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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 380662" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes. I suppose soap has conditioned me to need that departure storyline, and it feels anti-climactic when it doesn&#039;t come. Gordon&#039;s absence feels particularly odd because he&#039;s ostensibly still there. Annabelle and Paul have mentioned him just this week as being unhappy about something one of them is doing. So he&#039;s there but not there. It feels akin to Tracy Barlow being in her room playing her tapes. Did viewers at the time notice, I wonder. I&#039;m watching with some of the bigger picture, but it seems such a long time to drag out the absence. It makes me feel the whole thing was unplanned.I remember Bobby&#039;s low-key departure feeling the same for me, but I knew that Ricky had quit suddenly and it was being written around. With Gordon it&#039;s all guesswork. It&#039;s made me think about how the backstage stuff can overlap with what&#039;s onscreen to enhance or add layers to what&#039;s seen. And when that behind-the-scenes stuff isn&#039;t known, it feels as though there&#039;s an absence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 380662, member: 23"] Yes. I suppose soap has conditioned me to need that departure storyline, and it feels anti-climactic when it doesn't come. Gordon's absence feels particularly odd because he's ostensibly still there. Annabelle and Paul have mentioned him just this week as being unhappy about something one of them is doing. So he's there but not there. It feels akin to Tracy Barlow being in her room playing her tapes. Did viewers at the time notice, I wonder. I'm watching with some of the bigger picture, but it seems such a long time to drag out the absence. It makes me feel the whole thing was unplanned. I remember Bobby's low-key departure feeling the same for me, but I knew that Ricky had quit suddenly and it was being written around. With Gordon it's all guesswork. It's made me think about how the backstage stuff can overlap with what's onscreen to enhance or add layers to what's seen. And when that behind-the-scenes stuff isn't known, it feels as though there's an absence. [/QUOTE]

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