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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 410091" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes. As a viewer it feels unsatisfying... but in the best kind of way.Oh, that's nicely spotted. I clocked the moment but didn't really think about its significance in relation to Heather's character.Now this is an interesting thought. I get the sense we're in agreement that the sensationalised years were inferior, but now wonder if you feel this is due to the characters as much as the plot-driven angle. Could the presence of old-timers like Sheila and Bobby have elevated things when helicopters started dropping on the Close?Very true. I remember commenting how much I adored his dialogue in his early days. It just all felt very spontaneous and natural but also specific to the character. It would probably have been quite easy to recognise a Nick line if taken out of context. I'm sure you're right that this was key to the storyline working.Coo. I didn't know this. I know a couple of decades later, Corrie and 'Enders would start doing some live episodes, and from your description this is as close as Brookie got to being live.Oh yes. A little bit like real life. I can get on board with that. My feelings about the contrivances weren't much of a barrier to me investing as I watched, so I think the writing and performances sold me.Oh my. I hadn't realised he'd any opinion at all on Brookside, so just the idea that he probably said that is a bit of a revelation.That makes sense. I certainly get the real and intense part, and now I read your comment about him not being showy I'm feeling sure that I probably don't give his performance its due because it often feels as though he's just wandered in off the street and is kind of playing himself rather than a character.Oh, that's great. I hadn't realised she'd appeared. And it's still in my head that you compared Michelle and Lucy recently (albeit nuLu rather than original recipe).Her accent sounded pretty good to me as well.That would make some sense of what looked to be quite an indulgence of some less-key cast members.Agreed on all counts.If I'm not mistaken that stint also marked the last appearance of McArdle in the series. .I absolutely love Kevin and Sally, who bring out good things in Harry, but it was especially nice seeing Harry interact on a one-to-one basis with Sally without Kevin present.Another thing that's occurred to me is that the sequence also lays the groundwork for some filming Paul will do involving his neighbours some months later.It's funny you mentioning the more traditional soap route with such scenes, because something about it felt anti-climactic. But this in turn made it feel somehow more ordinary and real.Oh yes. Very much so.Funnily enough, I've been writing up on some recent episodes and made a similar comparison with Tracy and Damon. He was working all those extra hours back when he was doing his YTS, and slaving in the hotel in Torquay just so he could feel he was doing something. And then there's Tracy sauntering in and out of the hairdressers at her convenience, and even then skiving off and eye-rolling for Liverpool.That was a really nice scene.</blockquote>

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