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Old 01-04-2014, 20:33
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The character has obviously got an extremely secretive and dark past but do you feel sorry for him? Especially with that end scene....

Not sure what the audience are meant to be making of him but wondering what the general response currently is?
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Old 01-04-2014, 20:36
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The character has obviously got an extremely secretive and dark past but do you feel sorry for him? Especially with that end scene....

Not sure what the audience are meant to be making of him but wondering what the general response currently is?
He seems like a person capable of horrific emotional abuse - just look at his comments tonight - genuinely nasty that last one especially - one would assume he was even worse when they were all kids - he shows no remorse for hurting people with his comments now, so it is logical to believe he is capable of much more, perhaps even physical "back in the day" - so no I do not feel sorry for him in general, as a person - but Mick should not have done what he did.
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Old 01-04-2014, 20:37
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Not at all. If I didn't think there was something darker about him to come, I probably would a little.
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Old 01-04-2014, 20:40
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The character has obviously got an extremely secretive and dark past but do you feel sorry for him? Especially with that end scene....

Not sure what the audience are meant to be making of him but wondering what the general response currently is?
I don't think he's done anything bad to Shirley and mick like everyone thinks I think it's more we should be looking at why there mum left what did they see stan do to her.
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Old 01-04-2014, 20:40
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He was in the Vic for about an hour and he made those 'jokes'. I would imagine he's capable of a lot worse when he's in a bad mood, unlike his good mood today.
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Old 01-04-2014, 20:48
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He was horrible to make that joke about Lee. But leaving him alone at night was a bit harsh. Mick could of left Stan at his flat.
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Old 01-04-2014, 20:57
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No I'm not sorry for him. He brought it on himself. However, I do think Mick should have left him at his flat or returned him to hospital just out of decency.
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Old 01-04-2014, 21:02
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I felt I little sorry when he was kicked out the car but you could tell that was coming at the dinner table when Mick went nice. Liked his bond with Nancy but those jokes were awful especially the one about 'Lee being the only normal one and he's gonna come home in a bodybag!' Linda must feel awful!
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Old 01-04-2014, 21:02
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I still don't understand what he has done in the past that's been so bad? I'm looking forward to exploring the characters past more!
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Old 01-04-2014, 21:20
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Why does Stan blame Shirley for Sylvie leaving? I thought that Sylvie was abusive to her. I think perhaps Stan emotionally abused them, Shirley did say he could make you hate yourself in tonights ep.
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Old 01-04-2014, 21:25
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Why does Stan blame Shirley for Sylvie leaving? I thought that Sylvie was abusive to her. I think perhaps Stan emotionally abused them, Shirley did say he could make you hate yourself in tonights ep.
I think Shirley has probably suffered a lot of mental abuse at his hands. Blaming your daughter for your wife leaving you is really low. Tina was obviously his favoured child.
He comes across as a horrible man.
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Old 01-04-2014, 21:36
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No, I didn't feel sorry for him at all. We don't know the whole story yet but Stan's comments were very distasteful and even mentally abusive. He was chipping and chipping away at Mick, I'm not surprised Mick kicked him out of the car. It does seem to me however, that Stan isn't aware he is doing it half the time- either that or he is that cruel that he is just seeing how far he can push it, and tonight, he pushed it too far.
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Old 01-04-2014, 21:41
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No! 'And lee.. he'll probably come back in a body bag' absolutely disgusting. He didn't even apolgise to linda, infact he didn't even know what he said was offensive. He only apologised when hr realised mick was going to leave him at the side of the road. I would normally feel sorry if that happened but comments like that about soldiers are disrespectful.
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Old 02-04-2014, 08:54
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Not that I especially like Linda but we've seen in previous episodes that Linda is very frightened for Lee (as any mother of a serving soldier would be) so for Stan to flippantly joke about her worst fear via the "bodybag" comment was absolutely disgusting. I did feel sorry for him in the last scene but only because I'm a softie not because he didn't deserve it.
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Old 02-04-2014, 09:45
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Not from what I saw yesterday - no.
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Old 02-04-2014, 10:12
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No, I didn't feel sorry for him at all. We don't know the whole story yet but Stan's comments were very distasteful and even mentally abusive. He was chipping and chipping away at Mick, I'm not surprised Mick kicked him out of the car. It does seem to me however, that Stan isn't aware he is doing it half the time- either that or he is that cruel that he is just seeing how far he can push it, and tonight, he pushed it too far.
Exactly.
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Old 02-04-2014, 17:37
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No i don't
He is a nasty horrible man. Although i wouldn't have dumped him on the side of the road though. I have such a terrible guilty conscience, i would of at least took him home, told him a few home truths then gone off.
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Old 02-04-2014, 17:53
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No I don't feel sorry for him at all, he deserves everything which is thrown at him
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Old 02-04-2014, 18:46
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Stan is well mean and out of order, but because he is old I did feel sorry for him abit last night, I don't want it is, when it comes to dogs or old people I am soppy.
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Old 02-04-2014, 18:49
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You won't feel sorry for him when he drives off a flyover with Deano trapped in the boot.
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Old 02-04-2014, 19:12
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Mick shouldn't have left him but we have no idea how bad he has been in the past. As a young man he could've been even worse.

People seem to think all old people are nice but some of them can be very cruel.
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Old 02-04-2014, 19:15
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Poor stan, all he did was insult every gay me of his family-whilst assuming the notgay members where gay, and laugh how his eldest grandson will probz come back in a body bag.
Way to go old man👍
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Old 02-04-2014, 19:35
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No. not in the slightest. Though I do agree that he should have dropped him in the waiting are of the hospital.

My so called grandfather is just the same, he's a horrible spiteful bastard who I can't stand who has abused this family not just emotionally but physically and worse.

Just because people are old and frail doesn't mean that their past discretions automatically get forgiven.
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Old 02-04-2014, 19:38
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Tina was obviously his favoured child.
And that strikes me a bit like how Roxy was Archie's 'favourite'. IE: she was made to think she was and he treated her like she was - but really he couldn't give a shit.
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Old 02-04-2014, 19:43
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I did slightly, but his comments yesterday were horrific and I could understand why Mick decided to dump him. Sadly his non-PC comments about 'wuftas' were very realistic; I'm still of the opinion that the non-homophobes are to some extent a minority, but maybe that's because of the opinions of those around me.
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