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It's just the tip of the iceberg with Sharon's penchant for controversy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XlwArFBK-o

I've been watching some May 1998 OLTL and I've been impressed by the surprisingly good plots going on at this time:

-David Renaldi's heartwarming return.

-The Georgie Murder mystery being a huge umbrella plot.

-Dorian and Mel/Cassie & Kevin

-Todd's vendetta against the Buchanans

-Todd and Téa being their twisted and problematic best with their constant arguments and such.

-Drew Buchanan being the douchebag we can all root against. 

-Alright, so Sam was a dead fish, but without him...we wouldn't have been introduced to Lindsay (the perfect nemesis to Nora).

JFP and Pam Long did a great job livening up the show after the utter banality of the Labine era. Anything is better than Nora's menopause.

46 minutes ago, Adamski said:

Bryan Kirkwood is leaving Hollyoaks:

 

https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/03/hollyoaks-boss-bryan-kirkwood-quits-after-12-years-13219945/amp/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.twitter&__twitter_impression=true

Thank goodness. I hope his pets, the McQueen family, get wiped out. They have collectively lowered the sophistication of this show. 

On 9/30/2018 at 9:59 AM, ghfan89 said:

One of the episodes SL submitted for when she won her Emmy:

 

I was looking back at this thread and I \cannot\ with Travis and Barbara's smugness. They had more of a role raising Bianca, and if anyone were to blame for her issues...it was them, not Erica (who always loved Bianca).

I hope this convinces Shannen Doherty to take part in the reunion. This death is really sad for some reason, and I wasn't even a Dylan stan. 

The Ollie story gives me chills, but well done. 

The storyline with Brody and Buster, especially the part where he was made to hug him...totally made me uncomfortable. Great storyline, but it did give me the shivers. 

2 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

Generic violence? American soaps have all that already.

 

 

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The guy who plays James did well but David Easter was mostly just hammy. Sad that this is probably the end of the road for James.

 

 

 

On 10/10/2017 at 12:39 AM, DRW50 said:

Sometimes I feel like I’m too hard on Hollyoaks compared to other soaps in regards to homophobia, because at least they consistently have lgbt characters in multiple stories (and seem to be trying to bring in more POC queer people as well in roles that go beyond third wheel), but…but...but…

 

The scenes with Ryan killing Amy actually made me feel sick to my stomach.

I haven’t seen such blatantly homophobic material since I watched Celluloid Closet. 

 

I have to question whether this was the original plan, as Ryan has enjoyed emotional as well as sexual relationships with three different women over the last 5-6 months. Yes, closeted gay men can and do have sex with women, obviously, but I can’t say I’ve gotten a huge impression that he was gay and in denial. I got the impression that he wanted everyone to believe he was straight and not bisexual.

 

This also means that his efforts to help protect Armstrong early on make even less sense.

 

Beyond that, let’s just talk about the virulent homophobia and misogyny in that scene with Ryan killing Amy. A woman being reduced to yelling about her gay men (never mind anything else in her life over the 12 years we knew her) before being snuffed out by a gay man, shaking and weeping as he repeatedly says he isn’t gay. 

 

What this scene tells viewers is that gay men are not only self-loathing, not only disturbed, but violent and dangerous. They’re murderers. They don’t just use and hurt the women they lie to (which is bad enough in of itself) - they kill them. 

 

If this aired on a major show, I imagine it would get a furious reaction from Stonewall and other groups. It’s the very core of what homophobic outlets have spent decades telling people about queer people. 

 

I’m genuinely shocked and also disgusted at this and I can’t believe this is what they decided to spend months of material as well as a major marketing

campaign on. That women are there to be killed by psychotic, violent gay men.

I don't really understand why they threw Ryan under the bus when clearly Harry was set up to be the murderer. The legions of Starry fans didn't approve or something? 

I cannot wait for the James/Harry affair...or is it more of a, ahem, compensated arrangement?  

Sutton posted "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" on his Twitter curiously after the firing, which was liked by Kirstie Leigh-Porter.

Someone's not very popular with her colleagues...

I would've taken a Harry/Lockie pairing before that rentboy-looking hobo.

I'm Team Diane. Tegan's a sad sack and Ziggy abducted Dee Dee.

What other stories are you excited for, PrinceOfSunspear?

I'm pumped for Scott as well. He seems like a bitchy, camp mess. Hollyoaks needs that kind of character since we lost Kris.


I hope Grace shoots Freddie without a moment's hesitation.

I also hope Frankie gets a good story.

What I got was that she didn't want Ste to be made out as some kind of "mug" ("fool" in American terms) due to JP carrying on with Harry.

I must say, it's unfortunate that Harry's 17. He and JP would be sizzling.

E4's episode has Mercedes alive. The bitch is back.

They're trying too hard to make the tone similar to EastEnders/Emmerdale with the older characters/family-oriented stories.

I don't know why BK even tries it with

adding more to the McQueen clan. With the exception of Mercedes (who at least brings good comedy), the whole family has been boring trash. They had their heyday 7 years ago and it's time to focus on Jack & Frankie's family...which is much more likable and realistic.

*Sienna's one of the best villains this show has ever had. Wish there was a comparable character on American soaps. She's so twisted, yet, I can't help but pity her and Nico. Patrick can die a long & painful death, though. He set all of this in motion.

*I ship Leela and Cameron. So much resentment and past heartache goin' on.

*When was the last time Esther had this much screentime? She needs a love interest. Perhaps

Blessing can find herself to like the ladies when Dennis is gone?

*Not enough good teen characters on this show. George and Phoebe are both played out. I miss Maddie and Tilly.

I agree, Bright Eyes, Blessing is just...uh.

I'd like to hear more of everybody's thoughts on Fraser's killer.

I'm starting to forget a time when Freddie wasn't in an episode.

I would argue that Kirkwood's first stint was the first turn toward the dark as well. We had anorexia with Hannah, whatever it was with Warren/Clare/etc, Niall and that mess, etc. Before Kirkwood, Holloaks might as well had been the English answer to 90210.

JP has always been an idiot even before the rape. It's not gonna suddenly change now. He carried on with a married man, used poor judgment using classified school resources to track Finn down, and the less said about his absolute stupidity in how he handled the Craig situation years ago, the better.

It's like you demand he turns into a saint.

Sienna is sorry about what she did. What else does she have to do to prove that? Besides, she's going to find her daughter (hopefully) soon.

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