Skylover

I like Lauren's friendship with Whitney (if they insist on keeping the characters) plus I kind of like the sibling relationship between Lauren and Abi. I do get bored of them at times though. My fear is that getting rid of existing characters will just lead to them being replaced by other morally ambiguous characters who we're told to root for. EE does have a weird moral compass. I'm now wondering what their plan is for Mads and Alex. My fear is they'll be added to the canvas more permanently down the line. Unlike Keegan who is played by a decent actor with some poor characterization, those 2 I don't think could work long term. I'd be happy with Tiana returning as Chelsea but I'd be happy for them to re-cast if the actress doesn't want to come back. I can't stand Libby so I never want to see her again.

Personally Michelle is one of my favourites and I like the bond she has with Ian and Sharon (my love of Michelle being another minority opinion). I don't feel like the Preston thing was out of character but most do think that. I agree Phil needs to go. UK soaps love flogging a dead horse with long term characters. Ian and Jane are beyond repair too but they won't go anywhere. I like the direction he's taking Lauren in. It doesn't feel boring or obvious, and I like that. I'm still not happy about Steven's homosexuality/bisexuality being ignored/buried. I still don't understand why Chelsea hasn't been re-cast and why Denise's step son Jordan was used in that stupid story when he could have come in as a permanent character too. I want them to do something about Lisa allowing Louise to just set up home with Phil. ETA: I find it almost unbelievable a boy as good looking as Keegan comes from the Taylor family.

An increased teen presence (although the execution has been bad), bringing back Michelle, re-building Ian and Jane, reducing Phil's screen-time, making things less OTT, not sure what else off the top of my head. Many of those are minority opinions though, most people would probably say they were bad things.

IMO SOC has brought some good things to the show. What I find perplexing is the Taylors seem to be the exact thing he was trying to take the show away from. Maybe he's realized the masses don't like the direction and he's reverted?

I wonder if they'll be looking for a new producer soon then.

Not much has been said about her. The Carters are in a mess at the moment and I'm really shocked they went there with Mick/Whitney, I don't understand the decision behind that. I hope Ben gets more to do soon. I hate seeing him floating around doing nothing. ETA: I notice they've given Michelle a bit of a make-over, I wonder if they're trying to make the audience warm to her more.

So what's the verdict now? Who thinks the Taylors will end up the same way as the Millers? (i.e. all axed?) I'm surprised Sean O'Connor didn't want to axe the Carters...! I hope Keegan survives if they can redeem him. It's sad that not many young characters stick around on this show. Well, no guys anyway, a lot of the girls do; Abi, Whitney, Lauren etc.

They have done a bad job with Keegan so far. He's just been so one-dimensional. I really like the actor though so I'm hoping they can redeem him, he's too hot to waste Not that any redeeming could erase some of the things he's done thus far though.

Yeah, I really hope we have some Stacey/Karen fights coming our way! Just realised I'd guessed this a while ago!

I'm surprised how much I like them. I'm finding them really entertaining. I guess their redeeming qualities will come out soon. Loved my poor Sharon getting socked one And Stacey getting involved

Yeah, I hated them until it was revealed Keegan is a member of the family. Always thought Keegan was hot so I'm quite happy he's been promoted

Thanks for the Marienhof youtube links, I thought that soap should never have ended. It was like a German version of Neighbours to me.

Diane Parish is doing great with her material but I don't like the story much. I did like how Cora was tied into it though. Was nice to see Pam. Weird how there are so many minor guest characters like Michelle's work colleagues, staff at the food bank, an old age GCSE student, the woman running Slimming club and the people who go there and the welfare office people.

I have started a petition as the Home and Away: The Early Years repeat run has been taken off the air after 8 years. I thought I'd share this petition on here as you guys love soaps. Please sign if you can, I'd really appreciate the support. It's unlikely to work but at least us H&A fans will have tried! Many thanks in advance. https://www.change.org/p/seven-network-make-channel-7two-bring-back-home-and-away-the-early-years/c/644056199

Poverty storylines are literally the most boring storylines in soap so I don't understand why one is running with Denise straight after the Carter one. I am enjoying the show but I wish the bullies would either disappear or somehow get their comeuppance/be redeemed. I am 5 eps behind though.

Is there anywhere I can watch GZSZ online more easily?

Brilliant!

Of course I was, he's gorgeous

As much as I'd like to think that was the reason he's far out of my league so I highly doubt it even if he was gay/bi Having said that I wouldn't be surprised if he was gay or bi, not that it matters. I saw one other guy in the front row out of about 30 people on the front row there was only me and him, though he wasn't singing along as enthusiastically as me. I guess it's nice for artists like Shawn and Justin to see guys enjoying their music when it's quite rare, plus I gave him a huge smile many times which may have prompted his

Because he kept looking directly at me, there were about 10 occasions where he did but mostly it was very quick and he looked somewhere else again, but he smiled at me in A Little Too Much and Stitches. The video makes it look further away than it is but it was literally about 2 metres away from him so you could catch eye contact easily. The front row were allowed to stand at the bar before the stage and all the other seated rows behind had to remain seated. (plus the fact nearly everyone else was a teenage girl so I guess a tall 20-something man would stand out ) No worries, I'm a bit disappointed with the sound quality on most of the videos I took, but it was just so loud. Apparently if you put your finger over the phone microphone, it records the sound much better as there's less pressure on the microphone. Didn't know that, will have to try next time. I agree about him, he comes across as very normal.

No I've never met them! I wouldn't know what to say to them, Shawn smiled at me in one of the videos. It's at 2.03 on 'A Little Too Much' on my YouTube channel, he was so cute @Soapsuds! I really enjoyed seeing him as you could really feel the emotion in his voice when he was singing. I appreciate him so much more now! Here are a few more I took

Here you go @Soapsuds, Shawn Mendes!

Enjoying the show more than I have for many years. Sharon & Michelle pissed was hilarious!