I think as well when there’s so few episodes, every other episode being Jez either killing someone or threatening to kill someone or locking them up leaves basically the whole cast coming up short with no airtime unless they are connected to Jez. I can’t wait for Claire or her supposedly “worst villain ever” grandad played by Ashley Thomas from Emmerdale to bash his head in for the 30th l

Clare Devine best soap character EVER, along with Janine

The way I CACKLED at Jez kissing Liberty in front of Sienna and Dodger.

The only thing worse than Ste and Lucas scenes are Lucas and Dillon scenes, CHRIST

The show is in a shockingly shit place again. I've been watching for 18 months now having been enticed back in with the mega hyped up crash storyline in January 2024. I don't think the show has an identity right now at all. I'll try and see it through to the 30th anniversary but christ they need to pull something out of the bag otherwise I can't see it surviving much longer

2 minutes ago, lewistgreen said:

The show is in a shockingly shit place again. I've been watching for 18 months now having been enticed back in with the mega hyped up crash storyline in January 2024. I don't think the show has an identity right now at all. I'll try and see it through to the 30th anniversary but christ they need to pull something out of the bag otherwise I can't see it surviving much longer

Exactly the same for me, that grabbed me back and then the time jump was great, they had enough blanks to fill in and storylines carrying on/starting that it carried it for a fair bit after that, but now there is not a thing going on I am remotely arsed about, and the likes of Ste/Lucas/Dillon plus anything to do with Jez I actively find myself wanting to skip over completely, and with 20 minute episodes that’s the whole bloody show Some of the really great characters like Cleo and Sienna i feel are sidelined, despite having their relationship now, and I love Vicky and Frankie, at least they have been well used. That’s about it. How on earth do they have Myra and Goldie back and both are just complete wallpaper yet we have to see angsty Heartstopper from Lucas and Dillon every 5 minutes as he cheats for the 12th time. Grace they’ve completely f***ed with the trafficking thing, it’s good having Clare back but I don’t even feel she really has a need to be there.

Maybe they are waiting to kick off storylines around the 30th, it feels like the trafficking storyline wound down and they don’t want to start anything properly so they are just filling in a few months.

A bit of a better week but I'm not sure how within the first half of today's episode we see Clare and Grace getting arrested, interviewed and bailed in what, 9 minutes? The pacing is so off. Things like this could be given a whole episode or two to play out so it's not really landing or making an impact.

Jez and Liberty can also f*** off, couldn't care less about them. John Paul's reaction is the best part of the story.

Edited August 5Aug 5 by lewistgreen

Nah literally bin this show off right now. Robbie dead too??? End it

A character that actually fits in and has potential for a long future just binned off for the short term gain of a shock value killer storyline, what the f*** are they doing??

I feel like I just keep parroting the same things but that’s the state this show is in, it’s not going anywhere. I would be surprised if it lasted much past the 30th at this rate

I’ve got a horrible feeling Sienna doesn’t survive this storyline one way or another and that would 100% be me done with this show.

Brookside to return for one off crossover episode with Hollyoaks for Hollyoaks 30th Anniversary
Weird then seeing as Alexandra Fletcher and Louis Emerick are in Hollyoaks now, and Michael Starke
also been in it.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/brookside-return-filming-start-liverpool-32282042

I don't watch hollyoaks but will tune in for the brookside crossover.

I love that, Brookside is before my time but it’s such a cool idea to celebrate both Hollyoaks and pay homage to Brookside that paved the way for it.

I didn't watch last week until this weekend and I think I may even stop before the anniversary. It's so so bad again

21 hours ago, Liаm said:

I love that, Brookside is before my time but it’s such a cool idea to celebrate both Hollyoaks and pay homage to Brookside that paved the way for it.

I hope all the Brookside fans get behind the episode, not that it will lead to anything like the show coming back but it could lead to 1 or 2 more Brookside appearances in Hollyoaks.