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Mmmm hmmm. I suspect she found doing the bullying storyline a breeze. Kieron Richardson always comes off as obnoxious in interviews, too. I really can't stand having to look at that punk face of his. I hope he gets kicked to the curb, too.

She was horrible-good riddance.

I'm so disappointed to read these comments. I don't think the term "looking forward" applies but I was hoping the episodes would do right by Anne Kirkbride.

I take your points, vetsoapfan.

Good God, the Dreaming Death and Infinity storylines were awful. And the one with the Springfield patriarchs messing with Annabelle was only bearable from time to time. I'm still scratching my head over Susan Piper and the ninja.

Charlie definitely figured in my fantasies back then. He and Bet probably had the best sex of any couple in Weatherfield and neither of them were exactly spring chickens.

I disagree, vetsoapfan. I think Kobe/Long re-energized the show in 1983/1984 and made it watchable again after a particularly dire number of months following Douglas Marland's departure. They came up with The Four Musketeers, for starters. They gave the show a new identity which was very popular. And I think the opening musical theme which ran under their tenure was one of the best ever composed for daytime.

I love Eileen Derbyshire, too. I might be even more sad at Emily's passing (if she ever does!) than Rita's.

I wonder if the truth about Tracy's being the unwitting firestarter will come out in the aftermath of Deirdre's death.

I remember Fulton repeating the "Sterile Carol" line on a special daytime soap leading actresses panel on The David Susskind Show back in the mid 1970s!

Good episode tonight.

I think Gavin, the property development, Brian Slater and the key are all intertwined. This is shaping up to be something interesting, at least. The mystery of the key actually has the feel of a Douglas Marland umbrella story-the first time I've ever felt that from any story on EE!

Fun fact I realized as I was watching the episode: the piece of music being played as Jean walked down the aisle was the same piece of music that Amanda Carrington walked down the aisle to in a particularly notorious episode of Dynasty. Anyone remember the Moldavian Massacre? This was surely no coincidence and probably a DTC touch.

That's certainly what it sounded like, Carl! I can't imagine what else it could have been.

This one sounds like the furthest thing from a pointless summer stunt, Carl. All the tweets I'm reading about it suggest it's a game changer for several characters.

Tim Phillipps looks...oh, dear.

Yep, Monika. In fact the first time we saw her replacement Jennifer Cooke was when Kelly and Morgan were on their honeymoon which was shot somewhere on location in the Caribbean.

Geraldine (Court) told me that Marsha Clark cracked, when they taped the wedding sequence "Wow, how often are the groom's tits bigger than the bride's?" When they were watching the screen test of Cooke with Shipp Clark cracked "Well, now it's a toss up as to whose tits are bigger."

Well, tonight's episode marked the beginning of Lee's depression storyline and I don't have a good feeling about it. Danny Boy Hatchard mumbled through his scenes and I'm just not feeling it.

The Max/Carol and Jean/Stacey scenes were good, though. Daran Little can write. I haven't quite forgiven him for writing with his dick and making a rapist a sex object in his previous episode, though.

He and Ken Barlow on Coronation Street really did have some things in common, didn't they, Carl? Bob never had anyone like Joanna Lumley playing one, though, did he?

I agree, BetterForgotten. Ethel should absolutely have been included over Jim. They had a two hander (the show's first?) and the story of Dot helping Ethel to die is considered to be one of the show's best ever.

I forgot if I wrote it here or somewhere else that in 1980 I was in a production of a play called Moonchildren off-off Broadway which was put on by my manager. Her clients included Heidi Bohay (who went on to do Hotel and other work), Jill Voigt (who originated the role of Becky Lee on OLTL), Philip McGregor and Peter Reckell and we were all in it together. McGregor was a very weak actor but he sure was pretty. He can be spotted as an extra in the film Manhattan with Lauren Taylor-they're standing together in front of the Dalton School in an establishing shot in which Mariel Hemingway's character meets with Woody Allen's character.

Ugh. Martin and Stacey have NO CHEMISTRY AT ALL. The "Startin" fans must be realizing this by now.

I'm pretty sure the actor playing Archie wanted to leave anyway-and what an exit-the character was vaporized!

Speaking of special effects what the hell do you reckon this show is doing that they will be known as "the biggest in British soap"? They're on Day #18!

https://twitter.com/duncanfo/status/617245273161641984

Sorry, I couldn't help but think of that poor family on Family Affairs that got blown up in a boat!

I loved Maureen. Reg and Derek? Not so much.

Carl, this is for you...

https://twitter.com/salislee/status/616215583156256769

This pic is really cute-apparently the cast and crew at CS got a free ice cream truck parked on set seeing as it's a particularly hot day there today:

https://twitter.com/melaniejhil/status/616294032432566272

That's funny, Carl. Marianne Faithfull sure did get around!

I'm not a Sonia hater but my God she was insufferable in tonight's episode.

This collection of BBC film critic Mark Kermode's reviews quotes is really funny. Check out #4 (EE-related):

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/and-a-big-hello-to-jason-isaacs#.sdrJY3a0O

Hey, she does a lot of commercials now so I ain't worrying about her.