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Originally Posted by Firewire

There's no big drama but we're leading to it. Jay's stealing, Lee's depression, Dot's sight, Phil's liver and Denise's baby are all going to big stories with climactic endings.

We've got Masood, Linda, Babe, Ronnie, Roxy and Kyle all leaving, some of them will be under dramatic circumstances.

There's Max's return (and Cora's), too.

We can't just throw in a huge story when there's no drama there. It's a natural setting. Kim's driving, the bins, the market, Belinda's money troubles, Bex being in love for the first time and trying to avoid what her mum and dad did, Jack and Ricky being in the Scouts, Dot losing her job and Jane's disability among others are stories present just now.

How can we just throw in a huge dramatic stunt when it isn't required or necessary?

Christmas and New Year are so close and the drama will return. But the drama becomes tiring. I was drained for a lot of Dominic's run. It's nice to have a show that's easy to watch, with (mostly) likeable characters and watching them grow without death or cancer or domestic violence or whatever else you want to see.

We've had some incredibly powerful episodes, some of the best in years, recently.

I can see why you think it's boring, but you don't watch for the same reasons I do.

Yeah I'm really looking forward to Max and Cora returning but all the storylines seem a long way away from concluding.

Kim learning to drive has been hilarious and probably my fave storyline atm, and I hope we see more. I find that Kim is definitely one of the strongest characters on the show, one of the best imo.

I completely agree about the drama being very OTT in Dominics era, I enjoyed the calmness and realness the show had in the new producers first couple of weeks, it felt fresh and it was enjoyable.

However I really wanted something big to happen last week and this week, I don't mind 2 weeks of it be quiet but 4 weeks+ is a bit of drag imo.

I don't have any hopes for Christmas being good, New Year sounds great. The beginning on 2016 was brilliant.