That’s probably got more to do with the fact that Louise just isn’t that bright.

 

Apparently

Mel will end up in a crash following a car chase with Sharon. There are hints that Mel May die.

 

One look at her, the biggest woman in soap history, and you'd know she was lying though :lol:

 

AXE. Trying to repeat the Phil and Steve gangsta car plot with bloofy Sharon bloody Watts, with magical boxing skills from nowhere, is juet lol. I'd never watch again and petition for it to finally get cancelled.

 

I’ll ignore Michael’s deluded rants about Sharon and his attempts to body shame a middle aged woman tbh

 

 

Random but lately I am totally loving and stanning Sonia.

 

I can’t believe I used to rank her amongst my least favourites she’s a total legend and queen at the minute.

 

Queen of saving peoples lives with a pen, throwing a surprise party for Bex every week and all around being amazing.

 

I love Sonia now after hating her for ages. It’s helps that when the show was in an awful place, she was one of the only characters providing moments. It also helps that she hasn’t been overly judgemental and sticking her nose in everything like she used to. Heck, it also helps that they’ve made her daughter into an unlikeable drip so you find yourself siding with Sonia every time.

Suicide attempt story confirmed for Bex.

For god's sake. No one is going to sympathise. It woulda been better if she didn't magically get the grades, really wanted to go and had loads of pressure to go, ended up in clearing and then got that storyline. Then there'd be sympathy. As is we're just fastforwarding her parts, like we do with Sharon.

I disagree that no one will be interested as i think it is an important issue to tackle (not just the suicide attempt) but college can bring various insecurities and issues.

The actress is definitely capable of pulling it off if we look at the bullying storyline and how great she was, I think it could be good! It's definitely an important issue to tackle, I think they should have gone down the route of her struggling at uni in the first place rather than all this exam crap.

The actress is definitely capable of pulling it off if we look at the bullying storyline and how great she was, I think it could be good! It's definitely an important issue to tackle, I think they should have gone down the route of her struggling at uni in the first place rather than all this exam crap.

 

This!

 

Jasmine is a strong enough actress to serve the storyline good if the scripts are strong.

 

 

The actress can tackle it and it’s definitely something that needs coverage. I’m sure it might have been a bit more relatable though if she wanted to go and didn’t get the grades. Speaking from personal experience, my cousin attempted to take her life after not getting the result she wanted.

 

I just hope it is good though because I’ve found every scene with Bex lately to be pretty underwhelming.

The actress can tackle it and it’s definitely something that needs coverage. I’m sure it might have been a bit more relatable though if she wanted to go and didn’t get the grades. Speaking from personal experience, my cousin attempted to take her life after not getting the result she wanted.

 

I just hope it is good though because I’ve found every scene with Bex lately to be pretty underwhelming.

 

100% this. It just isn't a relatable storyline with how they've gone about it. It would speak to a lot more people.

I honestly thought she didn’t get the grades tbh until a poster on here reminded me that she did.

 

So I do agree with pretty much everyone who said that should’ve been the catalyst for it.

I mean, I guess the point is she feels she’s lost control and is being forced into something she doesn’t want to do but it’s not been that convincing. Her family haven’t actually piled too much pressure on her and she’s barely even tried to explain that she doesn’t want to go to uni.

 

I guess what’s missing in this story is motivation for her to do anything but uni. Back when she wanted a music career, it would have made a bit more sense.

I feel like Bernie Taylor could’ve been a better candidate for this story if they wanted it to be a female character.

 

But the Bex actress is capable. I’m guessing it’ll build on screen more throughout this week.

 

 

Bex's storyline is so confusing. For ages she wanted nothing more than to go to uni; now it seems like she doesn't want to go but it's so hard to work out as she kept working really hard to get the grades she needed, then it seemed she did get the grades she needed but was still not satisfied. As I've said before, she's just one of those people who isn't happy unless they're moaning about something.

 

I'm sure the suicide attempt will be well written but I hope the focus is more on Sonia's reaction as I really don't think the actress is up to the job. She's never impressed me, she's too aware of the camera and has the same facial expressions for everything.

Bex's storyline is so confusing. For ages she wanted nothing more than to go to uni; now it seems like she doesn't want to go but it's so hard to work out as she kept working really hard to get the grades she needed, then it seemed she did get the grades she needed but was still not satisfied. As I've said before, she's just one of those people who isn't happy unless they're moaning about something.

 

I'm sure the suicide attempt will be well written but I hope the focus is more on Sonia's reaction as I really don't think the actress is up to the job. She's never impressed me, she's too aware of the camera and has the same facial expressions for everything.

 

PREEEEEEECH!!!

 

This storyline should see Natalie deliver some strong scenes and it may help Jasmine show what she can do.

 

Mel causing Sharon to absolutely shit herself *.*

Mel and Sharon head to heads are always a real treat to watch.

 

Oh lawwd just axe Sharon already!!

 

Weak and wobbly. She is NOT A GANGSTA!!

I mean, I guess the point is she feels she’s lost control and is being forced into something she doesn’t want to do but it’s not been that convincing. Her family haven’t actually piled too much pressure on her and she’s barely even tried to explain that she doesn’t want to go to uni.

 

I guess what’s missing in this story is motivation for her to do anything but uni. Back when she wanted a music career, it would have made a bit more sense.

Yeah that's what I don't get, everyone has said it's been fine if she doesn't want to go, and we don't even know what she's studying, what she wants to do. I'd have understood it a lot more if say she had a pressuring family, maybe if the storyline was done with someone like Yaz from Hollyoaks (first example I could think of) where her mum is a doctor, her brother's a lawyer, maybe they force her to go to uni and do that but she wants to be a model or actress. I just don't get where the pressure side is coming from, if she didn't even want to go to uni and her parents didn't mind, why are we supposed to sympathise when really it doesn't matter? It's definitely important to explore, but it would have been better if the angle had been mental health, in the case of Bex, not the pressure leading to it. She'd be much more sympathetic as a character if she worked hard, got the grades, got there but her mental health was dragging her down and keeping her from being happy, enjoying it and looking to the future.

 

It just feels like they weren't sure where to go other than "Bex struggling" and just kind of went along with it, hopefully they've happened upon something good with this now.