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THIS WEEK IN SPOILERS
Coronation Street: Steve spots Billy with Lee. Billy claims that Lee is a troublemaker from the homeless shelter. Sean surprises Billy with some vacation tickets to the beach, but Billy makes an excuse not to go because of work. Tired of being second place in their relationship, Sean storms off.
Todd, Pat and Jason clean out Tony’s place and find some stolen goods. Tony wants to throw all the stuff out, but Pat thinks they should sell Tony’s stuff. Jason wants no part of it. Pat calls a friend and sells it all for $3000, unaware that Todd is taping the whole thing. Later, a triumphant Todd shows the tape to Eileen, who demands that Pat explain himself.
Emmerdale: Aaron and Liv grow closer, but Chas is furious when she catches Liv stealing her things. Later, Aaron wonders how he’s going to deal with Liv after she’s caught shoplifting (again).
While, Pete, just out of jail, gives Robert a letter from Gordon. Robert has to decide whether to let Aaron see it or not. Robert talks to Adam about it, who thinks he should let Aaron decide what to do. When Robert hears that Aaron wants nothing to do with Gordon, Robert makes the decision to destroy the letter.
Robert starts working at Home Farm again when Nicola and Bernice need help. Chrissie is not happy to see Robert at the mansion again, and she’s even more upset when Robert uses his divorce settlement to buy Charity’s share of the business, putting him there permanently.
Finn isn’t thrilled about Ross’s involvement with the cab company. Ross promises that he won’t let Finn down again, but Finn can’t help but have his doubts. When Pete hears about Finn’s idea for a cab company, Pete tells Finn that he wants to put the past year behind him and has decides to move to Scotland.
James and Emma are upset to hear Pete is leaving and even moreso when Finn announces he’s going to move too to support Pete. Desperate to keep her children at home, Emma comes up with a crazy scheme to make sure they won’t leave.
Meanwhile, Chrissie is determined to find out if Ronnie Hale is her biological father and she asks Lawrence to undergo a DNA test. Lawrence, however, has shocking news for Chrissie. Stunned and hurt by what she hears, Chrissie wants to leave the mansion for good.
Neighbours: Now that Tom has been revealed to be alive, Nate and Aaron make sure he’s arrested. But when Tom is questioned about the explosion, will he be revealed to be the culprit?
People of the Valley: Iolo struggles to cope with his being assaulted, his OCD comes back in a major way. When Sion finds out about what’s happened, he wants to know why Iolo would keep something so devastating from him. Will Sion like what Iolo has to say?
Secret Lives: Kalle and Elias try to make peace over some glasses of wine, but Kalle gets drunk and kisses Elias. Elias is not interested in Kalle and leaves. Later, Kalle apologizes for his behavior and Elias wants to forget the whole thing. But seeing Kalle and Elias together has Lari feeling jealous. Thing is, Lari isn’t sure who he’s jealous of.
TEASERS FOR NEXT WEEK
Coronation Street: Todd comes up with a new scheme to expose Phelan’s shady dealings.
EastEnders: Ben’s grandm
other returns home with bad news for the family.
Emmerdale: Finn is suspicious; Aaron gets some news.
Hollyoaks: Scott faces a painful reality; Ste suffers a deadly accident; Jean Paul learns the truth.
Neighbours: Aaron starts a new business.
People of the Valley: Iolo is upset by Colin’s behavior.
River City: Robbie has his eye on the new bar manager at his local hangout.
That’s it for this edition of Gays of Our Lives. I love to hear from readers so please share your comments on the thoughts and opinions expressed in this week’s column below. You can also tweet me @adlangford or email me at adlangford@sosourcemedia.com
Gah Kalle has a drinking problem, each time he makes out with the guy next to him, not cool at all
I hate ste storyline, remember when he was working, has his shp with doug etc… good time, i don’t understand what the writers do with the character and god, give to JP a proper lover and a great storyline, this stuff with Scott is awful to see.
Andy’s swoonworthy. I hope he’s not Ronnie’s stalker, as some have speculated. But why the hell is he homeless? He can’t crash with his pal, Linford?
I’m confused by how Emmerdale is writing Jimmy right now. Having him buddy up with Jai and spend half his time wearing only an apron is weird.
Not a very exciting week this time, I’m extremely disappointed in Emmerdale right now, I hate how once again Finn’s “story” is just him playing an extra for his mother’s crazy explosive bull, I mean I’m all for giving gays stories not exactly related to their sexuality but enough is enough, that bloke has been in the soap for three years and only manages to get a minor story every year? Tragic. And what kind of producer introduces a character and then basically treats as comic relief extra?
As for Robron, I’m starting to dread their scened together. They’re literally the most boring/horrible gay couple in Soapland (excluding HO), since Aaron and Jackson. I’m gonna have to blame the common element here and say that Danny Miller just isn’t capable of conveying real care or emotion, apart from crying I guess and giving witty monotone replies. They look more like mates than lovers. And Do they seriously want us to believe that Robert, a guy who has been known for his constant cheating on his hot girlfriends, would stay in a relationship with a cry-baby playing daddy to his half-sister and who sucks the fun out of every scene he’s in?
Nothing to say about Eastenders, except I didn’t pick up on anything between Ben and Johnny, although the show probably wants to go that direction, hopefully not. Oh and Paul has no self-esteem at all, he’s basically Ben’s doormat ffs.
Ugh, they are playing up Patrick on River City as apparently bi or something with this really dumb mutual kiss between him and Angel last night. It’s infuriating that he was gay only long enough to facilitate in Will’s downfall and departure. But since then he has been branded a grooming paedophile while being nothing but asexual. And now he is snogging birds. Another show that is losing my interest over its whimsical treatment of homosexuality. Oh and milking Malcolm’s death for a month and the Jandhu family nonsense and Stella/Kelly-Maire/Liz/Eileen incessantly moping and everything being so dire. This show is fairly joyless now. Oh, the “new bar manager” is conveniently Gary, the gay baby-daddy to one of Whale-a-saurus’s kids. Although it seemed like he was an already highly-successful guppie with a tastefully-decorated suburban home and an ethnically-diverse partner, he is seemingly going to be slumming it in Shieldinch, slinging drinks in The Tall Ship – I guess to be closer to that one spawn. Um. ok.
OMG, OMG, OMG. Ben and Paul’s date the other night was too much. Ben showing up in a suit had me all hot and bothered. And then when he was acting all respectful and apologetic to Pam, bringing her a little curio, I about lost it. With his family watching their dinner at Beale’s, it was just too much. I was overcome. More than once.
This Iolo thing is peculiar because Masood has a dating app story line too. But they played up his robbery as funny or something weird. Only Iolo can be treated like crap by the first guy to show an interest in him, get hate-crimed and then sulk forever over it. He is on the show once – maybe twice – a week, and has a story line every ten months, usually tragic, violent or lame. Now, we get all three! It’s pretty bad when I am more interested in Sioned holding Ed maritally hostage. Although, Britt trying to get back together with Gwyneth, only for Gwyneth to jump on Sion has made for a fun double hasbian love triangle. And now that Ffion is suing her over the Chester stuff. it will only be time before Britt detonates a dirty bomb in the center of the village. But Dol would just soak up the radiation like it was booze.
And nope, still skipping right over this whole Liv/Aaron nonsense. Like he is now meant to be a mature father figure or something ridiculous? Get rid of both of them at this point. Bring Gordon back. He was not nearly as irritating. Free Gordon Livesy! Free Gordon Livesy! He’s a less lame alternative to his children!
My favorite exchange this week is from Hollyoaks. Grace and Sienna are fighting over whose wedding dress Esther will alter:
G: Hate to break it to you but you might want to go elsewhere.
S: How many alterations is she doing? I mean, I assume plunging the neckline is one of them.
G: What’s wrong with the neckline?
S: Nothing. It’s a beautiful dress. I just know how fond you are of advertising.
G: Say that again, and it’s you that’s plunging….from a great height.
E: Technically, Sienna did asked first.
G: Well, you can’t do both so you will have to choose. And remember, we have a bond.
S: Oh, please. You were a lesbian for about a week.
G: Esther carried my child. Unlike you, who carried your brother’s!
S: Wouldn’t you be more comfortable getting married in orange? Given how much time you’ve done behind bars.
G: At least my cell wasn’t padded!
E: That’s enough. I won’t be the meat in a Bridezilla sandwich. Get out. Both of you.
Ah, Hollyoaks, You’re the trashiest trainwreck of all.
Ha, yeah I remember watching those episodes when I was like eleven and I was like why does Steven fancy Christian he’s not that much of a catch, still baffled by how they make him to be this magnet for confused gay guys. Doubt he’ll be very popular, the actor has not aged well.
I hope Steven sticks around with Paul leaving we could do with another gay character, the actor is more grown up so I hope he’ll be more comfortable with playing a gay character this time around. As for Tom, I just wish they would turn him into a main or at least give him more screen-time (hopefully in a just towel like Andy yesterday)
Couldn’t agree with you more about last week on EastEnders. Jay’s story is uncomfortable to watch but is realistic. The Pam thing, on the other hand, was ham-handed even though she is completely rational to regret seeing Paul get involved with Ben and the Mitchells. Pooping in a bag isn’t funny, but the scene where Denise took it into the Vic and tossed it on the table did make me chuckle.
Iolo needs a nice long hug. There was a brief scene in the school when the girls bumped into an unnamed guy and started looking for him on a social media site. Was that Tom? I don’t know the rest of the characters on this show well enough to identify all the regulars, but I got the impression he was new. And when they immediately went to the internet, it made me wonder if Tom could return in a story arc about using social sites for nefarious purposes leading to his arrest for the attack on Iolo.
Just wanted to add that Tristam Summers, the actor who plays Tom Pepper on EE, tweeted from the set last week, so he’s still in the mix. How could Johnny turn down a date with Hot Pepper? Also, they’re bringing back the “Steven Beale” character who’s also gay. Aaron Sidwell is already on set and working. It’s more than likely for the Beale-centric story they’re playing later this year; but at the very least, he should have some kind of conversation with Christian, since he was part of Steven’s coming out story. In fact, Ben should have some kind of conversation with Christian as well, since he was once crushing on Christian.