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Lee's depression storyline; How far will EE go with this?
Topic Started: 16 Sep 2015, 20:52 (2,604 Views)
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Mrs Peel
17 Sep 2015, 16:46
ChrissieW
17 Sep 2015, 15:14
I think this story would have worked better if we already knew Lee Carter. A depression story isn't the way to develop a character, it's a story to give a character who has already been developed.
This is what happens when you have a cast of this size and everyone is promised a bite of the apple. Sometimes it feels as if too much is going on on the programme to absorb. You get so far with certain characters and certain situations, then things abruptly stop and the soap veers off to concentrate on other characters and other storylines, to the point that people lose interest in some things.

It would have helped us understand what was going on with Lee if, amidst all the Mick-Shirley-Dean mess, we saw a bit more of him. We weren't even sure until recently that he was even still serving as he was behind the bar more than at the recruiting station.
Yeh, and we had the random scenes one episode with Whitney where he said he wanted to go back to the frontline and it was then never mentioned again!
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Those scenes tonight were brilliant. The ones with Lee in the kitchen were heart-wrenching.
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It's interesting that they are showing Lee's storyline the way they are. Unlike Corrie's storyline, Lee's family now know early on about how something is wrong (although depression hasn't been mentioned yet, has it?) and therefore there isn't the angle of him not wanting anyone to know. Therefore the focus is going to be on how even though he has so much support, he feels like he can't take it, or shouldn't. That's such a big thing with depression and I'm glad it's being portrayed - someone can be told a million times how much they are loved etc. but it doesn't mean they will believe them.
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Danny-Boy was amazing again tonight.

Why do we think he is not taking his medication?
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I think Lee thinks that taking medication to help/control his condition at the moment is an admission of failure on his part. He's determined to fight this his own way, I suppose. Ronnie's interest in Lee's presence in the waiting room was creepy to say the least, and it was out of the ordinary.

She doesn't really know the Carters as anyone other than the people who run the pub. There's going to be something about that weird exchange and Dean's fate, mark me. Ronnie and Vincent will be the end of Dean, and somehow Lee will get the blame - and Dean's end will come via the diazepam Ronnie convinced the GP that she needed.
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19 Sep 2015, 00:06
I think Lee thinks that taking medication to help/control his condition at the moment is an admission of failure on his part. He's determined to fight this his own way, I suppose. Ronnie's interest in Lee's presence in the waiting room was creepy to say the least, and it was out of the ordinary.

She doesn't really know the Carters as anyone other than the people who run the pub. There's going to be something about that weird exchange and Dean's fate, mark me. Ronnie and Vincent will be the end of Dean, and somehow Lee will get the blame - and Dean's end will come via the diazepam Ronnie convinced the GP that she needed.
I did wonder the significance of that scene, EE these days isn't prone to normal "everyday community scenes" - there is usually a storyline purpose. And I honestly can't say I remember Ronnie ever sharing a Carter scene. They are very much strangers.

I hope she's not shoehorned into Lees storyline. I'm really enjoying it but Ronnie brings down any story - she's already tainted the Kathy/Gavin stuff.

Here's hoping for a shock exit where she falls on the train tracks chasing Charlie.
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19 Sep 2015, 00:06
I think Lee thinks that taking medication to help/control his condition at the moment is an admission of failure on his part. He's determined to fight this his own way, I suppose. Ronnie's interest in Lee's presence in the waiting room was creepy to say the least, and it was out of the ordinary.

She doesn't really know the Carters as anyone other than the people who run the pub. There's going to be something about that weird exchange and Dean's fate, mark me. Ronnie and Vincent will be the end of Dean, and somehow Lee will get the blame - and Dean's end will come via the diazepam Ronnie convinced the GP that she needed.
Wow that is some theory but it's a good one.

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