It's such a shame that they've moved Waterloo Road out of primetime because this half-series has been fantastic so far. I'm getting the same vibes as S3 of WR. Why they've waited until the last half-series to improve the quality is beyond me? At least quality wise, they should go out with a high.

I thought the first four episodes were brilliant (particularly the first and the fourth), but last night's was just a bit of a shambles really. :unsure: Wasn't quite sure what to make of it. And I can't help feeling (as bad as it is) that Sonya's cancer story would have been much more powerful had she actually been diagnosed with cancer rather than her colleagues thinking she had it when she doesn't... Unless there's a major fallout to come of it.

They started demolishing the school in Greenock

Waterloo Road school demolished

 

The previous school in Rochdale has been demolished for a while now and they are building houses on that site now.

Really enjoying this series more than the last couple.

It looks like they're finally going to be exploring Lorna's backstory next week.

It looks like they're finally going to be exploring Lorna's backstory next week.

In the penultimate episode of the whole show. Yay?

It's such a shame this was moved to bbc3, this series has pretty much been a return to form and an excellent series. I have absolutely loved Bonnie and Lorna of the new additions. My only problem so far has been the fact Leo was the stalker as I guessed it was him from the first text.

 

I can't believe it's the last ever episode next week, it's going to feel so sad :cry:

Loved tonight's episode but really it didn't feel like the end of Waterloo road forever apart from the last minute or so. I also wish Lorna's husband's story went on a bit longed, I did think it was going to get a bit more interesting. Though it was a really good episode and it showed the spirit of the school :heart:

 

So sad to see this finished now :cry: This series really was a return to form :wub:

 

I am also going to do my favourite 50/100 Waterloo road characters soon :) I am interested to see where they end up as I am only certain on my top 2.

My 2 favourite pupils from all series were Josh Clarkson and Mika Grainger. Favourite teachers were Grantly Budgen,Steph Haydock,Tom Clarkson and ''Chalkie''.

This series were really good but series 1-5 will always be the best.

The last episode aired exactly 9 years after the first episode was aired.

Edited March 9, 201510 yr by Maurice Horan

Sad this has ended. May have said this before but have never missed an episode. Started to watch Series 2 on BBC1 and loved it so borrowed the series 1 DVD set from our local library, brand new as it had just come in. Never missed one since.

The Waterloo Road YouTube channel will apparently be uploading a different FULL episode each week. It won't be all the episodes but some 'classic' episodes. The first ever episode was uploaded today:

 

Thanks. Will watch that later.

They have uploaded all 8 episodes of series 1 so they might upload all episodes after all.

The full series (all episodes S1-10) are now on iPlayer for any fans wanting to reviist the multiple school explosions and randomly moving a school to a different country!

I don’t know if I want to watch from where I stopped watching or go back to the start.

 

Looking at comments on here it seems the end series was quite good :lol:

 

I stopped watching during S8 I think.

 

For me the first three series were the best but seasons 4-6 were also watchable and had their moments but the original students and teachers were my favourites with the exception of Rachel Mason and the Kelly family.

 

The quality would’ve held up better with less episodes per season though. I think that’s why I loved S1 and 2 so much because they were shorter so there was less padding. From S4 onwards there’d be episodes of nothing going although that was a bigger issue by the time S7 happened tbh.

 

 

Edited September 20, 20195 yr by Jordan Lee

The first three series of Waterloo Road were so good!! The show kinda died when Rachel left, it just wasn't the same after that </3

I’ve been watching Waterloo Road for the first time and I’m obsessed although I’m really sad as all the great characters seemed to leave at the end of Season 5 and theres such a noticeable dip in quality from 6.

 

My favourite students were Danielle, Karla and Aleesha, they were so underrated. In terms of teachers I love Ruby, Steph and also Jasmine Koreshi!

I've been rewatching the series too! There was definitely a dip after Series 5 but I thought the first half of Series 6 held up well. I'm onto Series 7 now and it's getting a bit of a struggle now. I enjoyed it at the time but having watched Series 1-4 since and now rewatching everything all together, I can see that the wheels were really coming off. There's only one story keeping me interested (I won't spoil it for you if you've not got up to this point yet).

I’m just at the end of Season 6 at the moment but really struggling to keep going / Kyle, Ronan, Vicky are no good substitutes and Karen Fisher has been atrocious. I miss Rachel - its weird because i wasn’t too fussed when Chlo/Dante etc left but Karla,Michaela etc leaving has disappointed me. At least Janeece is still there!

I actually liked Karen throughout Series 6 and was wondering why fans mostly seem to dislike her. She's become a bitch in Series 7 so if you hate her now, be prepared! :lol:

 

I know what you mean about feeling different about the end of Series 4 and Series 5. I noticed a change after Series 4 but there was enough going on in Series 5 to keep me interested as well as there still being characters like Rachel, Steph, Kim etc. that I really liked so, although I missed Chlo, Donte, Janeece etc., it didn't feel like there was too much of a hole in the show. The exits in Series 5 were much more noticeable.

You know, I think through Rachels tenure there was such a focus on the school and how to make it better and you could tel she lived for it, whereas with Karen the job is clearly just that to her and the focus is on her family life.

 

I’m so glad that Janeece came back, and Ruby has been a saving grace this series too!