17 hours ago, MichaelGL said:

As much as I detest Chloe, it's so lame how British soaps(Corrie, Emmerdale, heck even EE)  love doing stories where the parent of a child dies, and the child gets taken care of by the couple TPTB want us to root for. 🙄

Since the couple in question here includes a Dingle, that will never, ever, ever happen for me.   

Much like EastEnders, I'm back at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023. Where should I pick up? There or later on?

Lydia got raped.. Yay.. ANOTHER Rape storyline. I know rape happens in real life so much but do we have to have one on ED like nearly every year. Poor Lydia..

33 minutes ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Lydia got raped.. Yay.. ANOTHER Rape storyline. I know rape happens in real life so much but do we have to have one on ED like nearly every year. Poor Lydia..

One of the signs that it's all about plot, plot and plot nowadays. I think there was only one (!) story about rape for the first twenty years of the show, and that wasn't even shown on screen, just talked about after it happened. And that was when Wendy Hotson was raped in early 1979.

So that's Rhona, Victoria, and now Lydia in a short time period. 

Found the first two too disturbing to watch, yeah not even going to bother with this recent rehash. The show needs a change, and FAST. 

14 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

One of the signs that it's all about plot, plot and plot nowadays. I think there was only one (!) story about rape for the first twenty years of the show, and that wasn't even shown on screen, just talked about after it happened. And that was when Wendy Hotson was raped in early 1979.

That’s why they didn’t win a thing this year lol

wasnt Aaron raped too in like 2015-16-ish? 

1 hour ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

That’s why they didn’t win a thing this year lol

wasnt Aaron raped too in like 2015-16-ish? 

It was revealed that his father had raped him as a child. 

15 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

One of the signs that it's all about plot, plot and plot nowadays. I think there was only one (!) story about rape for the first twenty years of the show, and that wasn't even shown on screen, just talked about after it happened. And that was when Wendy Hotson was raped in early 1979.

I suppose there was also Sharon Crossthwaite, although that was early on.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I suppose there was also Sharon Crossthwaite, although that was early on.

You're absolutely right. I completely forgot about Sharon. I'm not sure they were very clear about her being raped, I think it was more implied (I could be wrong, its been a while since I watched those very early episodes), but nevertheless it happened. But it was a very rare occurrence for the show to deal with rape. I think it remained that way long into the 2000s actually.

 

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David will leave the show after 17 years has been confirmed for weeks and there is a new rumor that there might be a fling coming up for Jacob & Victoria.. Like what to the actual hell?

I just can‘t anymore. It’s so hard to like Emmerdale these days. 

12 minutes ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

David will leave the show after 17 years has been confirmed for weeks and there is a new rumor that there might be a fling coming up for Jacob & Victoria.. Like what to the actual hell?

I just can‘t anymore. It’s so hard to like Emmerdale these days. 

14 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a45209937/emmerdale-spoilers-jacob-gallagher-feelings-victoria/?utm_content=buffer934cf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=soapsfacebookpost&fbclid=IwAR0-uwmD6qCV61HVtl8lkYQ-jmINxALj1I9qwjdp927tg8YAtCw8ZTWR7MU_aem_AZBD_ne64cyFLFha4KFOhaFrqcrT5BpLETxbdRDr98fpaggCbC9x0tT3W0uQbHfTDJU
 

 

I was just about to come here and ask if there is any point to tune in Emmerdale or EastEnders maybe (after years of not watching), but I have no desire to watch David leave and Jacob and Victoria hooking up..