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Old 24-10-2015, 10:25
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Hate everything about how they are writing her. I can't believe how much she has been ruined.
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Old 24-10-2015, 10:29
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To be fair I think it's all part and parcel of having to explain why she'd pretend to be dead all these years. They have to go through this process with her to show us how low she'd sunk before the reinstate her add the Kathy we know. The Kathy we know would never have abandoned her boys like this so she just can't come back and instantly revert to that character.
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Old 24-10-2015, 10:31
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To be fair I think it's all part and parcel of having to explain why she'd pretend to be dead all these years. They have to go through this process with her to show us how low she'd sunk before the reinstate her add the Kathy we know. The Kathy we know would never have abandoned her boys like this so she just can't come back and instantly revert to that character.
I agree, it's more realistic this way.

But I also hated seeing Ian throw her out like that.
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Old 24-10-2015, 10:35
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To be fair I think it's all part and parcel of having to explain why she'd pretend to be dead all these years. They have to go through this process with her to show us how low she'd sunk before the reinstate her add the Kathy we know. The Kathy we know would never have abandoned her boys like this so she just can't come back and instantly revert to that character.
I'd rather they wrote it like she'd been forced against her will to stay and tried everything she could to return. But no she is a victim being controlled by Gavin and alot of time caring more about herself than her boys.

Its horrible to witness when you remember 90s Kathy so vividly.
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Old 24-10-2015, 11:22
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I think what would have been better is if it had transpired Kathy and Gavin had been abducted in SA and had been held captive for the past 10 years. Might have been more realistic if finally she had found an opportunity to escape from her captives and have then been able to make a comeback avoiding any police repercussions from her death.

We would have had an interesting storyline of Kathy finding her new found freedom again and reuniting with her boys without making her unrecognisable as a character like they have done with the current storyline.
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Old 24-10-2015, 12:21
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I'd rather they wrote it like she'd been forced against her will to stay and tried everything she could to return. But no she is a victim being controlled by Gavin and alot of time caring more about herself than her boys.

Its horrible to witness when you remember 90s Kathy so vividly.
Funnily enough, I've been rewatching EastEnders from the early-mid '90s. Kathy wasn't always as strong as people remember her to be - stubborn, yeah - but it's not the first time she's been at the mercy of other people's 'advice' and making excuses for people. Let's not forget either that she put up with Phil's crap for a long time, too.
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Old 24-10-2015, 13:45
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The pieces are falling into place. We needed to see how much she'd changed and why so we could understand why she'd fake her death in the first place. Has no one noticed she's getting back to the old Kathy more and more with each passing episode? She's come clean to her family and the police, she's seen Gavin for what he is and she's trying to put things right even though she'll have to face the consequences. Kathy is the only thing they've gotten right so far. Everything else has fallen flat.
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Old 24-10-2015, 13:53
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I'd rather they had joined the Moonies or some cult and been held against their will. Or at least Kathy against her will. It goes against everything she was as a mother and as a person that she abandoned her two sons and let them think she was dead for so long.

Now she is lying and game playing and has hurt Ian so much it's just horrible. She was never the type to be brain-washed by a man - she survived Phil Mitchell, for god's sake, so it just doesn't ring true at all for me.
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Old 24-10-2015, 14:27
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It works for me. She's been broken down mentally and emotionally by a psychopathic control freak. It can happen to even the strongest of women.

I do, however, think the writers waited far too long to bring Kathy back. They knew almost the minute they killed her off that they'd made a mistake. This storyline should have happened years ago as it would be easier to accept the flippant reactions from her friends and family if she'd only been gone for a couple of years. After 10 years you really do "get over" for lack of a better term the deaths of loved ones. Even though you still miss them you grow accustomed to their absence and the fact they are dead. The writers pitched Sharon's reaction perfectly both to Kathy's return and Den's return but it seems Adam Woodyatt, although a decent actor, just wasn't up to the task and neither were the writers of those episodes. A bad script can kill a good storyline and hamper an actor, to be fair to Woodyatt.
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Old 24-10-2015, 17:01
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I'd rather they had joined the Moonies or some cult and been held against their will. Or at least Kathy against her will. It goes against everything she was as a mother and as a person that she abandoned her two sons and let them think she was dead for so long.

Now she is lying and game playing and has hurt Ian so much it's just horrible. She was never the type to be brain-washed by a man - she survived Phil Mitchell, for god's sake, so it just doesn't ring true at all for me.
Exactly.
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Old 24-10-2015, 17:34
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To be fair I think it's all part and parcel of having to explain why she'd pretend to be dead all these years. They have to go through this process with her to show us how low she'd sunk before the reinstate her add the Kathy we know. The Kathy we know would never have abandoned her boys like this so she just can't come back and instantly revert to that character.
Contrived and the viewers know it is contrived. Hardly the stuff to engage.
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Old 24-10-2015, 18:39
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I enjoy it and I also love that her coming back forced the writers to remember that Ian and Ben are brothers .
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Old 24-10-2015, 19:21
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I'd rather they wrote it like she'd been forced against her will to stay and tried everything she could to return. But no she is a victim being controlled by Gavin and alot of time caring more about herself than her boys.

Its horrible to witness when you remember 90s Kathy so vividly.
That's the thing though, the Kathy we knew would never in a million years have abandoned her sons and grandchildren, especially not a child as young as Ben. They've had to break her character to facilitate her return.

I strongly suspect that once she is bedded back in again, normal service will resume and her whole character change will quietly slip away and never be spoken of again.
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Old 24-10-2015, 20:56
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Hate everything about how they are writing her. I can't believe how much she has been ruined.
doesn't bother me at all, I never liked her any way.
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Old 24-10-2015, 21:44
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That's the thing though, the Kathy we knew would never in a million years have abandoned her sons and grandchildren, especially not a child as young as Ben. They've had to break her character to facilitate her return.

I strongly suspect that once she is bedded back in again, normal service will resume and her whole character change will quietly slip away and never be spoken of again.
As I said contrived.
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