Bright Eyes

An absolutely brilliant episode. Kassius Nelson is a wonderful find.

I'm convinced the show is punking me by keeping her around longer than Evan. With the truth seemingly out about Margaret, I hope she's given the opportunity to slap the hell out of Victoria. She is a deliciously nasty cow. Does Shortland Street have form for lying to the viewers? The promos say it will definitely be Curtis/Margaret/Victoria/Virginia who shot Drew, but they be faking us out and have it be someone that's not even a suspect? Like Millie or something?

I've submitted my top 20 as well. I started watching the show with James Sutton's first episode in 2009, following him Hollyoaks. I've also seen the first 50 odd episodes, and other favourites come from watching episodes/clips, mostly from the early 2000s ... with Kim Tate being an entity unto herself. Of course, there are countless others I wish I could include, and I'm sure I'll debate with myself about who I wish I had and/or hadn't included, but c'est la vie! My top 20! 1. Kim Tate 2. Steph Stokes 3. Zoe Tate 4. Charity Dingle 5. Annie Sugden 6. Robert Sugden 7. Betty Eagleton 8. Viv Windsor 9. Bernice Blackstock 10. Carl King 11. David Metcalfe 12. Scott Windsor 13. Sandy Thomas 14. Edna Birch 15. Leyla Harding 16. Emily Kirk 17. Nikhil Sharma 18. Andy Sugden 19. Janie Blakey 20. Amos Brearly

I know his father is already established, but I wonder if Kirkwood is going to retcon himself at make Sally St. Clair John Paul's father.

I feel like David and Leyla are going to get closer again because of Jacob, and sensing their connection, Nikhil will gracefully bow out of both their lives so they can get together. Or they will go the betrayal root of David and Leyla cheating on him. That will be devastating if that's the case.

This was actually really hard. But after some soul-searching and a few walks down memory lane I think I'm pleased with my list. 1. Kathy Bates-Merrick-Tate-Glover 2. Annie Sugden-Kempinski-Brearly 3. Dolly Acaster-Skilbeck (she would be #1 if I only counted the Katharine Barker years) 4. Betty Eagleton 5. Viv Windsor-Hope 6. Sam Pearson 7. Edna Birch 8. Val Lambert-Pollard 9. Amos Brearly 10. Kim Tate-Marchant 11. Laurel Potts-Thomas-Dingle 12. Matthew King 13. Joe Sugden 14. Henry Wilks 15. Jessie Renfrew 16. Matt Skilbeck 17. Caroline Bates 18. Zoe Tate 19. Ashley Thomas 20. Alison Gibbons (Honourable mentions: Diane Sugden, Bernice Blackstock, Jackie Merrick, Elizabeth Pollard, Frank Tate, Steph Stokes) I know varying levels of things about the rest of your list, but who is Jessie Renfrew?

It was really nice to see both of them. Evan really came into his own by the time he left. Jasmine ... well, it'll be good to have her around for a short time. However, a petty part of me is bitter that they returned for Wendy, when Daniel never did for Sarah's funeral.

Oh, wow, that was indeed so cute! I had a huge smile on the whole time. Now I want to swim in balloons. lol Very Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee. Not to compare, even if I think there's is better. Still here's the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_XhavukMh0 And for a fun soap connection, the fellow YouTuber in that vid, Oli White, is now dating Wallis Day, who played Holly Cunningham on Hollyoaks. She's in the following YT vids. In the previous prank alluded to in the video above: And at the beginning of this video with her boyfrend, Oli.

I guess Gordon won't be sticking around long. It's a damn shame, as the actor could be plugged into any decade of the show and fit perfectly.

Meg Mundy (Mona Aldrich) has passed away. This obituary gives little more than confirmation, however. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=MEG-MUNDY&pid=177363656#sthash.oG8oYfEf.dpuf

I don't think his ouster is anything nefarious beyond plot. A plot I hate because I really enjoyed Cameron, too, and now they've stupidly made him irredeemable. Plus, once the affairs with John Paul and Mercedes were over, so was any story Lockie had. They should have given him and John Paul a fair shot, brought Spike back to liven things up. Maybe a threesome like they should have done with Ravi/Nancy/Kris. Him and Nancy weren't doing anything for awhile, so maybe they could have been thrown together for the interim period. Really, they could have thrown him in to play with anyone and it probably would have worked. I also really liked the few glimpses we saw of his friendship with Lisa. They should have played that up more, but one of Kirkwood's hugest failings has always been genuine friendships, unfortunately. Still, at least he was a likable bisexual character. Never meant to be a psycho or confused about his sexual orientiation. Plus, he downright rejected Ste out of disgust when he first came on. Small mercies.

So pissed that they got rid of Lockie. Nick Rhys has so much natural charisma and charm and he had great chemistry with anyone he shared a scene with.

I was truly shocked when they revealed Wendy had been shot and now she may be dead. She was probably one of the last people I expected to be in the firing line. Victoria and Kylie both realizing Harper clearly had stronger feelings for Drew then she'd like to admit were great small moments. Bella's reaction to Dayna getting married was perfection. Bella seemed so done with her the whole episode. Victoria making sure to get all her nudges in on Margaret ... what a bitch. On one hand, if Margaret is the one who shot Drew, then more great material for the wonderful Debbie Newby-Ward. However, on the other, if she is the culprit, I hope she finds some way to get out of this. I do not want to lose the actress. She's too good. Speaking of good actors, this very recent interview with Amanda Billings suggests it wasn't completely her decision to leave. One of those show business "mutual decisions."

It can get annoying whenever they compare her to her great Grandma Blanche, because of how forced it comes off, but compared to the utterly intolerable Simon Barlow, her cousin, she is a gem.

That was adorbale, but what a random assortment of actors. Corrie, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks ... and Jo Sugden! Is it wrong of me to think it was made EastEnders look bad for not having anyone included? I will say, if Shayne Ward ever came to visit me that would certainly perk me up.

I was thinking of Charlie Cotton.

Charlie did not die. Peggy's death will only heighten the crime that was killing off Pat for me. I hope someone will have a line about them being able to share a drink (and maybe a man) again.

Nothing has changed.

Yes. A change won't occur on-screen until sometime in the Spring.

Aw, Tony called Mandy today! I was annoyed, however, that Lucy wasn't on his list.

She got rid of the Spencer clan (minus Dan and Kerry), so I have huge hope that she'll listen to the fans reception and get rid of the right players. That was good enough for me and if she gets rid of Fiz, Sean, and Michelle, that'll be good enough for me. Ali and Ruby were still around for two years after she started. Make no mistake, I'd like to see the back of them myself, but some massive cast cull isn't her MO. That said, and this is going to sound horrible, but I wish Stuart Blackburn had the balls (he doesn't) to kill off Hope. Or, in more Corrie fashion, she could recover and on the way home from the hospital, they're involved in a car crash where both Fiz and Hope die. On a different note, does anyone find it odd that Fiz hasn't changed Hope's last name from Stape? You'd think she'd want to distance her daughter away from the fact that her Dad was a serial killer.

Considering Kate Oates only fired a small handful of people during her entire Emmerdale tenure, you're probably sh*t out of luck on that score.

Her, undeserved, Golden Globe win.

Skip to 25:45 for a short anecdote about Billy Magnussen.