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Old Yesterday, 23:15
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Someone on the main forum started a thread suggesting that James Sutton is leaving. Apparently he has posted on instagram that he can't wait to for us to see what they have been filming and that it is bittersweet.
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The depressing part is that none of this would actually surprise me.

I do think that Kirkwood has his favourites and expects the viewers to love what he loves. God forbid any male character being more popular than his precious ste. I get the impression that anything becomes popular which he doesn't have a large amount of interest in gets put to the sidelines. This was definitely the case in eastenders with chryed. They only went downhill after he took over. With James, he and JP showed a lot of potential when it first started but as soon as theybstarted to developed a bit of a following, the pace of their relationship changed, as did the direction of thier stories.

I don't think Kirkwood has any intention of rekindling ste and JP, though nothing would surprise me. Starrys recent partnership win will cememt that the viewers love them, in his mind. I hate the thought of ste dominating next year but my guess is this is exactly what's going to happen leading to the shows anniversary with some bobby style revealL eah will kill Amy but it will be a huge who done it, ste will go to prison and be falsely accused blah blah.

I also worry that Kirkwood won't revisit James abusive past and that even if he does, he won't give it the care and attention it deserves. It will be wrapped up in a quick scoop and McNight will move onto plot driven contrived nonsense.

This all (sadly) sounds true. In Birkwood's mind Ste is the star of the show! I had also thought that because Ste and Harry won the partnership award on DS that would push them even more into the limelight, bleurgh!
Ste always dominates and I've always thought it's because of his popularity because of Stendan. They just put him into so many 'big' storylines and then don't carry them on.
I'm still surprised that James is a Birkwood character which also makes me think he's put a backburner on James and JP because he doesn't want his 'pet' Ste overshadowed
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No McNight at all in the new trailer but tons of ste. Looks like he's at the centre of another big storyline. 🙄
There's a surprise
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Someone on the main forum started a thread suggesting that James Sutton is leaving. Apparently he has posted on instagram that he can't wait to for us to see what they have been filming and that it is bittersweet.
Yep I thought that too from his instagram post. I hope he doesn't leave but it would surprise me as he probably feels shunted out of things in recent years for other character. TBH I never thought he'd leave so if he is I'm quite surprised as I thought he'd tasted life away from HO and didn't like it so I thought he'd stick with a job where he was safe from axe. I'm sad if its true.
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Greg's a dad again. He's tweeted about it with a baby emoji. Wonder how he'll be written out for paternity leave especially IF it is JP's exit and we know McNight are still filming a lot together. It'll be interesting to see what all this filiming is about. It may not even be James S exit. It could be someone else or even a storyline that's bittersweet. It does come across as his exit but we'll see.
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Ugh...I hate when they drop vague hints like this, and then all the wildest speculation starts.

If JP is exiting the show (dead or alive), then I'll be pissed because his return will have been a colossal waste of time which didn't justify the destruction of McDean's happy ending.

I doubt James is leaving, though. He knows he is not likely to get any other acting job, that's why he chose to return to HO in the first place after swearing he would never go back.

Also, McNight has just started, I hate the thought that they are ending it already by writing out either JP or James.
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Maybe that's the reason why they've been rushed and not developed properly - because the powers that be - knew James was leaving anyway. I could be wrong and it may just be my paranoia taking over again but it could be one of the possible reasons.

I hope not anyway. I think they've got potential and I dread to think of Kirkwood pairing James up with horrid Ste. 🤐
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