Well I think we can all agree this week was incredibly lacklustre, and not just because of the lack of Robron (though that was a big part of it )

I can't believe Emmerdale had one of their biggest stunts and we still have characters like Jai hanging around.. such a wasted opportunity to get rid. I even prefered watching whiny Chrissie to the Jai, Megan, Leyla, Rachel and Sam storyline this last few days. Robron returning can't come soon enough. Imagine how excited we will be when we finally get a spoiler! And even more so when we see them again! I will be surviving on fanfiction the next few weeks...

that plural in "weeks" hurts so much.

They should just save Megan and Sam and add them to different groups. Sam can hang around with the rest of his family instead of just his dad and Lisa and Megan can have some stories worthy of her actress' talent.

This week wasn't as bad as it could've been. We got a nice Robert and Diane scene and at least they explained why he's not going to be around for 2 weeks.

Next week will be bad though, im not going to sugar coat it. Aaron will again be doubling up as the invisible man, Robert away on business.

Not sure where they can go with Megan as a character from now really. I mean what is there for her in the village?

I'm just hoping we get something from the press spoilers Robert and/or Aaron related, so at least come Wednesday we have something solid to look forward to in Robron land.

Yeah it's been awful-really dull ! I am disappointed at the aftermath of the big disaster.It is like most of who were involved have just disappeared.We aren't seeing enough of their reactions to what happened.As usual they're brushing it aside and just replacing that with the Jai/Rachel/Megan story.I love big stuff like disaster week but I get annoyed when they just don't follow it up properly.Its the same as the Robron affair reveal-there's just been next to no reactions and proper follow up ! The affair reveal went straight into the disaster week and the disaster week has gone straight into Jai stuff.I don't like that after such big build ups of these stories

Me too, I've already put too many eggs in that particular basket and if we get nothing I will need to hug a few puppy's for comfort lol - Bloody Robron! - I can only damn myself for getting too invested thank goodness for fan fics!

I take it from your post that she did the rational thing and left Jai? then that's technically a good thing. She's got a clean slate now, they can whatever they want with her as long as the writing is good

Good point. They should have gave the reveal a bit of time to seep in then had the disaster week. It's just more unanswered questions and things that viewers might have to fill in ourselves bc they won't address on the show.

I hope they prove me wrong but I really dislike the way some soaps go about after big events. I don't expect ppl to be shocked or traumatized for every.

Let's just hope that when we get spoiler pictures from them at the bar it's not a fight or anything.

Unfortunately I don't think we can say either way with these two

I would have swapped the whole disaster for a proper Robron affair reveal aftermath:

We didn't see Aaron talk to anyone about it. He should have had conversations with Adam and Vic. We should have also seen him hated by Andy as well as Robert. I would have even liked Aaron and Chrissie having a proper conversation.

We should have got Robert talking to Vic and his conversations with Andy and Diane should have been more in depth.

It was also really werid that no one was even shocked that Robert had an affair with a man (except maybe Chrissie). He was always believed to be a womaniser in the village and no one is shocked.

Chrissie asked if Robert loved Aaron nobody else did or what the whole thing was about.

I'm still very annoyed the story was rushed to push ahead for the disaster but I guess some of these conversations could still take place,

Well their fights almost always end up with them making up later....except for when they end with Aaron tied to a radiator with a gun to his head

Something tells me Andy won't be happy with Aaron, they've just failed to show it. I know we've seen them joking and laughing in the background of scenes, but we've yet to see them actually as somewhat of a focus of a scene, the two of them talking. I suppose we have to wait and see.

Some more good points.

I really hope they come back to it. I hate when we have to fill things in ourselves.

A break is great if they can come back stronger than before. Robert needs to accept himself. Idk I know the recent scenes aaron hates him cos of the stuff Robert put him thru but is it bad that I am still rooting for them despite that?

What happened with Megan today?

I have no idea bc I couldn't be bothered to watch another episode about Jai, but in yesterday's cliffhanger Jai made her chose between him supporting her financially to be a part of their baby's life or be left with nothing on the street, so I thought Megan did the right thing and ditched him.

However, emmerdale's youtube has a video of Jai being forced to break up with Layla by Megan so I'm probably wrong and they're still together, brilliant.

If I understood the situation correctly, Megan agreed to Jai's terms IF he'd dump Leyla. She specifically directed him to be cruel and insisted that she watch. So Jai tells Leyla (in front of Alicia and Megan) that she was just a fling and the thought of waking up to her "stupid smiling face" every day made him sick. Megan gloated through the whole thing and happily shared that she was pregnant. Later, when Jai and Megan were about to leave for the custody hearing, Megan told Jai to go on ahead of her because she wasn't feeling well. Somehow, Megan then ends up in the pub and is yelling into her phone at the taxi firm for not picking her up. Leyla (also inexplicably now in the pub) starts yelling at Megan who then clutches at her head and abdomen and starts breathing heavily. The episode ends with Rachel and Jai being called into the custody hearing and Jai seething over the fact that Megan didn't show up.

Do I get bonus points for enduring the entire episode?

A ton of them, you're definitely braver than I am.

I had to ask for a few favours from a co worker to watch the helicopter crash episode but this week I've barely remembered to watch the show. I dislike Jai and Rachel that much.

hold on

I don't mind waiting for Robert POV conversations, as long as we get them one day. I can see why they'd hold off burning their way through the whole story so soon particularly in regards to Robert and the audience getting any sort of resolution about his sexuality.

Looking forward to the Andy and Aaron stuff even if it is leading to the Katie stuff...eep!

do you know something we don't?

Apart from 'predictions' and Kate Oates talking about the upcoming reveal, nope .

I do think we could definitely see some Aaron/Andy stuff coming up...... which would be great as it was obviously something that was missing from the post affair reveal eps. I guess we know why they maybe held off on it, so it happened a bit later and lead into the Katie stuff. Maybe Andy could start challenging if Aaron knows why Katie was at the farm when she died, stuff like that.

I wouldn't be surprised if scenes like that happened at the start of Sep or something.

These teasers are from the

What's Next section in the Metro: doubt they're relevant but here they are....

1. A nice but ultimately insensitive gesture in a budding romance could ruin everything…

2. One soap local is left seething when a secret from his past reaches his shocked son…

3. Two lovers receive some of the worst news a couple can ever get…

Continued here: Emmerdale: Aaron Livesy and Robert Sugden Appreciation Thread (Part 4)