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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whovian" data-source="post: 408758" data-attributes="member: 57872">Been watching an episode here and there an up to Episode 75 so still a long way behind.It's interesting how Petra's grief is still openly on show many months (broadcast timeline) down the line from Gavin's death and it's impact on her relationship with Barry being explored in small, incremental steps. It's something modern soaps are pretty bad at doing with grief all too often being ignored in favour of moving the plot on whereas here it's actually serving to shape the plot which is refreshing. However it's also nice to see characters genuine frustration with the more selfish aspects of her grief and her over-reliance on them and as Barry accuses her of her tendency to use other people.  Which makes it even more odd that her miscarriage so far seems to have had little affect on her - but maybe that'll be explored down the line. I'm enjoying the increasingly tense atmosphere in the Grant household between Barry and his parents- hopefully this goes somewhere and he actually finds a way out of the situation for all their sakes. It seems pretty difficult for him to maintain the lie that he's got work when he's coming home half-way through the day to sit on the couch and drink - much to Sheila's frustration. The factory being threatened with closure is also an interesting storyline - although the union storylines isn't my favourite part of the show.Other than that I just want to highlight the couple of episodes with the Isle of Man holidays - they were fabulous viewing with the shifting dynamics between Petra and Barry looking for space to talk but constantly bumping into Alan and Samantha making for a fun couple of episodes. Also interested in where Heather and Roger's affair storyline goes - as it looks increasingly likely he's going through with the affair. No doubt there'll be an explosion from Heather when her suspicions are revealed to be true. I haven't looked it up but I'm wondering if Roger's going to end up having the child he so desperately wants with Diane.I'm still struggling to care about the Collins storylines - Annabel's closeness to Robin Tate is adding a bit of interest though. Lucy's arrest showed up the tension of parenting styles between Annabel and Paul but frankly Lucy's snotty nosed brat antics are infuriating to watch at this point although the scene where Paul and Annabel discuss packing off to some acquaintance/relative in France was a nice way to show how irritated Annabel was getting with her antics.</blockquote>

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