Blithedale

The spoilers make clear they aren’t even mentioned on Christmas

It’s either a ruse to get the goods or Carla says “I’m taking a 15 minute break in Sally and Tim’s hot tub” to clear my head

And yet I bet they existed!

I’ve been thinking along those same lines myself.

She did indeed!

He’s dead and short one kidney

A false death certificate doesn’t sever a marriage.Since Lisa knows Becky isn’t dead, any marriage Lisa entered into now would be bigamy.If she didn’t know Becky was alive & she married she’d probably get a pass on possible prosecution. Divorce would be the only way to have a valid marriage now.

I don’t disagree. But I hate the vehemence with which it is argued.

Because that’s how people who don’t know they deserve better think

Just found your Corrie podcast. Loving it!

It’s pretty par for the course that Carla is the only one who can see reality in Weatherfield

But how else could she tick off Carla?

Undead

Great idea!

Oddly not seeing the crazy on Tumblr. Maybe I don’t know where to look. But maybe it’s the bad search function saving me.

But they don’t indulge the question

Guiding Light ended 15 years ago after more than 75 years

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

Off screen deaths on a soap used to mean something, darn it! Like a solid “not really dead” plot in a few months/years time. Even after Lesley Webber had an open casket funeral after her fiery off screen death she got to come back 13 years later!

I’m new to it, clearly, but it has very quickly grown on me. It has plots and characters that twine around each other and make soap sense. Events have implications in multiple story lines, the writing is energetic, for major and minor characters. It’s SOAP OPERA not gussied up Facebook Reels.

@edkane71.bsky.social In know you’re watching Emmerdale, but do you watch Coronation Street? Watched my first full episode without Swarla and I was delighted! Comedic relief, psychological manipulations, a guy without a shirt, infidelity, discussion of ‘white savior’ parenting, and sheet folding!

A blackout should result in women in premature labor stuck in elevators with their husband’s mistress. The elevator must also be hanging by a frayed cable.

Yes

The audiobook is great for the drive to the beach

So before trains, what did people hyperfixate on?

Like in Colonial America, what was the go to?

Shipping schedules?

Mouse not house

And the house makes a reappearance today

Carla’s been too busy to notice

They are trying to manufacture a MLK

Ah for the days when there was such thoughtful coverage and commentary on soaps