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I read his name (John Bowe) and thought you'd end up saying he had passed away ... maybe it would've been better that way. I'm halfway joking, but I never knew anything like that about Kelvin Fletcher and because I actually like him and would like to continue to do so, I'm afraid I'll have to remain ignorant of his potential idiocy.

Thanks for the update Ben! This is all so sad. It'll be weird to have the show running in Australia months after it ends in the UK. I wonder if the Australian broadcasts might get any special additions to them.

Thanks for the clarification guys. I also read the latest DS article about it and Jason Herbison himself was quoted as basically saying the same thing. Does anyone know how far in advance the show tapes?

So far it's only been cancelled in the UK, so unless/until the Australian channel that airs it says the same Neighbours is still going on, right?

Yeah I've had to block some people on Instagram because of it. These people are losers of the highest (lowest?) form.

GH: Scotty DAYS: Doug - he's like my tv Grandpa honestly. It'll be so sad when he's no longer with us. Y&R: Jill B&B - characters?

This news is a shock to the system. You could tell Jason Herbison truly loved the show. I didn't watch with regularity, but for the past 8 years or so it's been pretty consistent. At least it's going to go out with someone who respects the hell out of it.

I think I caught something just from watching that clip.

Requests: Vivian Jovanni Joy Bisco Franc Ross Gillian White Kristen Renton Kira Verrastro Carson Boatman Frank Krueger Holland Reid Lindsay Arnold

This show really did everything imaginable to make the Chen-Williams family dynamic as confusing as possible. Dave's biological kids are Maxine (with Trish), Sam (with an unnamed Woman), and Mason (with Honour). Honour's bio kids are Serena (with an Asian father), and Mason (with Dave). And Lizzie is Sam's half sibling, but is not biologically related to anyone else in the family.

OT: The Real has become the only daytime talk show with any worth.

Thanks for the kind words. And yes, I read about the DS article about it. Glad to know I'm not crazy, not about that anyway.

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Very relieved that Mandy left alive. Now I just have to live with the constant fear that they will kill her off-screen at any given moment. Along those lines, I also miss Sami, but it was the actor's decision so c'est la vie. At least he also left alive, always a blessing with this show. R.I.P to Verity and him ever reuniting. They should find a way to keep Cameron Hutchinson (Stephen McGregor) around because he looks great and for the little he got to do he had a good screen presence/could act, too. The fire explosion: I was worried about my girl Juliet. That little hellraiser entertains me every time she bellows at someone for any minor inconvenience. I'm glad they're planning to put her in the garage again. The episodes themselves were very well done. As for the actual deaths, I've said it before, but I feel the need to reiterate how thankful I am that Toby didn't become a serial killer. He murdered Lisa and then the guilt tore him apart ever since, and he confessed of his own volition, eventually. Worst timing ever, but he did. He really should have been the one to die instead of Celeste, as it just depletes the only black family on the show. Plus, Celeste showed that she fancied both Prince and the new Sam, so they definitely could have continued on with her. I also enjoyed the friendship foursome that was Celeste/Verity/Theresa/Cleo. What I don't understand is, Saul (whose name as Nate was way better) went to the police about Toby, so is everything Toby/Celeste did public knowledge, because only him, Martine, and Cleo reacted to it? Verity was mourning her as a friend, but gave no hint to knowing the truth. But the biggest elephant in the room was always Simone/Zack never seemingly bothered that they couldn't see Lisa for over a year. The Mitchell strand was always ridiculous, but no one wants that actor back so hopefully DeMarcus gives Felix/Martine enough story going forward because they've been built up pretty expertly and I would hate to see them go anytime soon. Anyway, onto Sylver. Him actually saying he would always love Mercedes no matter how many times she cheats on him was the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Why couldn't they just let him leave town like he was planning to do? They gave him a chance to actually leave with dignity, but felt it was necessary to add to the death count. For what? All for a potential child is a psycho plot with Bobby? Why does anyone think stories like that ever work? And Mercy with her 4th dead husband. A tired retread. Are we really supposed to care about going through this merry go round with her again? The only thing I want to see from her at this point is her once strong frenemy-ship with Cindy. Now, Marnie. The greatest loss of the three. She could be so many things to so many different characters. A true multi-faceted character. Her death made all the more sad by that hopeful hint of a potential relationship with Jack. I genuinely thought the actors had terrific chemistry together. I previously speculated that Donna-Marie was brought back to be killed off initially. I thought it would be during the Fergus story like I've posted about before, but I guess with Lysette's controversary, the plans might have changed at some point. They were a good double act, too. The most annoying thing about her death is all the times narcissistic Ste had the audacity to remind James that HE loved her, too. That HE was mourning her, too. Why do the writers think that makes Ste sound sympathetic? He sounds like an ass. Elsewhere, it was nice to see Tom getting some real material again, but damn his problems with Yas came out of nowhere. It gave me whiplash. Thank Christ it was just a kiss with Cher, but still. Why the rush? And I'm talking even for Hollyoaks' standards. That scene with Shaq telling Misbah how scared he was that he could be as terrible as Ali surprisingly made me choke up. Omak Malik did a great job and has been a good addition, though I admit his accent took some adjusting to at first. However, they really should have had him be more of a cad, because we've only ever seen him with two women and barely. He could have easily had a fling with Celeste, Leela, a bunch of others or some nameless faces so this person they told us he was would have been more believable. And that's not the actor's fault at all, because he easily pulls off that role. And Theresa had another mumbo jumbo line during this time, something like he hurt her more than any other man? EXCUSE ME!?! You literally shot one dead. Still pissed she's not working at the garage. Kind of along the lines of how annoying it is that Stacey Slater isn't working at the salon in EE. Serena caught my attention in her first episode as 'Galaxy', so I was happy to see them bring her back with a family. They've all been likable enough, except for Dave, who I find to be a wet blanket. It was nice to see that Honour already knew about Maxine's existence to solidify how strong the Chen-Williams marriage is, but Maxine is such a drain and her being in another chemistry-less pairing with Warren made me wish she would have left with her awful mother, oldfake-Trish (don't miss her one bit.) It just gives me horrible flashbacks on how desperately this show tried to sell us on her and Dodger together, a couple who absolutely sucked in every conceivable way. #justiceforTexas Oh, and redoing the Hutchinson, now Chen-Williams apartment, with that horrible green eye-sore. Why? Who approved something so aesthetically displeasing? As for Ethan, he's certainly hot and a passable performer, but this story is one of the strangest I've seen, especially for a newcomer. One note Maya was horrible, but I could stomach it because the actor was always listed in the credits as recurring so I knew she'd be gone sooner than later, but I don't know what to think about him because he kills Maya by accident, but then runs Warren down on purpose. Is this their way of building up their new big bad from scratch? I think most are just waiting for the day him and Sienna hook-up. I am intrigued about who stole Honour's notes on Warren in a desperate plea for this show to realize his time is done. He's killed SIX people. Enough is enough. And though I fancy Rory-Douglas Speed immensely, they're not doing Joel any favours by having him keep quiet. They could take a page out of Dexter: New Blood and have Joel put him out of his misery, especially with this new ailment Warren has now. Still, I don't know where they're going with this story, so I guess I'm interested by the power of pure confusion. With Scott wanting to become a foster parent he's mentioned expecting to one day get a young child to take care of, but I think it'd make much more sense if his eventual foster kid is some troubled high school age teen that he eventually adopts. It was a smart move to him in with Maxine. Damon and Liberty seem far too isolated for my sake. It always seems like Liberty is popping up with characters who have no idea why she's there. Why they haven't had Liberty and Theresa share any scenes yet is beyond me. They both need friendships, but I guess with Damon it makes more sense story wise right now for him to be more alone. Hopefully they'll play the beat of Darren trying to help him overcome his gambling addiction at some point. I just have this irrational fear that it's leading to an exit for him, with or without Liberty I'm not sure. I wish they had let Nana move into that retirement home. I really don't think she brings anything special to the McQueens and never really has. She's never come close to being any sort of matriarch. She's just an Aunt Sal, not a Peggy Mitchell. I noticed John Paul usually drinking or being hung over before Sylver made the remark about it, but I don't know how to feel about a potential alcoholic story. With how horribly drunk he would get when he was with George, it seems they might have had this in mind for awhile, but again, I think I'd care more if he actually got a life first. Actually, other than Theresa and Cleo, none of the McQueens seem to have any connections outside their own. Then there's Olivia who I do like actually and I'm interested to see where they're going with her as the ambitious snob. Hopefully, not too far into villainy, but it'd be fun if they towed the line. Becky Quentin. I am loving to hate her. She's asking for a slap, and I hope she gets it, but the chaos she constantly creates is entertaining. She certainly doesn't feel long term, so I just hope they don't keep her passed her sell-by date, but I'll enjoy her until then. However, someone I don't enjoy is Gabriel Clark as Oli. I've tried, but he just pales in comparison to Aedan Duckworth and makes me miss him every time he appears. I'm going to hope he's written out once Luke dies, which I'm going to guess is going to be his and Cindy's wedding. The caveat is that I really want Zara to stay, so being that there's so many years she was gone, I'm going to need a long lost child to pop up in the next few months. Okay, I think that's it for now. I know it was a lot, but I feel better having gotten it out of my brain.

People do not talk enough about how hot Justin Melvey was. Requests: Chris Dowling Alexander Walters Rhasaan Orange Kyler Pettis Cameron Johnson Sandra McCoy Mark Bramhall

Well since they never explained their break up after leaving in the 80's, maybe Julie secretly had a child this whole time. Maybe she thought the father wasn't Doug so she gave it up for adoption. It's possible if you want it to be.

I don't know why, but it's especially sad Jo Kendall couldn't make it to the 50th. I don't actually think Peggy's death was a major mistake, it was just taking the twins away that was completely nonsensical. Still, RIP to her. I'm glad she managed to have a seemingly fulfilling career after her time on the show came to an end. When the DVDs first came out some gracious soul started posting them online and I got to see the first 50 odd episodes. I would say by episode 4 I was hooked, but it was so impressive to me how they took a newcomer like Sharon and made me so enchanted by her for the extremely brief time she was on the show. The story was so well done, and was made all the more alluring by the beautiful backdrop only Emmerdale is known to give us. With 6 episodes a week I doubt I'll ever watch the show with any regularity again, but I hope they do right by her for however long she is back on the show for.

It was ageist Brian Frons' doing. TPTB wanted them to go on recurring, and they declined.

What is a girl ground, bro?

It's DAYS, they're all fake deaths.

Requests: Natalija Nogulich Tamara Clatterbuck Veronica Lauren Robert Cuthill Justin Melvey Daphne Bloomer Fuschia "Fuschia!" Walker Mark Lindsay Chapman

I'm hoping the blind item about a rising star leaving due to scheduling conflicts and this bit of news are linked and that means Ciara Brady is getting bounced.

That axe is sharp with you. Never change.

I mentioned years ago here that one of her kids, possibly with a family in tow, should be the new owners. Her and her other child could come accordingly. And how great would it be if the Skilbecks had already returned and most of the Dingles ran out of town (I'd keep Sam/Lydia/Samson+Sarah/Jack Sugden+possibly Noah as a Tate, let Kim get her claws into him).

Requests: John Bradley Michael Albala Madison Mason Robin Riker Noah Segan Jerry Penacoli