Originally Posted by Sez_babe:
“That's true. A stalking storyline would be very interesting and it wouldn't completely damage his character - he could come back from it.”
Originally Posted by MelW:
“I agree that him becoming obsessed with her would be an interesting storyline and one that would explore his state of mind and what he's been through.”
I'm with you guys. The Michael/Ronnie and Sean/Tanya obsessions were both interesting and well done though the Michael/Ronnie one was too short. Though they had Derek stalk Kat, that was tagged on to the stupid affair storyline. What would have been better would have been to have Kat pursued by a mystery stalker who is eventually revealed to the viewers as Derek and it ends in Derek raping Kat and Kat and Alfie dragging him through the courts for it. they could also have had a Tanya/Alfie friendship and Alfie supporting Tanya through her cancer ordeal as well and this would have kept the Alfie/Roxy friendship intact too as Alfie and Kat would never have split and he would never have got together with Roxy and then jilted her. So many possibilities.
Back to Dean/Linda, yes, an ordinary stalker storyline which doesn't go too far to damage Dean's character would be fine.