Emmerdale with social distant acting, it's not great but better than nothing.....

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It's been such a strange year for us all but never more so than for the people of the dales, what will Christmas and the New Year episodes bring...........some lighthearted relief I hope but probably not.

@TellingBone

I was only half watching but have I got this right:

Debbie was supposed to have met Al when she went out on a breakdown in Aberdeen? The by some tortuous coincidence his sons happened to live in the same tiny village she was from? And they were talking about him moving to be with her in Scotland? Which would mean she's leaving her not yet of age children behind permanently?

The Mandy storyline - please just let it be over. The acting is terrible. And they keep repeating the same words over and over again. Ugh.

Yep. All of this.

Mandy/Paul need to go. They’re awful. Vinny can stay. He needs to sing more though

Agree with the non existent sex appeal of Al - he hasn't even got a personality. I suppose he deserves miserable Debbie but the story of their link up was tenuous to say the least. More ridiculous over-acting from the buffoon that is Rishi.
The wedding slightly redeemed the episode. Let's hope the new vicar is better than Harriet that wouldn't be difficult

I thought Dawn looked amazing all glammed up.

Is new vicar staying then? I’m assuming Harriet is having a breakdown and won’t be around for long (fingers crossed)

Apparently he is staying and his son also appears

Harriet has morphed into Lady Macbeth "a little water shall clean us of these deeds" - and if that doesn't work, a shed load of anti bac will do the job.
I don't understand the appeal of Al either.
Debbie has great legs though (says through gritted teeth)
And yes, please Mandy, just go.

Al is severely underestimating the wrath of Priya! Though she be but little, she is fierce (to continue the Shakespeare theme ).

Poor Harriet. It's refreshing to see someone feeling awful about what happened instead of the usual just carrying on as normal until they get caught.

I'm torn between hating Harriet and feeling sorry for her.

I can just see the cat fights between Debbie and Pryia, tedious in the extreme, although I got the impression that Debbie doesn't know he's engaged to Pryia.

Agree that it's amazing that Debbie could travel all that way to get her end away but hasn't seen soppy Sarah in months, her daughter who has a severe heart condition and was taking drugs at one point.

I wonder will Noah actually join the army, I wish Chas would stop going on about her time in the army, she lasted the length of time it took her to do I'm a Celebrity, all of three weeks or thereabouts.

Debbie has great legs though (says through gritted teeth)

I watched with my dad on Xmas day. When the scene started showing her from the feet up he proclaimed “it’s Debbie Dingle! You’d know those legs anywhere!” yeah, maybe you would dad! The rest of us don’t recognise women by their legs

Debbie Dingle?! Misery loves company, right enough.

As my granny used to say "Debbie and Al won't spoil another couple"

@RaraRachael

As my granny used to say "Debbie and Al won't spoil another couple"

I like that.

Could say the same about Mandy and Paul, Nicola and Jimmy, Laurel and Jai...

Just catching up.

I think I despise Paul more than any other person on tv. And that's before he battered poor Vinnie. And I can't even be sure if it's the acting or the character.

These scenes between charity and Mckenzie are painful to watch.

I take it Mack was letting Aaron know he up for some shenanigans?

That cardboard gangster Mackenzie is beyond boring. All the sex appeal and charisma of one of Butlers finest.

He's brutal isn't he excelled

Tonights was bloody rubbish.

Wish Kim Jamie and Mac would disappear, sick of the scheming story lines.

I’m glad Aaron saw straight through mckenzie.

I knew he would I'm enjoying all the shenanigans.

Danny Miller looked very pale tonight.

Why did they feature Debbie in the Christmas trailer? Charlie Webb’s return hadn’t been announced; it could have been a genuine surprise. As it was, I can’t have been the only viewer wondering if she was going to be Al’s mystery woman. Although my main reaction was relief that it wasn’t Jessie. We’ve had so many mentions of her lately that I thought we were being reminded of her (torturous) existence.

If I was Aaron I’d have made Mackenzie put out before telling him he wasn’t getting the cash

I’m quite enjoying Mackenzie, he is rather easy on the eye.

I loved when Cain said “do I look like a man who makes idle threats”.

I really hope they don’t knock Cain off his throne as hardest man in Emmerdale. It was bad enough when his wife cheated on him with his son - a storyline that just did not flow naturally. But to have him bested by Kim Tate and an upstart, would be very depressing.

Cain needs to get his edge back. He’s gone soft lately. It’s no fun at all.

Miscellanous thoughts:

I wish Sarah wouldn't call Cain 'Grumpy'.
Kim is sporting lockdown roots. When will they give her a love interest [not Mackenzie thanks]?
Dawn and Billy and Lucas can waft away to Dubai please.
Harriet can wash herself away down the River Emm while Will plays pooh-sticks on the bridge and waves as she and her hair float artistically by.
Charity has an episode, finds God and becomes the new Betty Eagleton type.
Kathy Glover returns, becomes the new Edna Birch type.
Rodney marries Andrea. Bear Wolf nicks Brenda off Eric.

Ah what nonsense. To sum up my feelings:

More Marlon and Paddy. More Liv. More young Sam.

Less of everyone else. Thank you.

Love your suggestions TwllingBone

It's obviously too much to hope that the scriptwriters come up with anything new or entertaining. The thought of Kim carrying on with Mack is vomit inducing. Charity back to her old scheming tricks - that has been done to death over the years zzzzzzzzzzzzz.... Al (a man with all the sex appeal of a wardrobe) playing two women off at a time. Marlon bemoaning his lack of love life.
I could go on and on - thank goodness for Classic Emmerdale

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Yes, I'm afraid Charity is doomed to forever ruin anything she has that is good, and Marlon is doomed to never be in a happy, lasting relationship.

Please no, no talk of Jessie coming back. I couldn’t hack it.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks Harriet’s hair has taken on a life of its own. Reminds me of that girl from The Ring. Or cousin It.