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    WitherspoonWitherspoon
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    My thoughts…

    1. I’m OK with Jill being excited about having a “gentleman caller.” One can simultaneously be excited about having something good in one’s own life while being concerned for a loved one. As an aside, I’m very good at keeping things from my mother (broken leg, heart attack), but I live a thousand miles away from her!

    2. No.
    Probably.

    3. Doesn’t make sense.
    Yes.

    4. Doesn’t make sense after Pip haven’t been so angry with him for a while-Toby is so manipulative.
    Yes, but maybe Pip will find out about Toby’s “cleaning service” and make a clean break from him!

    BTW, all excellent points, PP.

    #7056
    Miss Mid-CityMiss Mid-City
    Participant

    I agree that we’re treading old ground here …

    Relationships – whether familial, platonic friendships or romances – are the life blood of soap operas but what’s been bothering me lately is the fact that I don’t care about a lot of the characters and their various relationships.

    For a start, I’m not interested in Tom and Natasha or Helen and Lee or Kirsty and Philip. I wish they’d do their “courtship” elsewhere.

    And, as Roifield has often said, I just don’t believe in Adam and Ian. Equally, I don’t believe in Pip and Toby.

    The “thing” between Tom and Horrid Hannah probably hasn’t gone away. That’s a stupid trope: friends with benefits which ends up becoming more permanent.

    And I can’t believe they’re going to repeat the “torn between two brothers” nonsense that we had with Will, Emma and Ed. I don’t care enough about Pip, Toby and Rex to be bothered but things seem to be heading in that direction …

    I also notice that all of a sudden, we’re getting a lot of younger/teenage characters like Ben, Ruari and now Mia. We heard a little of Jake and George a while ago but then they fell silent. I wonder if there’s something going on with acting bursaries …

    #7057
    marie ingerfatffriend
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    What matches would you make if you could?

    #7075

    I am getting the feeling that there will be more “torn between two brothers” Emma and Will keep having tender scenes that are raising my suspicions, and the Toby/ Rex/ Pip triangle doesn’t seem like it will be resolved any time soon.

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