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Old 12-02-2016, 01:51
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The man is an utter imbecile!

Kat and her contradicting twin son.
Shirley and her strangely familiar secret son who believed he was her brother.
Shabnam and her totally random child with Dean.
Stacey and her totally unnecessary secret family.
Jordan his eye rollingly surprise son.

It's almost comical. Babe is next. Secret triplets. She can't remember having the third, which is Ryan Malloy. The other is actually Sean Slater, whom she sold for money. The only one she couldn't bare to give up, because she was the only girl, is Tina - who Babe has kept in the family and passed off as Shirley's secret sista.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:00
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Isn't about time DTC stood down...
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:05
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Yup, there is no point investing in any of the families any more because you know some big twist will come and unravel it all.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:12
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Isn't about time DTC stood down...
He would be doing us all a favour if he did.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:25
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This SHOULD be DTCs final year and then finally a new era should start.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:29
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I really hope it is his last year. He's ruined a lot of characters long term with these irreversible and implausible plots
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:34
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To be fair, Jordan's son is hardly a secret, seeing as he appeared just a couple of episodes into Jordan's return.

As for the list, the OP forgot Sharon being the secret daughter of Kathy's third husband.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:37
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I hate what he has done to Ronnie,Kat,Jane,Ian
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:42
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To be fair, Jordan's son is hardly a secret, seeing as he appeared just a couple of episodes into Jordan's return.

As for the list, the OP forgot Sharon being the secret daughter of Kathy's third husband.
I see what you're saying with Jordan. But it's still DTC shoehorning in another child for a character, to have a kid we didn't know about until now. It just seems too much. Like, oh, he had a son no one knew about until now.

I knew I was forgetting something I've tried to wipe the Sharron idiocy from my brain.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:42
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You're all a bunch of moans aren't you?
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:46
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I hate what he has done to Ronnie,Kat,Jane,Ian
Totally agree, plus Stacey and Sharron.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:48
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Wonder who was looking after Jordan's son when he was skulking around the Squre the other night.
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Old 12-02-2016, 02:58
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You're all a bunch of moans aren't you?
I actually wish I was singing his praises instead. But I call out rubbish when I see it.
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Old 12-02-2016, 03:08
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If he "secretly" keeps Stacey locked away in that mental hospital all is forgiven from me

These past weeks eps with just one scene of her here and there have been BLISS.
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Old 12-02-2016, 04:48
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Yep. This coupled with his serious infatuation with baby boy's is ridiculous. It's starting to resemble China with the male to female baby ratio. It's a soap, we don't need every character to either be secretly related to a few hundred people, or a son in every family to carry on the name in twenty years time.
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Old 12-02-2016, 05:34
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Yep. This coupled with his serious infatuation with baby boy's is ridiculous. It's starting to resemble China with the male to female baby ratio. It's a soap, we don't need every character to either be secretly related to a few hundred people, or a son in every family to carry on the name in twenty years time.
Dam. Couldn't have said it better. High five!
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Old 12-02-2016, 05:36
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If he "secretly" keeps Stacey locked away in that mental hospital all is forgiven from me

These past weeks eps with just one scene of her here and there have been BLISS.
She's not for everyone I guess

In her previous stint I used to relish every second that she was on screen. Now I don't get excited at all. It's the biggest testament to me how much he has destroyed her.
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Old 12-02-2016, 08:09
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It's a little known theory that DTC was sacked from his first job as a researcher on Who Do You Think You Are? for adding a few extra relatives to Kerry Katona's family tree. This is his revenge.
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Old 12-02-2016, 08:12
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Tell me about it - its one of the reasons I'm bowing from watching EE for good.
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Old 12-02-2016, 08:14
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I laughed out loud at the reveal of Jordan's son.

"X has a secret child" seems to be the only twist DTC can do.
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Old 12-02-2016, 08:19
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He would be doing us all a favour if he did.
Speak for yourself.
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Old 12-02-2016, 09:02
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I see what you're saying with Jordan. But it's still DTC shoehorning in another child for a character, to have a kid we didn't know about until now. It just seems too much. Like, oh, he had a son no one knew about until now.

I knew I was forgetting something I've tried to wipe the Sharron idiocy from my brain.
Denise hasn't been in touch with Jordan for years. How would she know he had a son to mention it?

It may be something DTC does too often, but these stories are fairly commonplace in soaps. All producers have a story theme they revisit more than others as it appeals to them.

With Kat there's a plausibility issue over how she gave birth without noticing, but nothing has been said that has altered or removed an established event within the original Kat/Zoe story. The story has only changed in the sense it's been added to which apparently can still be termed a 'retcon' but it's not the sort of retcon that would irk me. Even though it's an iconic storyline, I think Kat having a grown-up child is quite exciting. And the show was never going to get Michelle Ryan back. There was one small contradiction in that Kat originally gave birth in a hospital but they addressed that on-screen.

Shabnam fancied Dean when she was in it the first time. So sleeping with him off-screen isn't that unbelievable. Shirley had been estranged from Mick for years and the whole idea of having a secret son is that you don't tell all and sundry about it. The story wouldn't work for everyone but it does for Shirley who is pretty guarded anyway. I also think it's believable that Brian Slater played around since Jean can be hard work even when her bi polar is under control. I like Kyle and think he's going to be good for Stacey's character.

It's probably a valid argument that there's been too many of these stories but I don't have a problem with the individual stories themselves.
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Old 12-02-2016, 09:07
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Isn't about time DTC stood down...
Oh good, you can have Kirkwood back
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Old 12-02-2016, 09:53
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With DTC gone - perhaps we can get rid of Shirley

She's protected by the man
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Old 12-02-2016, 10:13
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I think the secret relative is a soap staple rather than a particular producer staple.

I'd criticise Dtc for the use of block storytelling or constant pregnancy storylines rather than secret relatives
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