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 23rd August 2012, 06:13 PM
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QUOTE(Jark @ Aug 23 2012, 06:10 PM)  I don't know why but in season 5 they started focusing on random students who came in for one episode, had an 'issue' storyline (bullying/mental health/drugs/gay etc) then were never seen again. What a bloody stupid method of storytelling. Nobody cares about one episode guest characters. Also they shifted the focus from the teachers and older students to the younger students who were all bratty and uninteresting. Tom hooking up with Rose was the final straw for me I think. As if. That's one of the reasons that's put me off the show. It just seems incredibly ridiculous to resolve everything for the student in that time scale and then move on again, I don't necessarily have a problem with how unrealistic it is, but that just takes the biscuit. It doesn't help that the kids are really unlikeable for the most part (like you said) I think I may watch this though for the hell of it, Finn bloody Sharkey and Josh aren't still in it are they? 
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23rd August 2012, 06:23 PM
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QUOTE(C.W @ Aug 23 2012, 07:13 PM) I think I may watch this though for the hell of it, Finn bloody Sharkey and Josh aren't still in it are they? According to Wikipedia, Josh is but Finn isn't. Characters that have left: Nicki Boston (but is due to return some point in this series) Matt Wilding Denzil Kelly Lauren Andrews Emily James Finn Sharkey Kyle Stack Rhona and Shona Mansfield Trudi and Naseem Siddiqui Zack Diamond Eugene Garvey This post has been edited by liamk97: 23rd August 2012, 06:28 PM |
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23rd August 2012, 07:04 PM
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Denzil is dead?
 Poor Rose, two kids dead and one in prison for murder!
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23rd August 2012, 08:06 PM
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Well the sure like knife crime on Waterloo Road! I can remember cutting myself on a kitchen knife when I was younger and fainted, so I always buckle at the knees when I see someone threaten someone with a knife on TV! Tonight's episode was quite good, it may have had a single episode storyline but it looks like their could be an interesting storyline with Laurie Brett's character's alcohol addiction and her son having to look after her.
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30th August 2012, 08:29 PM
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2 episodes in and this is killing the last series. So far no random one week characters. The new teachers seem good as do some of the new pupils. Even Sian who was boring and lifeless in the last series seems a lot better. Though that could be because her crap husband is gone.
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30th August 2012, 08:55 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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I agree, I stopped halfway through series 7 but these two episodes have been very good. Tom and Grantly are great as always, and I'm loving Christine and Connor, Imogen is so lovely too. The excorsism thing with Lula was a bit stupid though, if that had to have her as a troubled pupil to be such a disruptive (for want of a better word) pupil then she could have been abused or something surely?
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31st August 2012, 10:02 AM
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I'm worried about how Waterloo Road will continue once the students from the old school in England leave (surely it's "Scout's", Tariq's and Phoenix's last year). I don't want to end up having an all-Scottish cast as Waterloo Road is an English show and for seven series has been an English-based program. The two episodes so far have been good, but there needs to be an episode which is really exciting, emotional or whatnot. Just something which has some fantastic acting in and shows that this series p*sses over the last two.
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31st August 2012, 10:49 AM
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QUOTE(T Boy @ Aug 30 2012, 09:29 PM) 2 episodes in and this is killing the last series. So far no random one week characters. The new teachers seem good as do some of the new pupils. Even Sian who was boring and lifeless in the last series seems a lot better. Though that could be because her crap husband is gone. No random one week characters? What was Lula then? Or the two runaways last week? |
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31st August 2012, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Aug 31 2012, 11:49 AM) No random one week characters? What was Lula then? Or the two runaways last week? I think Lula was on the "next time", but the two runaways seem to be one-weekers, although the girl might return if she's pregnant. |
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31st August 2012, 12:34 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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Lauren (the pregnant girl) did say she was staying at Waterloo Road so I assume that she'll be back, it would be a bit stupid to just leave her as an off screen character really.
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31st August 2012, 12:53 PM
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QUOTE(liamk97 @ Aug 31 2012, 12:01 PM) I think Lula was on the "next time", but the two runaways seem to be one-weekers, although the girl might return if she's pregnant. I thought the girl was in the episode yesterday? Albeit as an extra - though maybe it was someone else. I hate how much they use the one-week characters though. |
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31st August 2012, 01:25 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Aug 31 2012, 11:49 AM) No random one week characters? What was Lula then? Or the two runaways last week? Lula was actually in it last week. She had one line I think. The pregnant runaway was also in last night's episode. She didn't say anything but others talked about her so I think we'll be seeing her story run through the series albeit quietly to begin with. The other runaway was only needed for that one episode and he may come back towards the end anyway for the birth of his child. |
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31st August 2012, 09:55 PM
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QUOTE(liamk97 @ Aug 31 2012, 12:01 PM) I think Lula was on the "next time", but the two runaways seem to be one-weekers, although the girl might return if she's pregnant. I never watch the "next time" bits. I'd rather wait until "next time" and see them in context. |
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6th September 2012, 08:28 PM
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The best episode of the series so far, me thinks.
 I think Laurie Brett's character is great, I don't at all think it's just Jane out of Eastenders.
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30th September 2012, 09:57 AM
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Apparently, these characters leaving:
Josh Stevenson Billy Byrne Daniel Chalk Jodie "Scout" Allen Sian Diamond Tariq Siddiqui Madi Diamond Jade Fleming Josh is leaving on episode 7. There's quite a few new characters due to turn up some point, like the Barry family. |
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30th September 2012, 03:42 PM
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Janeece has gone now too so that's just Tom and Grantly left from the beginning.
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30th September 2012, 04:25 PM
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The series seems to be getting back on track I think. I got series 5 on DVD the other day and that still seems a lot better than the current series but we're past the awfulness of last series I think.
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11th October 2012, 04:56 PM
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Waterloo road all the way, i forget what school was like, now that im all grown up it all seems so unreal at times
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11th October 2012, 07:09 PM
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Tommy Knight from Sarah Jane Smith Adventures playing a troublemaker?
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19th October 2012, 03:47 PM
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Apparently, Daniel Chalk (Mark Benton) is going to adopt Kevin Skelton (Tommy Lawrence King)
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