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Old 28-01-2016, 20:07
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Nikki Sanderson's one of the best actresses, but Birkwood has turned a once genuinely sympathetic character into a pathetic wreck who's too dim to know she's being taken for a ride.

Kept running back to an abusive husband and his psycho family and gets walked all over.

HO have ruined other characters by turning them into utter scum (Lindsey, Ste, Robbie) but Maxine's idiotic ways are tedious.
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Old 29-01-2016, 13:54
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Ugh I know...

I had so much sympathy for Max at the beginning but the writing for her has been atrocious.

I mean in would you not just give Sienna her share of the money and then just get the hell away from the village for a bit!?
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Old 29-01-2016, 16:13
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Maxine was anything but a mug when she first arrived. Did she not try and sell some dodgy watch or suchlike to Darren?
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Old 29-01-2016, 16:23
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The Patrick saga involving Maxine shouldn't have gone on for long, at the wedding it should of ended there. I like Nikki Sanderson's acting on hollyoaks. They shouldn't of had Maxine run back to Patrick, being framed and the body in the wall story to.
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Old 29-01-2016, 16:33
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Maxine was anything but a mug when she first arrived. Did she not try and sell some dodgy watch or suchlike to Darren?
She was a completely different character when Mitzeee (her sister) was on the show.
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Old 29-01-2016, 16:45
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I liked and had sympathy for Maxine during the domestic abuse storyline, but now it has just ended up in me rooting for Patrick setting her up and Sienna getting revenge. I kind of hope Maxine becomes Silas' next target now. I am sick of her pained expression and stupidness. Oh, and let us not forget her declarations of "luff" to Patrick, Dodger, Darren and Patrick again. Just the way she says it makes me want her Silased!
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Old 29-01-2016, 17:03
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I liked and had sympathy for Maxine during the domestic abuse storyline, but now it has just ended up in me rooting for Patrick setting her up and Sienna getting revenge. I kind of hope Maxine becomes Silas' next target now. I am sick of her pained expression and stupidness. Oh, and let us not forget her declarations of "luff" to Patrick, Dodger, Darren and Patrick again. Just the way she says it makes me want her Silased!
Reminds me of Robbie loving Nancy then Pheobe and now Holly. I don't buy any of it.
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Old 29-01-2016, 17:04
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Back on topic, yes I agree that Maxine should just sell the flat and split the sale and any saving Patrick left her with Sienna and be done with it.

Considering she's covered up a murder you'd think she'd want to keep the rest of the family on side.
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Old 29-01-2016, 22:19
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And in this instance I believe Sienna deserves half the money given everything her father put her through yet still constantly standing by him.
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Old 29-01-2016, 22:38
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Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. She was on the best characters on HO up until she ran back to Patrick last year. The writing for Maxine has made me root for Sienna in all of this. At least if she was genuinely cunning and manipulative it might have been interesting. Her thickness basically lands her in all kinds of problems.

On some level I feel bad for Nikki Sanderson as her character has been turned into mush. Maxine used to be assertive and feisty. She was fantastic between 2013 and 2014 in the early and middle stages of the abuse storyline. Since last year she has become this whiny, blubbering mess who hasn't grown stronger or more aware.
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Old 29-01-2016, 22:47
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I had bags of sympathy for Maxine but it should of ended on the wedding day in July 2014(!). Having most of the village not believe her was a bad decision and Maxine should never have gone running back to Patrick. I'd have thought Patrick leaving Maxine for dead after she gave birth was enough for her to stay away but she kept going back to him. I wish this story would end as currently it is going round and round in circles.
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Old 30-01-2016, 00:00
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I know
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Old 30-01-2016, 02:08
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This is just another of Kirkwood's atrocities when it comes to covering a very serious issue in Hollyoaks. I thought this storyline started out very strong but it has been stretched out too absolutely ridiculous lengths.
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Old 30-01-2016, 02:56
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Storyline should have ended on the wedding day when Maxine left Patrick and revealed the domestic abuse.

Maxine isn't stupid, the writers are just beyond stupid. Sadly it's a 'no-return' thing for Maxine now.
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Old 30-01-2016, 04:41
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I agree with the people saying the Maxine & Patrick storyline should have ended at the wedding when she showed her bruises to everyone. Also the Glove Hand Killer Lindsey storyline has gone on too long. The storylines on Oakes are just dragged on and on past their sell by date.
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Old 30-01-2016, 15:31
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Like Ste and Mercedes Maxine seems to be one of those characters stuck in a perpetual groundhog day.
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Old 30-01-2016, 15:43
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She was a completely different character when Mitzeee (her sister) was on the show.

I didn't watch back then...did she get killed off or just leave? Because if she's still alive, maybe now would be a good time for Maxine to see her sister?
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Old 30-01-2016, 17:27
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I didn't watch back then...did she get killed off or just leave? Because if she's still alive, maybe now would be a good time for Maxine to see her sister?
Mitzeee moved to America with Carl and the remaining Costello family after Riley died as it turned out she was pregnant with Riley Costello's baby. I never understood why Maxine didn't just stay with Mitzeee when she was trying to flee Patrick.
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Old 30-01-2016, 20:24
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Storyline should have ended on the wedding day when Maxine left Patrick and revealed the domestic abuse.

Maxine isn't stupid, the writers are just beyond stupid. Sadly it's a 'no-return' thing for Maxine now.
Completely agree!
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