03 September 2010

Am I Really ENJOYING Emmerdale?


Okay so I have never been Emmerdale's biggest fan..Well to be honest I called Emmerdale one of the worst soaps on television....

But that has ALL changed! Now with the new producer, and a better vision for what the show 'should be' I have fallen almost head over heels in love with the littler rural soap that could!

What is it about Emmerdale that is keeping me glued to my screen? Well for starters there is the Carl/Ever affair, but you can read about that here. The other thing that is really interesting me is the whole denouement of the Mark Wylder storyline!

Here is a brief recap of what has happened so far (and why I am loving it so)-

Mark Lamb was originally married to Faye , they had a son together named Ryan (played by James Sutton). But Mark ran off on Faye before she had a chance to tell him that she was expecting Ryan! So Mark did his thing and got remarried to Natasha, only he kinda forgot to 'deal' with the whole first marriage thing but we will get to that in a moment.

Mark and Natasha had three kids together. First the spoiled rich prince Nathan, then daughter Maisie, and finally little son Will.

Now twenty years after leaving Faye, Mark's past came to bite him as Faye turned up on his doorstep. Haunted by his past Faye began to unwrap his perfect world.

Enter Ryan, the unknown son who believes his father is dead! Well Ryan doesn't know that Mark is his father, so what does Ryan do? He starts dating MAISIE! His HALF SISTER!

Thankfully the truth all comes out before they actually 'do' anything, but the implications of this destroyed Mark's world as Natasha took him out back and well blew him away with his own shotgun.

Months have passed and Nathan found out, but instead of turning his mother in, he helped cover it up. How did he do this? He planted evidence on his half brother RYAN!

So now Ryan is in jail, Maisie feels confused because she thinks someone is setting up her former lover/ half brother, and if they didn't then does that mean she was in love with a murder? Nathan is scum, Natasha is a wreck, and the little actor that plays Will is hitting the unemployment office because everything is building up to a dramatic ending that will see the Wylder family leave the soap!

WOW, so that storyline alone has me waiting for more. But then we have the drama going on in the Woolpack with Jimmy and Nicola King attempting to run the place, and then to a lesser point we have the Barton drug storyline going on, (which to be honest I would really rather they all left the show then the Wylders), and sooo much more like Marlon/ Rhona/ Paddy!

So am I the only one who is enjoying Emmerdale?

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