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Didn't Mac tend to forgive Iris fairly quickly in the Lemay era? I know months passed but she would usually go back into the fold.

Thanks for the caps @Maxim I will give B&B credit for not doing direct ripoffs. Stephanie had some iconic shots early on (Brooke had some good shots too). EastEnders loves to rip itself off, which is one of many reasons I don't watch anymore. This may be the most blatant.

Alan made sure to come back in at the end - I knew he had a child with Beth (I forgot his name was Peyton - I don't believe Alan would go along with that), but forgot she also miscarried his child. Alan having a baby with Beth was a poor choice and just looked trashy.

More than 50 episodes of Emergency Ward 10 were found recently - most of those were missing (the show has about 900 episodes missing). Emergency Ward 10 is seen as an early British TV soap opera. I remember watching an episode about a decade ago but never knew of the history. So glad to know that many episodes have been rediscovered. https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/itv-hospital-drama-found/

More than 50 episodes of Emergency Ward 10 were found recently - most of those were missing (the show has about 900 episodes missing). Emergency Ward 10 is seen as an early British TV soap opera. I remember watching an episode about a decade ago but never knew of the history. So glad to know that many episodes have been rediscovered. https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/itv-hospital-drama-found/

So saddened to hear of this. I was briefly stunned when I saw the Deadline article. I just adored Linda once the show moved her away from the very narrow path with Michael and Eric and instead just made her an outright scheming bitch, the anti-Paige, whose corporate climbs and bedroom turns were always meant to be more noble. By that point, the women in the cast were very bogged down with years of backstory or were just heavy or ill-defined. I saw Linda and Anne as something of spark plugs, Linda in particular, as she felt so vibrant, vibrant enough that you could overlook how thin the writing was for the Sumner Group. Killing Linda off, especially in the extremely punishing, ghoulish way they did it, no purpose, no followup, felt like the show snuffing out its future. I kept up with season 13 for a bit after Linda's murder, but I had little to no interest in it or the last season. And I don't know if that will ever change. I'm glad Lar seemed to know that the character had a lot of fans. That's being kind. To be honest the acting in general by the last few years doesn't give me happy memories. I think Linda was more of an Abby than Paige was, whether the show saw it that way or not. The writing for Abby had been poor ever since Olivia's drug addiction story had wound down, but Paige's prominence definitely didn't help. Still, as Donna said in an interview, it was inevitable after all the years Abby had been heavy in story. None of the ladies were well-written by that point. It just showed up more with Abby because she had always benefited from more careful writing - the character couldn't exist without it.

It was disappointing to see even the director in the clip I found with Donald falling in the church saying nothing happened. In so many episodes I've watched, especially from the '70s, lots of stuff goes on. I feel so disconnected from the show these days, to the point where I can't even work up a reaction over a Sugden being brought in just to kill people, but I feel alive again when I watch the Farm era. Real people, real caring.

I think there was an episode of it around at one point but I can't remember. Another reminder of Emmerdale Farm having plenty of drama. Did you get the November 1988 episode?

You are not wrong. I love watching Devaney but I won't watch this. I won't watch the Nigel story on EE either. Nigel was one of my favorite characters. I just can't take these stories anymore. This (which stars Sue and Maureen Lipman, among others) comes highly recommended by me, whatever that is worth. If you do watch and enjoy it make sure to watch to the very end.

Thanks. That's not a bad way to set up Beth's return, although I like the idea of Beth just saying, "I'm not going to see that bitch." I suppose I'm biased because most of what I saw of Simon early on (admittedly I haven't watched every scene) was of a much more roguish man, doing his best to charm India. The pairing with Jessie, according to Thompson, was not planned, and someone at the show just said bad people and good people should be together (or something along those lines). There is a certain chemistry, but it's a very odd contrast for me - like Alan/Hope, but without any real buildup or consequences as these were both new characters and no one was going to care if they got together, beyond India. I think they did eventually break up due to the maturity difference...maybe that was after a producer change. Do any of you who were watching this period more closely know if any of this at Soapcentral (I know, I know) is accurate? In 1990, Beth Mentioned that Lillian had gone out of town To North Carolina To Visit Calla because Jesse had recently married Simon. Lillian later went out of town to Visit Calla again in late 1991 after Calla's ex-Husband Gordon Matthews passed away. In 1995, Lillian Told Ross she was going to Visit her sister Calla who just became a grandmother. Jesse and Simon had a boy They named Brandon after Simon's Half-Brother Lujack. They never knew what to do with Cutter. He was a likeable, attractive, quietly charismatic figure, but he wasn't a "name," so they had less interest. This whole sequence with his murder is very effective - another case of something done before but executed well here. You are getting some of the worst of Vanessa (and it will just get worse as the decade goes on). She loses a lot of personality and drive. I am not going to blame the pairing with Matt because that's too easy, but the writers and producers of the time had no interest in her as her own person. I do blame Dinah's arrival in part.

I remember some kind of complaints in soap magazines over a neck snap.

Thank you.

Thanks. I wonder if it's down to Kristain being gone for most of his tenure.

I thought she did too. I hadn't seen a ton of Lisa's run, which helped. Billie is a character they got so wrong so often. Probably why she isn't around now (that and Chelsea also being gone for so long). Was the Franco story tied into the story with the Italian mafia with that woman (Marlo) who was drinking and pregnant and pushed down the stairs or had her neck broken, or whatever it was? I know that was tied into Hope's baby story. Maybe I am mixing it all up.

I think Loving's first episode (not just the movie) is on Youtube. Strange Paradise, if that counts. I have wondered if Our Private World was saved since it aired in primetime, or if it that was junked.

That was so grueling to watch (at the same time you had Kassie de Paiva on OLTL playing a stillbirth while heavily pregnant). It did make me respect Krista as an actress because I thought she did a very good job.

Oh that's right. Thanks. Just another misery story from around that time, although Swoosie always did a good job. Picket Fences had an Alzheimer's story around the same time, although theirs was "wackier" in that typical rictus grin DEK way.

At first I thought it was still tied to the Franco killing but that was already over by this point, maybe...? Eric's presence makes me laugh because out of context he looks like a peeping tom.

Thanks so much.

I did like that story. Philip Sterlin was such a warm, incisive actor. You're right about the Alzheimer's story. I had forgotten about it until now, but it was just another sign of bleakness all over the show (and didn't one of the sisters have to contemplate killing him?).

Alex probably had the best love interests of any of the sisters. I liked all of them (I think I liked Victor the most, maybe because the actor was cute). The Trevor story was a tough watch, and not the best buildup, but I agree most of it made sense for Georgie.

Was this a strike story? It reminds me of the Nicole/Cass haunted house story around the same point. What did people think of the story?