Does anyone else think (or know) any of the moments are staged?

Zoe's "confrontation" with Susan last night in the shopping centre seemed really awkward, I just felt like someone production/direction wise might have had a word, suggested it maybe? Zoe almost sounded like she was reading lines

Same with the "upstairs" team eventually saying should they do something about lack of clients... I wonder how long they actually sat up there, and the production team were a bit worried they would actually have nothing to film

They do have to fill a show, after all.

I felt last week, when the team left Top Hat Cleaners and Karren was standing shaking her head at the owner, just looked completely set up

You beat me to it.

It definitely feels like Karen's been told to be more animated this year because people miss Margaret's funny facial expressions.