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Very excited that Dean is potentially going to be showing that hot bod in swimming trunks soon!

Haha yeh that is going to be very interesting

What do we think about Dean becoming infatuated with Linda?

I am just hoping that it's not going to turn into an affair! I don't think it will though it will just be one sided. It could possibly fuel Dean's potential dislike/jealousy of Mick especially when the truth about Shirley comes out. But then again it could be nothing and be a short lived thing until the next attractive woman walks into the salon!

Aww poor Dean tonight. When Dean is happy, Matt's personality radiates through. Dean was thrilled when Shirley praised him and he was trying not to cry.

Yes he really does care what Shirley thinks bless him.

The look he gave Phil was interesting. Phil, Dean, Sharon and a gun. Wonder if anything will be in that.

Yeh Friday is going to be very interesting!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p021q8d7

Matt's behind the scenes video

Wow! Brilliant scenes tonight. Matt was fab.

I haven't seen it yet as recorded it so got mostly tennis! So annoying when BBC do that.

This infatuation thing could be interesting though depending on how it pans out. He overhears a secret of Linda's the week after next. Hopefully it doesn't lead to anything like blackmail.

I wonder what Shirley takes his side over - possibly something to do with Linda?

I just watched the episode. Intriguing end scene. Poor Dean. Looking forward to see what happens next. I'm hoping it may mean he opens up to her more - to get another hug maybe! Or it may just lead the family to realising that all is not completely right with him. I just don't want it to be too dark but I have a feeling it may go that way.

Also interesting to see if this Dean vs Phil thing goes anywhere or if Dean just pays him back. At the end of the day it is Phil's money but his threatening behaviour may only serve to annoy Dean so who knows what might hapens. Hope we don't have to worry about the gun...!

Sorry just reread TV guide and it says Dean learns a shocking family secret when listening in to Mick and Linda. Possibly he hears them taking about Shirley drowning Mick.

Very interesting development - Matt initially didn't want to do his upcoming storyline!!!! What could it be??

It wasn't really clear why he wasn't sure about it. I think it was because he didn't think it was something the character would do which is a little worrying as he's the one playing him. The main thing I am worried about is that it will be something he can't come back from eg rape. Becoming unhealthyly obsessed with Linda would be interesting to see on screen but I don't know if that is something that would provoke such a reaction from Matt.

I just wondered does anyone remember if Dean forgave Shirley for lying about Kevin being his Dad and for abandoning them? Just thinking about the reasons he hates Shirley so much. It seems to me it is mainly that he blames her for him going to prison and so blames her for whatever happened. When he ranted at her the other week he said about her letting them drag him to court but I can't remember exactly what happened - does anyone else?

I can't remember exactly either

I think something big happens (not rape, but maybe he tries to attack Linda, or kiss her) and then Matt's words about highlighting a situation and going through that is about the aftermath and to do with what happened to him in prison?

It just strikes me that his anger towards her is due to what happened in prison and he's using the abandonment etc as an excuse to hate her more. He needs someone to direct his anger towards and she's as good a person as any. I think Stan knows this is the main cause of his anger judging by his face when Dean mentions Shirley letting them take him to court in his rant - it was like 'oh no'.

I think Matt's words wouldn't make sense if it went as far as rape - I still think it will be an unhealthy obsession. I can see why Matt would be surprised by that as it doesn't really follow that that is something that Dean would do based on his past.

Yeh I think Stan knows more about how Dean feels than we've been told so far.

It may be attempted rape....or something quite serious where maybe it's stopped before it goes too far?

I hope it's something that means that viewers can still feel sympathetic towards him rather than hating the character. Even attempted rape would mean that viewers would be unlikely to feel sorry for him if it's revealed what happened in prison. An obsession could mean that he still would be a sympathetic character hopefully.

I don't know I guess we'll have to wait and see. Still it's nice that know that there is something exciting coming up for him. I'd rather that then just seeing him sat around the pub!

Yeh definitely

I agree, whatever happens, the viewers will still need to like him.

I agree and I think this must have been what Matt was concerned about.

I'm looking forward to him getting darker and I hope Matt pulls it off (I think he's perfectly capable of doing so btw, but sometimes I think he can be a little inconsistent, could be a confidence thing). It must be the storyline that will lead to finding out about his prison time.

I also wish we had more scenes of Dean with Denise and Aleks Tosh and Tina etc as that is when he is at his most likeable IMO.

So I wonder what this secret is that Dean overhears. I am now thinking that whatever it is Dean may use it against Linda. Blackmail her into sleeping with him maybe. Hope not as that is a form of rape and something that cannot be justified in any way regardless of what he may have been through. Which would fit in with Matt's apprehension about the storyline.

I'm pretty sure he will accept Shirley's offer of disowning him too but something will happen to bring them back together.

Maybe Linda accuses Dean of inappropriately touching her and he denies it and Shirley takes his side.

Shirley definitely takes his side with something, as Matt said that in his backstage video. This is going to be very interesting, but I hope it doesn't go much further than this - his behaviour needs to be justified at some stage.

It makes sense that Linda might start acting odd around Dean and someone like Mick might wonder why so she tells him the way Dean has been acting. Like I said he would then deny it and Shirley stick up for him.

I do think this storyline is what Matt was referring to as it is a bit out of the blue that he would act like this.

I was wondering on the way to work this morning how far it would go. Would he go as far as possibly threatening suicide if Linda refuses to spend time with him? That could be interesting.

Yeh it might go that far. I think it would be easy for this storyline to go down an attempted suicide route actually.