Tuesday 2nd Sept

Bit of a dull episode overall. Even Honey's exit was as undramatic as it gets. The kids were cute though, its a pity we wont get to see Janet growing up

Did Ronnie actually smile? Or was it just wind

Honey's exit was a lot more believable than the rumours said. I thought she was going because of Billy hiding in the bathroom while Jase was being assaulted, which made no sense. But to see her leave because she just couldn't trust him anymore was realistic. I felt her frustration that Billy just couldn't stop lying and that she really had no option but to go. I've lost count of the number of heart-to-hearts they've had and each time Billy has promised to straighten himself out. If she'd stayed, she really would deserve the disrespect he'd been treating her with.

The bed scenes at the beginning with Billy muttering about his appreciation of Honey and how much she meant to him would have been more moving if they hadn't turned into self pity as usual. And Billy's rant at a bemused Tanya, what on earth was that about? Honey deserves better than this man child. Cos she's right, trust is everything.

I was glad to see Phil turning Max down

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because it made sense that he wasn't going to risk jail for himself just to help Max sort out his brother. Too bad Phil and Suzy plotted to get the better of Shirley though and too bad Phil won't see the return of the gold as proof of how much Shirley cares.

Dawn was being Dawn again, dumping her kid on Garry. What kind of mother would leave their toddler daughter with a man who has no children of his own and no experience of children? Let's hope there's no kiddy porn story coming up for Garry, cos if he was a perv he'd be in paradise, the number of times he's had unrestricted access to that baby girl.

Yes I can definitely understand why Honey left, there is nothing worse than a liar, even worse when there is absolutely no reason to lie, it's just that Billy did it so often it became second nature. But I found that it was all done in such a dull way. I almost switched off at the beginning when they were in bed, Honey really looked like she was asleep, she probably dropped off because Billy was droning on so long

Suzy and the gold bar is just dull, theres only so many times you can hear a person say 'I want my gold/bar back'

I'd forgotten about Dawn dumping Summer, probably because it happens so often its nothing new anymore Not only did she not bother to ask permission to leave her, and as you say Jo with a man who has not experience with children, but she left her stuck in a buggy, with a man who was crashed out on the sofa and might not have woken for hours.