- The sort of storylines viewers generally frown upon these days.
No!
You're missing the point and you do this over and over.
The difference between Corrie back then, is while one character was molested, the rest of the characters were plodding along with their lives.
Today we have a serial killer on the loose living in a street, where at the same time we're getting.
Michelle losing a baby, finding out her husband had fathered another baby to someone in the street. Then getting stalked, kidnapped by Will, two minutes later getting her head bashed in while trying to rob the Bistro and now her biological son has turned up to cause her more grief, while her fake son is on his way to start a war with the biological son. All this is happening while her boyfriend Robert deals with testicular cancer.
Peter finds out Billy is responsible for his sister's death and as he tries to deal with this, he almost kills Billy, but no fear, Susan's son is on hand to get Billy addicted to drugs (in payment for killing his mother) which ultimately leads Billy on to heroin.
Zeedan finds out the love of his life has been having an affair with another woman on the street, this leads to Zeedan turning to drink and making deals with his wife's family and don't think it's all sweet and rosy now for Rana, she's about to experience more hell.
Chesney is stabbed at the Bistro and then suffers from mental health, too scared to go to work, all the while his girlfriend is cheating on him, which leads Chesney to (kinda) stalk Daniel - Daniel who has just recovered from a mental breakdown after throwing his grandfather down the stairs.
David falls for a woman who turns out to be the father of the guy who killed his wife, however, they gave that a happy ending (for now) but don't fear, David is soon to be sexually assaulted by his new found friend Josh.
Fiz returns home and Tyrone is about to sleep with Gemma.
Carla returns, but it's not as simple as we thought, she is dying and desperately needs a kidney.
Sally's sister returns and is diagnosed with Bi-Polar
Rita has just come through brain surgery after spending months thinking she's going to die.
Izzy finds out her sister has been killed and with so much drama happening, they don't focus on that anymore.
Sophie is left devastated because her girlfriend has dumped her.
Toyah has been trying to move heaven and earth to have a baby but no luck, however, another secret opportunity arises when she finds out Eva is pregnant with Aiden's baby and he doesn't know.
Maria's big story was having to spend time in jail for a murder she didn't commit, hell there was never a body found.
Anna is in prison having been framed by Phelan, who kills Andy without anyone knowing and then kills Luke without anyone knowing.
Seb has to deal with being HIV positive.
Ali is struggling with life after finding out her boyfriend was murdered.
Craig is suffering from OCD after trying so hard to protect Bethany who has been caught up in a violent sex-ring.
Mary is accused of child abuse with her grandson
The sort of storylines viewers generally frown upon these days.
That's entirely true is it?
Viewers are airing their grievances with the show because those 'storylines' you refer to are happening with nearly all the characters at the same time.
