Mandy. Jo Hallows was so brilliant for this show, with this story, Lewis' suicide, Luke's rape, etc. I would welcome her back with very open arms. On another note, and I probably knew this but have since forgotten, Lucy Allan wanted Johnno Dean to return for a major story in 2009, but the actor turned it down. Stuff like that really gets my mind racing as to what could have been or how would the show have been affected, if at all. Also, playing Mr. Fan-fic, I would absolutely love it if Mandy would return with Ella and Luke Morgan, who would be revealed as Ella's father, Mandy having lied to Tony about it being a random man named 'Mark', who we've never seen. Of course, Mandy should only return once Kirkwood is gone because he could not write her character correctly at all.