Well I wish someone would unfix Paddy, he gets right on my wick. Rhona is a much more interesting character, and 300000000 more fun when she's allowed to get away from him.

What's s the legal situation with that , I wonder? Is it marital property? Us the cottage tied to the business ( so presumably would be the joint property of all partners?)

Just what I've been thinking. That would have been a brilliant end for Paddy instead of now where's he's become just a tired old boring and irritating character.


What does that actually mean though Surely no one is bigger than the show and anyway Rhona is a fixture herself after 15 years

I wish they would.


A short stint 2001/2002 and a return in 2010 is not 15 years

lol at people defending Paddy.

So length of service makes you a "feature" of something even if you contribute very little these days?

Paddy is and always has been an overgrown man-child! He had an affair, for months and months he had an extra marital affair with another woman, he devastated Rhona and tore aprt his family with his selfish actions and now that he has not been welcomed back he is feeling sorry for himself, now that Rhona has dared to moved on with her life he trashes the house (the home of Leo also) in a pathetic little strop.

Well you reap what you sow I'm afraid.

I would like this explained as well, Glendaroch. Whose name is on the deeds of The Smithy? who owns the business? Did Paddy adopt Leo? What percentage of the business did Vanessa buy? etc.

I don't think we are supposed to feel sorry for him to be fair.

Yeah paddy has to be in the wrong because he is a man.

He is in the wrong as he is the one that had the affair and then walked out after the marriage broke down, Rhona did nothing wrong, she has just moved on.

Yeah, good old 'Saint' Rhona.

She ain't no saint, but Paddy is a self-indulgent cheating pig who treated his family like crap to dip his wick in a layby.

I thought her name was Tess?

Compared to Paddy the man child she may as well be

You are right, I mean she would never shag her blokes best mate, or get herself addicted to prescription drugs would she.

The only thing I think is that Rhona has moved Pierce into what was, before they got together, Paddy's House/Business (it was his before Rhona came along).

Surely there has to be some sort of formal separation/divorce and she and Pierce would have to buy Paddy out of the house as, even though by marrying her unless they had a pre-nup she would be entitled to her share, he is also still entitled to his.

Other than, no, he can go take a running jump.

My suspicion is though that Pierce will soon start to turn proper Psycho (we all saw that glass getting broken) and that Paddy will then become Rhona's Knight in Shining Armour (or a mucky overall more likely ) and ride to the rescue.

lol because her becoming addicted to painkillers was something she wanted to happen and she set out to intentionally make it happen didn't she- oh.. wait no it wasn't. Her addiction was an illness. Hardly compares to Paddy choosing to have an affair.

Also, didn't she break up with Marlon before getting with Paddy? My memory is a little foggy but I'm sure she didn't cheat on Marlon with Paddy- even if she did that's also on Paddy.

Talking of living arrangements where did pierce live before shacking up with Rhona?, did he have his own house if so what has happened to that did he sell it or what?

Oh well takes two to tango as they say.

and as I said Paddy will be in the wrong (even if he wasn't) for just being a bloke.

We're not supposed to think about that! I think though that he and Tess had a flat/apartment somewhere - seem to remember Paddy visiting her once.

Oh sorry I was forgetting this is ED not Corrie, and that we are supposed to overlook unexplained stuff in ED and not question it.

Makes it much easier all round - questions like what on earth did Rhona see in Paddy in the first place - and DNA sock-gate.

Just let it all wash over you...

You could be right, otherwise we would be asking what did Rhona see in Marlon that allowed her to let him impregnate her, was she an addict at the time that might help explain it?

The question of who is long term character etc really doesn't matter here, we have IMO three unlikable characters and if a tree fell on them all but missed little Leo I would be happy. I think paddy is slightly more dislikable at the moment than rhona and I am intrigued with pierce so it has to be paddy go to keep me happy.

I disagree I like Paddy, I don't mind Rhona. it's Pierce that I dislike so if anyone has to go it's him, don't get me wrong I don't want Paddy and Rhona back together that just wouldn't work, much prefer Paddy when he is single and with Marlon as men behaving badly.

I think Paddy's outburst was just to show the controlling behaviour of Pierce, he's a bit of a Sleeping with the Enemy type (Anyone remember that film?)

Paddy drew our attention to everything being in order, nothing out of place, labels and all that, the pyjamas folded neatly under the pillow, it's all too weird.

We all know that Tess painted a bad picture of Pierce to Paddy. Paddy has mentioned this but no one believes him. Eventually he will seperate Rhona from her friends and in time suspicion will grow.

There is absolutely no doubt that Paddy will end up saving Rhona from Pierce, the man is unhinged.

I do feel annoyed that Paddy has been kicked out of his own house, it's his house and wasn't Rhona pining for a baby a few months back and now she doesn't care about getting pregnant. This storyline was to give Rhona something to do in my opinion.

Paddy and Rhona were solid and all of a sudden he has an affair because she was banging on about getting pregnant, it's a load of old spuds, they'll end up back together soon enough