Now that it seems that Cassie has officially left, what do we think happened to her? Do you think Ross killed her, or something else? How do you think finding out what happened to her will play out, or will it stay a mystery?

Her performance in today’s episode was incredible. Especially when Lauren came back and it was revealed Betsy had wet herself. Genuinely phenomenal and made me well up. Hats off to Fitton and Ali King too, they were amazing!

Now that the nominees are out and voting is open I’m interested to hear who you will think will win the inside soap awards, and who are you voting for?

BEST ACTRESS

Sue Devaney (Debbie Webster, Coronation Street)
Vicky Myers (Lisa Connor-Swain, Coronation Street)
Tina O’Brien (Sarah Platt, Coronation Street)
Emma Barton (Honey Mitchell, EastEnders)
Karen Henthorn (Julie Bates, EastEnders)
Diane Parish (Denise Fox, EastEnders)
Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle, Emmerdale)
Olivia Bromley (Dawn Fletcher, Emmerdale)
Natalie J Robb (Moira Barton, Emmerdale)
Alex Fletcher (Diane Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)
Nadine Mulkerrin (Cleo McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Anna Passey (Sienna Blake, Hollyoaks)
Ada Nicodemou (Leah Patterson, Home and Away)
Sophea Pennington (Lacey Miller, Home and Away)
Emily Weir (Mackenzie Booth, Home and Away)

BEST ACTOR

Rob Mallard (Daniel Osbourne, Coronation Street)
Vinta Morgan (Ronnie Bailey, Coronation Street)
Gareth Pierce (Todd Grimshaw, Coronation Street)
Paul Bradley (Nigel Bates, EastEnders)
Colin Salmon (George Knight, EastEnders)
Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati, EastEnders)
Ryan Hawley (Robert Sugden, Emmerdale)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
Joshua Richards (Bear Wolf, Emmerdale)
Louis Emerick (Donny Clark, Hollyoaks)
Danny Mac (Dodger Savage, Hollyoaks)
Nick Pickard (Tony Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)
Ethan Browne (Tane Parata, Home and Away)
Tristan Gorey (Levi Fowler, Home and Away)
James Stewart (Justin Morgan, Home and Away)

BEST COMIC PERFORMANCE

Amy Robbins (Christina Boyd, Coronation Street)
Jack P Shepherd (David Platt, Coronation Street)
Pierre Counihan-Moullier (Oscar Branning, EastEnders)
Harriet Thorpe (Elaine Peacock, EastEnders)
Chris Coghill (Kev Townsend, Emmerdale)
Shebz Miah (Kammy Hadiq, Emmerdale)
Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Emily Symons (Marilyn Chambers, Home and Away)
Shane Withington (John Palmer, Home and Away)

BEST VILLAIN

James Cartwright (Theo Silverton, Coronation Street)
Beth Nixon (Megan Walsh, Coronation Street)
Ronni Ancona (Bea Pollard, EastEnders)
Christopher Fairbank (Eddie Knight, EastEnders)
Joe Absolom (Ray Walters, Emmerdale)
Ned Porteous (Joe Tate, Emmerdale)
Gemma Bissix (Clare Devine, Hollyoaks)
Anna Passey (Sienna Blake, Hollyoaks)
Lachlan Miller (Holden Dwyer, Home and Away)
Sara Wiseman (Kerrie Matheson, Home and Away)

BEST YOUNG PERFORMER

Lucas Hodgson-Wale (Will Driscoll, Coronation Street)
Jude Riordan (Sam Blakeman, Coronation Street)
Sonny Kendall (Tommy Moon, EastEnders)
Max Murray (Joel Marshall, EastEnders)
Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor, Emmerdale)
Fred Kettle (Dylan Penders, Emmerdale)
Charlie Behan (Charlie Dean, Hollyoaks)
Oscar Curtis (Lucas Hay, Hollyoaks)
Austin Cutcliffe (Casey Sharpe-Braxton, Home and Away)
Nathan Murray (Cohen Luthor, Home and Away)

BEST NEWCOMER

Olivia Frances-Brown (Jodie Ramsey, Coronation Street)
Junade Khan (Idris Nazir, Coronation Street)
Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness (Jasmine Fisher, EastEnders)
Pierre Counihan-Moullier (Oscar Branning, EastEnders)
Casey Al-Shaqsy (Serena Sugden, Emmerdale)
Chris Coghill (Kev Townsend, Emmerdale)
Tisha Merry (Gemma Johnson, Hollyoaks)
Naledi Rapotu (Kathleen-Angel McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Maddison Brown (Jo Langham, Home and Away)
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (David Langham, Home and Away)

BEST EXIT

Daniel Brocklebank (Billy Mayhew, Coronation Street)
James Cartwright (Theo Silverton, Coronation Street)
Nicholas Bailey (Anthony Trueman, EastEnders)
Paul Bradley (Nigel Bates, EastEnders)
Joe Absolom (Ray Walters, Emmerdale)
Jaye Griffiths (Celia Daniels, Emmerdale)
Alex Fletcher (Diane Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)
Tamara Wall (Grace Black, Hollyoaks)
Matt Evans (Theo Poulos, Home and Away)
Lynne McGranger (Irene Roberts, Home and Away)

BEST FAMILY

The Driscolls (Coronation Street)
The Platts (Coronation Street)
The Brannings (EastEnders)
The Watts-Fowlers (EastEnders)
The Dingles (Emmerdale)
The Sugdens (Emmerdale)
The Hutchinsons (Hollyoaks)
The Maalik-Clarkes (Hollyoaks)
The Fowlers (Home and Away)
The Langhams (Home and Away)

BEST PARTNERSHIP

Alison King & Vicky Myers (Carla & Lisa Connor-Swain, Coronation Street)
Jack P Shepherd & Julia Goulding (David & Shona Platt, Coronation Street)
Steve McFadden & Paul Bradley (Phil Mitchell & Nigel Bates, EastEnders)
Heather Peace & Balvinder Sopal (Eve & Suki Panesar-Unwin, EastEnders)
Jeff Hordley & Natalie J Robb (Cain & Moira Dingle, Emmerdale)
Danny Miller & Ryan Hawley (Aaron Dingle & Robert Sugden, Emmerdale)
Jennifer Metcalfe & Jamie Lomas (Mercedes McQueen & Warren Fox, Hollyoaks)
Kieron Richardson & Jonny Labey (Ste Hay & Rex Gallagher, Hollyoaks)
Nicholas Cartwright & Stephanie Panozzo (Cash Newman & Eden Fowler, Home and Away)
Ada Nicodemou & James Stewart (Leah Patterson & Justin Morgan, Home and Away)

BEST STORYLINE

Todd’s abuse at the hands of Theo (Coronation Street)
Will groomed by predator Megan (Coronation Street)
Denise’s cancer diagnosis (EastEnders)
Nigel’s dementia & final goodbye (EastEnders)
Bear’s modern slavery nightmare (Emmerdale)
Charity’s baby bombshell (Emmerdale)
Diane’s ovarian cancer (Hollyoaks)
Cleo’s postpartum psychosis (Hollyoaks)
Mackenzie & Levi’s fertility journey (Home and Away)
Irene’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis (Home and Away)

BEST SHOWSTOPPER

Corriedale (Coronation Street & Emmerdale)
Murder mystery flash forward: who dies? (Coronation Street)
Kat & Zoe’s Reunion (EastEnders)
Nigel’s 90’s Special (EastEnders)
Ray’s killer revealed (Emmerdale)
Return to Brookside Close (Hollyoaks)
Clare & Sienna’s final showdown (Hollyoaks)
The Train Crash (Home and Away)
Tane flees to Western Australia (Home and Away)

BEST DRAMA STAR

William Beck (Dylan Keogh, Casualty)
Elinor Lawless (Stevie Nash, Casualty)
Kirsty Mitchell (Faith Dean, Casualty)
Olly Rix (Flynn Byron, Casualty)
Lindsey Coulson (Stella Drake, Waterloo Road)
Jon Richardson (Darius Donovan, Waterloo Road)
Maisey Robinson (Portia Weever, Waterloo Road)
Adam Thomas (Donte Charles, Waterloo Road)

BEST SOAP

Coronation Street
Eastenders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
Home and Away

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This whole murder mystery stuff has completely taken the shine off of the trauma Todd went through the past year. With the whole ‘whodunnit’ stuff, he has literally been pushed to the side. I’m glad to see that the writers have decided to give him a remarkable recovery because we have not seen him dealing with the aftermath at all. He’s purely become a side character in his own storyline while the writers went off on an Agatha Christie murder mystery. Granted that stuff at the time was very heavy to watch, but theres a line between recovery and active abuse and the writers have essentially blurred that line. It’s incredibly gruelling and completely distorts the reality of people who may be going through the same thing when the aim of the storyline at first was to raise awareness, pairing with charities to do so! Abuse doesn’t just end, and even if they wanted to take a break from the doom and gloom for a bit (highly unlikely), showing little signs from Todd that he’s still feeling the weight of that trauma would keep the storytelling and representation going strong. Gareth Pierce is a very versatile actor and is very capable of keeping up with the ‘whodunnit’ storyline while showing how the psychological effects stay with you, but it just hasn’t been written in. This absolute U-turn has just systematically failed this previously representative storyline.

I watched it early on youtube and oh my goodness, what a bunch of horseshit. Genuinely I was just so bored watching it. We all knew it was gonna be Sarah as soon as her and Gary started being weird. Also, as soon as the whole dinner party nonsense was spoiled, that instantly ruled out George, Christina and Danielle. I can’t say I’m surprised that I’m underwhelmed but what a shit episode. The random music aswell was just a terrible addition and added NO suspense. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I did quite like Sarah and Theo’s little interaction on the scaffolding because I thought that would make it believe it was Sarah when it was actually someone else but no. I do also have to admit that both Maria and Summer were amazing today. The humour in today’s ep was meh but the ‘suspense’ aspect was just a no.

This is just my opinion, but personally I found it was too predictable and just did not enjoy it whatsoever