Not Bart in CC

Ha ha! Joel can't even control people in that club when Brendan isn't there!

Slow Jacqui, very slow.

Omfg!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If only.

I was thinking about this today actually. The problem with Stug is not that PJ is a bad actor, it's that the characters of Ste and Doug have no chemistry. I don't believe they're in love, definitely not enough to get married. Maybe if Stendan hadn't happened I could believe it, if only because it would pretty much be a standard romance storyline, but Stendan is such an exemplary storyline. The acting is spot-on and Emmett and Kieron have the best chemistry of any gay pairing I've ever watched (and I've followed quite a few.)

I can't quite put my finger on what makes them work so well. Maybe it's the way Kieron portrays Ste's vulnerability and Emmett portrays Brendan's inner conflicts so well. I don't know what it is, it's just a mix. Stendan just have everything: Lust, sex, love power, control, despair, anguish, need, desire....it's not generic in any way. Plus the slow build up to this point, the way it's kept growing and not been rushed. The audience was never told 'WANT these characters to be together, they clearly belong together!' it's all been shown in the acting. They want each other but they don't, they need each other but they can't have each other, and both for different reasons. The story is so complicated on different levels yet it all comes together so wonderfully. I don't know, the tension between them is palpable even when they're not in the same scene. There's just this sense that between Brendan and Ste, there's always things left unsaid in almost every scene. and it makes you want those things to be said!

It's definitely something special they have.

...sorry went on a rant there!

BH

Mitzeee/Joel

Diane you horny beggar.

Now I have never been to prison but he was only in there for a few weeks - would it really be a big readjustment for him?!

I wonder if anyone has considered writing a scene where a flying hoard of elephants crash land on that damned boat and take them all out.......

Oh god i love little joel

hello


are you talking about the ghost!anon?

Joel and Mitzeee was cute.

But Jacqui is ripping the head off this episode.

Poor jacqui

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE INSIDE.

Yes.

For the first time in ages, I see more to HO than just Stendan. I thin though that is because the only other worthy storyline is everything Jacqui! That was INTENSE!

even if they are proved wrong they'll come up with something else for the next month

Jacqui is just magnificent, why do they only let her off the lead twice a year at most, any other soap would have her centre stage all the time.

He's so lovely A lot of them are so lovely. Lucky lady!

Poor Jacqui, second time a wandering parter has got someone else knocked up. I really do credit Steph Davies, she's a good actress and I wish they hadn't wasted her with a load of the teen crap. I hate her in the bullying story, but at least it gets a reaction from me. I dislike that Cindy is staying quiet during Jacqui's outburst, but at the same time, I really don't think it is a good time to pipe up with the truth at the moment.

Aww, wee Joely. I want Britzeee to become platonic surrogate parents to him

ETA - I didn't add my Claire love, because it is obvious and I have said i many a many a time before.

Brendan was only in prison for 2 months and he ended up turning into an utter bastard for over 6 months because of it, so it must be pretty bad

They are all so damned nice. Only one Primadonna in my eyes but wont say who :P

Just think when Jacqui finds out about Cindy, that is going to be EXPLOSIVE!

Oh god how akward of a dinner party i am cringing

Jacqui hit Tony, uh oh better call offcom

Oh no Tony...but I laughed - - that was my reaction!

What the actual, Cindy?! OMG I can't wait til the ep Jacqui finds out about her!! OOOH it's gonna be AWESOME!