I quite like Ste and I thought this story was going to be interesting but Brendan isn't likable enough to pull it off, the actor's good but the character is charmless and it's difficult to believe that Ste would suddenly fall for him out of nowhere. He should be more of a conflicted character really but he's not very sympathetic so it's hard to care for it all. They jumped into it too quickly really without really delving into his character first.

Frankie is such a bitch!!!!

:bawling: i dont want Malachy to die

E4 just gutted!, poor Mercedes:(:bawling:.

i think it would be kinda stupid if Mal dies any Amy doesnt? like Mal was just blown back? Amy was in the fire for ages and passed out from smoke like?

The blast caused internal injuries, Amy just got away with smoke damage I think.

Well then the writers best sort their **** out. Hiring people like Phina Oruche, who I recently recognised from Buffy no less, is not doing the show any good.

I don't think she's that bad, it's pretty much all the students bar Lee & Jem that have to go.

But her acting when her and Tony were watching that girl climb onto the roof was laughable.

She's not great but she's not one that bothers me really.

The editing is all over the place this week:conf:.

Disappointed on E4 how Gabby finding out about Amber being pregnant was dealt with...

I'm enjoying the Ste and Brendan storyline too!.

awh poor Mal :(

elliots gone.. didnt notice

feeling sorry for Mandy!

anyone know how Amy leaves and when?

Yeah, it's sort of like they didn't really know what to do with that storyline. Was sort of going nowhere, so she found out in a really crappy way. They had their storyline with the fire, but they're still just fillers. Getting preggers at 12 should be a massive issue

Anyone just watch on E4??

E4 episode tonight was really moving:(, RIP Malachy:bawling:. Poor Mercedes, Cheryl, Kris and Lynsey too and all the actors did that episode justice:).

Really sad how Mercedes talks to Mal's ghost:bawling:.

Mal has died!?!? Havnt watch any this week, need a catch-up at the weekend (have had darts on instead).

The emotional scenes at the end are spoilt by the silly theme tune:rolleyes:.

Yeah Jords, watch tomorrows C4 episode to see Mal's final scenes:thumbs:.

does anybody know who started the fire? :/

OMFG LEANNE utter bitch - i looved Amy and Lee!

I liked the bit where Malachy was there in spirit or whatever talking to Mercedes. It was a nice touch. He was a good character, a shame he's gone :(

The writers really aren't making Leanne a very likeable person. I hope it's intentional, is she permanent?
That "Has she died?" with a laugh made me want to smack her.

I quite like Leeanne, we need characters that will make us react to them, and lets be honest, hollyoaks dont have that many.

Im sad that mal has died, I actually wanted him and mercades to be happy.

Apart from that the show is still all over the place.

Thing is, nobody is like Leanne in real life unless they have some sort of problem. So nobody can really relate to her.

Yeah she might not be realistic, but shes making us talk about her. I havent seen the e4 episode but Im sure she was trying to brake Lee and Amy up, which was a crap idea anyway.

You never though so many soap characters who are a bitch at the start turn out to be decent characters - look at stpeh and Jessica.

I think Leeanne will become an intresting chacter and I find her dry humour to be funny.

Watched tonight's ep, so sad!!!!! Poor Mal. :( The scenes with him and Mercedes were very emotoinal, great character like Steph was.