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How alive is she? I've learned from Kirkwood disasters that people could still drop off after the fact.

Still, I do hope the same and it would prove my (very much) earlier belief that Leyla is too much of a Kate Oates favourite for her to bite it.

What made you come around with Tracy? I don't dislike her at all, but I always thought it was an odd decision to bring her back after she left town.

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I'm pretty sure they brought her back initially to cause some drama with Rachel's return, and after that they likely decided to keep her around as a stunt casualty.

I missed the worst of Tracy apparently. When I started back she was mostly just with Sam, and then got dumped for Rachel. Then came the Andy fling where various characters treated her like trash and acted like she'd raped him. I thought Amy Walsh and Kelvin Fletcher had good chemistry and I was sorry the story ended. Since then she's mostly just been flitting from one character group to another, which is why I think she'll die, but I like her. I have liked her a lot more since she and Val cut ties, as they're too similar. Her quasi-friendship with Jimmy, her scenes with Laurel and Ashley this week were wonderful, and I loved the scene where Joanie defended her from Rodney's misogyny. To me she's a real sparkplug character who livens up other characters and adds an easy type of comedy, yet she's also surprisingly heartbreaking every once in a while. She's a lot like the types of characters Corrie used to be able to make up to about 5 years ago.

I do think she's toast, and it's not a big deal, but I'll miss her.

I'm starting to wonder if only 1 or 2 characters will die. If so there will be a lot of fan and press backlash, although I don't care that much, as I doubt anyone I dislike is going to die anyway, and I don't watch soaps for stunt deaths.

If they do plan to kill more than 1 or 2 I just hope they do it justice. I will never forget what they did to my Viv and my Terry.

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It was hard for me to care about Tracy for a long time because she never seemed genuine, even when Val saw that her ex had clearly been abusing her. But the Andy story helped her immensely in my eyes. I also thought Amy Walsh was really good when she poured her heart out to Jimmy about why she made the porn. Still, this Leyla news feels like such a reprieve, others less than her dying won't bother me.

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Did they recast Cathy and Heath Hope? I can't tell. I wonder if this means we'll be seeing them more. It's a fandom joke that they are never shown.

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It'd be smart if they brought Terry Jr. to live with Brenda, somehow. I don't know if now is the right time, but certainly at some point.

Do you think we'll ever see Aaron's father again and his sibling? Was it ever said if was a boy or girl?

Also, random question, but to your knowledge, has Cain ever killed anyone?

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Cain killed a dog (two dogs, maybe). He also sabotaged the show homes, which led to the deaths of three people.

I am not expecting to see Gordon or the other sibling but it would be nice for story, especially since it's clear that Paddy can't be his father and enabler this time around.

That's a good idea about TJ. I wonder if they even remember him.

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