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Old 04-10-2012, 14:19
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Is Mercedes Mentally ill / or faking it to avoid prison?

Does she know what shes doing and is just another in a line of carefully planned manipulation to avoid punishment?

OR

After all the things shes has done has she finally been tipped over the edge mentally?

What Do You think?
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Old 04-10-2012, 14:21
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Its a tricky one...

Part of me thinks with everything shes done/been through that she may well indeed have some mental heath issues.

BUT...

It really wouldn't surprise me if shes faking it to get out of prison! :S
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Old 04-10-2012, 14:27
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Maybe is a bit of both intentional manipuation and being unbalanced mentally?
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Old 04-10-2012, 14:34
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I think she is mentally ill. Shes been through a lot recently and received little or no help for it.
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Old 04-10-2012, 15:05
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If somebody's faking mental illness, surely that in itself would qualify them as having some mental health issues...?
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Old 04-10-2012, 15:19
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True but she seemed completely clear headed when she left that message for riley but one the other hand what stable woman takes her baby on the roof or exchanges her child for money
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Old 04-10-2012, 15:23
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Bit of both, i think she finally has lost it

But the bad thing is that woman is not gonna go prison at all it seems and will be out sooner we think
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Old 04-10-2012, 15:30
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If she comes back after only a fews months it will be ridiculous after everything she has done. To do this storyline justice then she has to go away for a few years, If they didn`t intend for her to go for too long then they shouldn`t have done it this way.. Personally i think she knew exactly what she was doing when she framed mitzeee and when she stalked her which they still don`t know about and also when she faked the kidnapping.
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Old 04-10-2012, 15:42
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I also stand by that Mercy knew exactly what she was doing the whole time, its just now she has lost it abit.... and making her seems like she is victim when she isnt at all
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Old 04-10-2012, 16:04
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She's going for the insanity plea, it was obvious throughout yesterdays E4.
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Old 04-10-2012, 16:09
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I couldn't decide! Part of me thinking she is faking it but then... I dunno!
Her scenes where she was trying to convince Myra that it was Riley making her go away reminded me of Stacey Branning in Eastenders. The way she was moving her body. And then in the Cell yesterday with Myra it looked forced like she was trying to act insane. Didn't Silas act up also? Obviously he was mental but he also played on the fact so he wouldn't be put in prison? I might be wrong, but it seems they are doing the same thing to Mercy.
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Old 04-10-2012, 16:18
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I'm not sure, she certainly appeared to have lost the plot in the last episode I saw. Part of me thinks you can't go through all the traumatic experiences she has without it affecting your mental health in some way, and I am thinking of all the years the character has been in it and all the things she has faced, even all the Niall stuff from years ago could still affect someone years later . Just because her sisters etc have coped with things that have happened to them doesn't mean she automatically will too.

That said, this is Mercedes we are talking about and she can be very calculating as we've seen if it is a choice between getting something she wants or getting away with something. Wouldn't surprise me at all if she was just pretending.
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Old 04-10-2012, 16:44
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Look at when mitzeee was sentenced and mercy smiling at her. She knew exactly what she was doing. That shows that she wasn`t insane just typical mercy. getting what she wants and if she doesn`t then she`ll make them suffer.
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Old 04-10-2012, 17:58
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If somebody's faking mental illness, surely that in itself would qualify them as having some mental health issues...?
lol exactly!

We all know Mercy is devious and we know her history (faking HIV!) but I really do think she is mentally ill now, old Mercy would never do anything to harm herself but now she's stabbed herself and was going to possibly jump with Bobby in her hands! Ever since the Silas SL, she hasn't been the full ticket, I think its slight Mercy but mostly something mentally wrong, especially now Riley is dead, her obsession over him and everything she has done was for him and now he's gone... I mean all she ever wanted was Riley (or should it be the WAG life) and he was going to marry her but instead she kidnapped her own child. That's not right.
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Old 04-10-2012, 18:12
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Totally faking it.

a) She's bitch numero uno... bar NO-ONE. Horrid, vile, evil creature from the nether world. Already shown time and time again no depths are too low to sink to.

b) Last week when her baby was 'missing' all she wanted to do was make Riley pay for hurting her.

c) Mitzeee can no longer have Riley.

So Riley has paid the ultimate price and Mitzeee can no longer have him, she's also devastated beyond description. That's a very good 'shift's work' in her twisted, sick existence.

I believe she's faking.
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Old 04-10-2012, 18:23
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She's faking it

that evil smirk she gave mitzeee is still pissing me off
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Old 04-10-2012, 18:31
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Honest to God, I cannot remember a soap character I hate more than Mercedes McQueen!
I know it's pointless and sad to genuinely hate a fictional person, but Christ, I just cannot help it.

I don't even think it's down to Jennifer Mettcalfe being a good actress either. I don't think she's a good actress. She's average but the character is written effectively. #Hatred... pure, pure hatred! lol
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Old 04-10-2012, 18:34
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I think it's real. She has been through so much (of her own doing) that this was inevitable really. She'll spend a couple of months in a mental institute then come back a reformed character.
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Old 04-10-2012, 18:43
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I think it's real. She has been through so much (of her own doing) that this was inevitable really. She'll spend a couple of months in a mental institute then come back a reformed character.
By the sounds of THAT I think you need some time in the funny farm!

Nothing will reform that BITCH!
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Old 04-10-2012, 20:58
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By the sounds of THAT I think you need some time in the funny farm!

Nothing will reform that BITCH!
Yeah should have mentioned she'd be 'reformed for about 3 episodes before she's off beddings someone else's husband
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Old 04-10-2012, 21:18
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If she was faking it she wouldn't have stabbed herself.

I think she has lost it personally.
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Old 04-10-2012, 21:36
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I think she has lost it. I think she may have mentioned Silas more if she had lost it. The only mention she gave was on the roof top.

Hopefully they could do something with the character now. Jen has played it well.
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Old 04-10-2012, 21:38
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Meant to say mention Silas more if she hasn't lost it and was acting...it would be in her character if she was sane to use that as sympathy. She has never mentioned it and its been nearly a year
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Old 04-10-2012, 21:48
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First I just thought she was an evil slut. Then afyer stabbing herself and when they found out her lies I thought she was an evil slut that has lost the plot. Now I think she putting it on to avoid prison she pyscho but I also think she playing it up a bit.
When she comes out I dont think will see a change, a great oppurtinty to change her was after Malachy died but she got even more evil Silas couldnt even change her.

Jennifer a great actress and plays the evil bitch well and its great to watch but after a while it gets repitative. I think she'll just be the village bike when she returns and everyone will forgive her and Myra will be begging for Mercedes to forgive her.
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Old 04-10-2012, 21:54
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I think she does have mental health issues but she does still have her inherent personality which is selfish to the core so she experiences her mental health issues in her own unique way.

She wants Riley and when Mercedes wants something she will go further than anyone else to get it but I think the lengths she's gone to this time are greater than than she would have gone to in the past.

She is one awful, awful person and I don't think Hollyoaks have any intention to redeem her so yes she'll come back and she'll vow to be good and within a week she'll be after another married man or cheat on whoever she's with blah blah.
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