I Am A Swede

^^ You're absolutely right. The Sugdens will never again be featured prominently on this show. It's sad but it's a fact that we all have to face. It shouldn't be hard at all to come up with stories for Victoria and/or Robert. Both of them have been through enough turmoil over the years to provide stories for years. But for some inexplicable reason no writer or producer seem to be interested in giving them that kind of attention. Especially Victoria has been sidelined for years and years, when she should be a centerpiece on the show. On to the current show: I know I shouldn't have been, but I was still surprised over Cain's behaviour towards Ross. He's pure and utter filth, just like his demon seed Debbie. They're both loathsome creatures and the mere sight of them is making me sick. I now wish that Joe had never come back instead of this. I feared it would end this way with him another victim of the Debbie Dingle curse. If the little psycho Lachlan could bump off Cain and/or Debbie before his inevitable downfall then I would forgive him everything!

I think it's frightening. It's a perfect demonstration of how the nazis were able to fool so many for so long before WWII.

I'm pleasantly surprised that ABC was so quick with their response. After everything that's happened since Trump moved into the White House and the direction society in general seems to have taken I have to admit I wasn't completely sure they would actually cancel her show. For once sanity and decency got the upper hand.

Whether Isobel Steele is a strong actor doesn't really matter to me. What does matter however is that Liv, a very recent character, gets story after story while legacy character Victoria Sugden languishes in the background. Same with Belle, she gets story after story after story. But at least she's more of a core character than Liv. Liv's alcoholism story for instance could easily have been given to Victoria. After everything she's been through in her life it wouldn't have been at all unthinkable for her to turn to alcohol after she suffered yet another blow when Adam left the village. But no, let's give another story to Liv instead. I have no proof of course that her being related to a Dingle is the reason for that, but that's my belief. And the Dingle's may not be as dominating as they have been, but they still get the major storylines on the show. If not all then at least the vast majority of the big stories on the show the last decade or so have involved a Dingle, usually Cain, Charity, Debbie or Aaron.

I'm not even sure I believe her apology. After all, this isn't the first time she has said something like this. An apology ceases to work eventually if you keep repeating the same "mistakes". If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...it's a duck.

The sad thing is that there are probably a lot of people for whom this might be an incentive to start watching.....

Such a legend. An icon of a bygone era.

Are we supposed to feel sorry for Debbie now that she's been shot? Because I don't. It's just a pathetic attempt to make us pity her before she owned up to her part in the acid attack on Ross. I can't say that I'm surprised though. I wonder what sorry stunt they will use to make Cain look better before his involvement is revealed. And will Ross find out that Moira knew the truth and failed to tell him.....

The entire show is so dark and depressing right now. It's very exhausting to watch.

"Despicable" hardly seems sufficient. I just can't understand how they can justify this to themselves. They must be completely devoid of empathy.

Nadal wins again..... https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/44190449 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

That is so true! It feels like this has escalated over the years. I don't think it used to be this way, but nowadays people get offended too easily.

The show is definitely going through a rough patch right now. I'm just glad that Ross has seemingly not given up looking for the person who threw acid at him. That gives me hope that Debbie's (and Cain's) involvement will come out eventually. The whole Spencer family drama feels like a waste of time. I don't really care about anyone of them. I really liked Mark Jordon on "Heartbeat" but here he's a waste of space. Laurel and Bob.... the less said about that pairing the better. I have to admit though that they managed to surprise me with Lachlan and Gerry. I did not see that coming. So I guess that Lachlan is the new Cameron and Belle is going to be his Debbie....

I just don't know what to say.... it's so hard to understand how such bigotry and stupidity can exist.

The show has been getting a lot of praise for their current suicide story http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44066435 http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44064617 http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43958994

Not unexpected I guess, but frustrating nonetheless. Climate change is the biggest threat to life on earth and the flippant attitude towards it that Trump and his administration exhibits is irresponsible to say the least. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44067797

It's hard to believe that she's 85 years old. She looks the same as she did when she first entered that courtroom in "Dynasty" 37 years ago.