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Old 03-04-2014, 08:28
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One of the best young Actors on the show who is currently underused - next week Jay goes after Lola - clearly Jamie deserves better material than another love triangle storyline?
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Old 03-04-2014, 08:41
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I really don't like how characters seem to be changing to suit the Lucy storyline. Alright, Jay kissed Kitty but that was a knee jerk reaction to Abi thinking she might be pregnant.

This Jay/Lola thing is mainly being done to create tension between Peter/Lola before the Lucy SL kicks off.
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Old 03-04-2014, 10:07
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One of the best young Actors on the show who is currently underused - next week Jay goes after Lola - clearly Jamie deserves better material than another love triangle storyline?
What sort of storyline for Jay would you like to see? I think he and Lola would make a good couple and could have a long term thing and maybe even a baby together. Her and Peter don't fit.
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:06
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Don't think he is too far down the axe list to be honest although I suspect abi maybe top of that.

She seems to have completed disappeared under the new producer.

I noticed Lola has been promoted to the older young group so that might suggest jay and Abi's days are numbered .

Jay mainly seems to be buying chips in a lot of scenes these days or sitting on benches
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:09
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Don't think he is too far down the axe list to be honest although I suspect abi maybe top of that.

She seems to have completed disappeared under the new producer.

I noticed Lola has been promoted to the older young group so that might suggest jay and Abi's days are numbered .

Jay mainly seems to be buying chips in a lot of scenes these days or sitting on benches
Before the Jay and Lola scenes a few weeks I would have agreed with you but I think DTC wants to make Jay and Lola a couple so I think he is safe and Jamie is a great actor,as for Abi then yes I think an announcement about her going off to University will be made shortly.
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:14
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Abi should definitely go to uni - I quite like her character now she has matured but really what can she do on the square? There isnt any stories to tell with her now and if she breaks up with Jay then there is even less for her to do. Maybe she could commute to uni like Libby did for a bit lol OR if they do want to keep her give her vocational work at a vets.

I always thought they should give Jay a really big and meaty story. I "wanted" him to have a car accident and end up in a wheelchair...showing how a young lad tackles disability could be such a good story for EE. But no they would rather he kisses Lola...
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:16
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He has only been in 10 episodes all year, abi 9

I think the new producer seems to prefer the older characters as you noticed outwith the carter kids the episode count for them is quite low.

Lauren is appearing more again and after a quiet start and she will be in it a lot after quiet start and will still be high in the episode count probably
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:17
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Maybe Abi could leave for a bit but then transfer to a London uni because she didn't like being away from home? It would give Jay a chance to get another storyline and Abi a chance to mature a bit?
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:24
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Criminally underused, almost to the point of annoying, he one of the best young actors on the show, tbh a cheating storyline is yawn, breaking him & Abi up, fine its acceptable, its a natural progression, they've lasted longer then most on the show as a couple but nothing is happening with them so moving on to a next chapter is good for both, but I think his capable of more then then a cheat s/l.

It seems Abi is being fazed out, would not be surprised if LF is put on recurring status now her character is supposedly going to Uni.
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:26
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Don't think he is too far down the axe list to be honest although I suspect abi maybe top of that.

She seems to have completed disappeared under the new producer.

I noticed Lola has been promoted to the older young group so that might suggest jay and Abi's days are numbered .

Jay mainly seems to be buying chips in a lot of scenes these days or sitting on benches
I am puzzled why DTC is ignoring him.

I would give him a storyline about mental health/eating disorder related.
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:29
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Jay was at his best with Billy, then Ben, and yes, Lola.
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Old 03-04-2014, 13:16
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And this will lead to Abi being so distraught she will fail her exams. Predictable. Anything to keep characters out of higher education.
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Old 03-04-2014, 22:16
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Who?

Seriously Jamie is just another victim of TPTB playing favourites.

He should have been coping on his own instead of being Philth's minor stooge.

Jay was the best young character on the show, now he is totally invisible.
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Old 03-04-2014, 22:28
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He should've been the one shagging Max.
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Old 03-04-2014, 22:39
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He should've been the one shagging Max.
Looool

He's criminally underused, I think that will continue. I prefer Lola/Jay as friends, I'm angry what they are doing to Peter I was all for 'Pola' at the beginning, shame that it has been ruined.
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Old 04-04-2014, 02:03
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Not only would I put Jay with Lola but I'd have a Sonia/Jamie storyline with Lola and Jay which would bring out Jamie Borthwick's acting talents even though it would be at Lola's expense. A depression storyline could work there or something along those lines. Abi should really go, I'm beginning to think that she's unnecessary and there needs to be a successful Branning. Put Lauren and Peter together and then have a twisted Cindy/Ian-type relationship. That way Max is alone as the only Branning and then you could start the process of reigniting the Branning flames once again.
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Old 04-04-2014, 02:19
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Jay is such an average character, I have no idea what you all see in him. He is pretty dull and bland IMO anyway.
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Old 04-04-2014, 13:14
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Totally agree this young man can act and he isnt being given decent storylines he deserves
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Old 04-04-2014, 14:55
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It would be interesting to see the Jamie/Sonia/Martin story replayed with Lola/Jay/Abi. Perhaps Abi goes off to university and becomes a "success", Jay gets with Lola but Lola is killed before her time. A few years down the line Jay would reunite with a returned Abi.
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Old 04-04-2014, 15:15
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Who?

Seriously Jamie is just another victim of TPTB playing favourites.

He should have been coping on his own instead of being Philth's minor stooge.

Jay was the best young character on the show, now he is totally invisible.
Although he's, undoubtedly, one of the best young characters, I think DTC has a focus on the older generation/older characters as this focus has dwindled since BK started.
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Old 04-04-2014, 16:22
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Not only would I put Jay with Lola but I'd have a Sonia/Jamie storyline with Lola and Jay which would bring out Jamie Borthwick's acting talents even though it would be at Lola's expense. A depression storyline could work there or something along those lines. Abi should really go, I'm beginning to think that she's unnecessary and there needs to be a successful Branning. Put Lauren and Peter together and then have a twisted Cindy/Ian-type relationship. That way Max is alone as the only Branning and then you could start the process of reigniting the Branning flames once again.
Abi's not unnecessary and she does not have to leave to be successful. She's the only teenage girl on the square who's not obsessed with love and babies and doesn't use her childhood to excuse bad behaviour. If anything we need more characters like Abi. She is the daughter of amoral adulterers and is the only consistently sober female in a family with three generations of alcoholic women. There's a lot that could be done with that as the impact of growing up in the constant chaos of her parent's toxic relationship has yet to be explored. Abi is also bound to discover that her boyfriend has been pursuing her best friend. Given Abi's childhood her reaction to Jay's betrayal will be a crucial stage in her character development.

Lola and Jay would only cause each other to regress to the juvenile delinquents they used to be and three years of character development would be wasted. Having Phil's unofficially adopted son helping to raise the daughter of his biological son and niece/cousin (whatever relation Lola is to Phil) while cousin Ronnie is obsessed with her own sister would only make the Mitchells even more creepy and incestuous.
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