What was the most unrealistic soap story line ever?

vitani

Radio5 wrote: »

Yes, they could have easily recast if the original actress wasn't available . Its daft that she never re-appeared for any of those occasions.

They've had three different actresses play Farrah. You'd think one of them would be available.

Stinicker

The lifeguards on the Los Angeles beaches are nothing like those in BayWatch, I was there expecting to find silicone bronzed beach blondes everywhere, barely the odd one. Most of the lifeguards seemed to be hispanic men.

Radio5

The Romeo cancer storyline in Home and Away.

RhubarbCrumble

vitani wrote: »

They've had three different actresses play Farrah. You'd think one of them would be available.

One of them plays Bronagh in "London Irish" now.

eviltwin

Ian Beales success with the ladies

deelite

Brookside - when the Close was sealed off due to an outbreak of some illness

Meangadh

The way there always seems to be work for people either in Summer Bay High or in the Diner.

duridian

Not a storyline exactly, but something I find very unrealistic in the soaps is the massive difference in people's ability to hear what others are talking about, while in very close proximity, depending on whether it suits the story or not.

No Pants

deelite wrote: »

Brookside - when the Close was sealed off due to an outbreak of some illness

That was the one that sprung to my mind. It did have a comedy moment when Jimmy Corkhill gave a urine sample from Cracker (his dog) instead of his own and the medical people came looking for him because they then thought that he was the first human to contract some doggy Condition.

starlit

Currently Tina and Peter storyline!

starlit

Joey and lauren in eastenders was more believable than tina and peter in corrie.Not sure about alicia and david/priya and david, paddy and chas....in emmerdale.

Pharaoh1

That the chocolate factory in Emmerdale - everybody just fiddles around with boxes although it needs at least four people in the office to run things.

Sam Dingle's facial expressions are a bit unrealistic too.

dixiedan

Surely the most unrealistic soap storyline of modern times must be the shenigans with Paul/Jane/Callum in Fair City ??

LynnGrace

duridian wrote: »

Not a storyline exactly, but something I find very unrealistic in the soaps is the massive difference in people's ability to hear what others are talking about, while in very close proximity, depending on whether it suits the story or not.

So true! I used to watch Home and Away, years ago, and people always discussed the most private things in the most open plan areas. Mostly nobody heard...
Same in the Rovers, where there appears to be only a tiny counter space. People can stand there and discuss almost anything while others, often standing at the counter also, are oblivious to the fact that they are being discussed, (or not), depending on the storyline.

LynnGrace

Pharaoh1 wrote: »

That the chocolate factory in Emmerdale - everybody just fiddles around with boxes although it needs at least four people in the office to run things.

True. As for the knicker factory in Corrie, it must be the greatest success story ever. How has it keep going since the dim and distant days when it kept Mike Baldwin in the luxury to which he was accustomed...the flash car, the apartment, the scotch, the cigars (God, I loved Mike Baldwin!)
And do the staff not sew some very crooked seams, at times, considering the amount of time they spend in the pub every day!

MJ23

Eastenders - nobody has a washing machine. They're all skint, but spend every waking hour "down the Vic"
Fair City - 4 or 5 shadows off someone when they're standing in their living room. Nearly everyone has their breakfast, then goes to Vinos for a coffee. Zumo Bishop, the local hardman, lives with his Ma. Barry O Hanlon was in Batman Begins.

vitani

MJ23 wrote: »

Eastenders - nobody has a washing machine. They're all skint, but spend every waking hour "down the Vic"
Fair City - 4 or 5 shadows off someone when they're standing in their living room. Nearly everyone has their breakfast, then goes to Vinos for a coffee. Zumo Bishop, the local hardman, lives with his Ma. Barry O Hanlon was in Batman Begins.

Radio5

David's harem in Emmerdale. All his recent ex's living in one village. All we need is Delilah Dingle now and he'll have a complete set within walking distance.

walshb

Martin Platt ? Where the f^%k has he been?

_Whimsical_

The way thatl they're all clearly psychic and have no need to ever verbalise times or venues to make plans.
Soap characters will meet each other in a bar or somewhere for the first time, clearly not having exchanged numbers or anything, but will then ask each other out with "do you want to do something sometime?" the other person will agree and like magic they'll both turn up in the diner/the woolpack/the rovers ready for a date on the same day at the same time! .

No Pants

Lucy Robinson in Neighbours. Played by at least three actresses and her Da never noticed that she had a different face.

Speaking of Jim Robinson, once Scott and Charlene moved away, they never came back for any reason. Madge or someone would stand up at any family occasion and give their apologies that they couldn't make it due to work. Fair enough once or twice, but when Scott couldn't make his own Da's funeral it became ridiculous. Don't know why they never used different actors.

As for eavesdropping, the house at the Caravan Park in Summer Bay is famous for it. The house that was once Tom and Pippa's, but now it appears that the population of the area just take turns living there. There's a strange phenomenon where if you simply stand beside the kitchen table, people sitting on the couch in front of you can't hear. This effect does not extend past any of the doors however.

TheUkeLearner

How quickly people move on in H&A

guernica

Radio5 wrote: »

The Romeo cancer storyline in Home and Away.

And the Finn cancer storyline. He was dead within about 5 minutes of being diagnosed and he didn't even lose any weight.

Also the one where Sophie was pregnant with Sally's baby and then got pregnant with her own baby at the same time.

guernica

Radio5 wrote: »

All we need is Delilah Dingle now and he'll have a complete set within walking distance.

She's too busy over in Weatherfield trying to get her leg over Steve.

guernica

guernica wrote: »

And the Finn cancer storyline.

Flynn I mean!

Ann22

Littlefinger wrote: »

The turkey baster storyline in Sunset Beach

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title:D....remember that..and the night Olivia had the baby, how many episodes did that take up??

Remember good Ben and evil Ben? Evil Ben took about 10 episodes to walk from a doorway to a hospital bedside to smother someone with a pillow:D


And your one lurking behind the pillar at the back of the church at the wedding that time with the video tape with evidence of that handsome priest (Fr Antonio was it?) romping with the bride:D....ah Sunset Beach, the escapism.

snowgal

Ann22 wrote: »

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title:D....remember that..and the night Olivia had the baby, how many episodes did that take up??

Remember good Ben and evil Ben? Evil Ben took about 10 episodes to walk from a doorway to a hospital bedside to smother someone with a pillow:D


And your one lurking behind the pillar at the back of the church at the wedding that time with the video tape with evidence of that handsome priest (Fr Antonio was it?) romping with the bride:D....ah Sunset Beach, the escapism.

me too! well that and ANY story in sunset beach really! best and worst programme ever! remember Vanessas 'martin syndrome', her face! and the whole 'jewels' story line, twas a mad show...

xalot

That the Mitchell brothers in Eastenders were supposed to be considered attractive! Baffles me.

Always number 1

LynnGrace wrote: »

Harry Molloy's departure in Fair City...in fairness, I forgey what the storyline was, but he just seemed to disappear, and we heard nothing much about him again until Lucy turned up claiming to have his child.

He was on bail for the murder/manslaughter of Ross (the guy responsible for Jessica's death) and committed suicide off screen.
In reality, the actor was fired for bitching and moaning about the director/producer.

One of the worst storylines I can think of was Tracey Barlow spiking Roy Cropper's drink and then trying to convince him (and Hayley) that Amy was his..

Radio5

The Corrie Baby Swap storyline involving Foldy Arms Michelle's son (s). All forgotten about now.