Thread:Benny1982/@comment-25358237-20190111111735/@comment-25358237-20190622232158

When I watched the episode, it sounded to me like Alan was slightly venting. Maybe he didn't think that Amos was a complete bore and buffoon, but found Amos slightly irritating. Although, as you say, he did invite Amos to play.

I agree, wherever Mervyn was, there seemed to be controversy. Same happened on Coronation Street. Reading what Tonicha Jeronimo had to say about him... And, to be honest, his storylines were mediocre at best and some of the episodes he produced were some of the worst in Emmerdale's history, such as, in my opinion, Episode 2270 (16th October 1997) - Linda's crash was very anti-climactic, as was Episode 2321 (10th February 1998). But Paddy, an attempted murderer? Ridiculous... Thank goodness Kieron Roberts gave Alex a good exit in Emmerdale: Revenge.

Killing off Luke in the Dingles vs McAllisters storyline, and getting rid of the McAllister family was a bad move to me. The Dingle family, if producers didn't continuously add to it and make the village Dingle-dominated, would be more tolerable in my opinion. Hollyoaks has the McQueen family, which is also a similarly large family to the Dingles. In most episodes currently, you can get maybe 0-5 members of the McQueen family in each episode. With the Dingles, you're getting a lot of them in every episode. The Dingle family members are usually the centre of the big storylines, and play a part in almost every storyline. They were a far better family when they were close-knit and comedic, not spread all over the village and no longer comedic.