CS Soaps - pilot episode

Gerda wakes up to smell the coffee and says "not a fork", no more ego stroking!

Angelica, well, she's overplaying her hand and sees her exotic behind without a mirror...

Rupert, he goes back to the drawing board, keeps calm and start searching for his next flossie

Fluit, fluit my storie is uit!

Cocheta you are RUBBISH at soaps. Thin storylines can be drawn out for years and you put the whole lot to bed - er, I should perhaps reword that - in a couple of sentences?

Actually the whole lot in one bed would take it into a whole new viewing audience.

Z - can't win 'em all. But we could write in a murder, no worries. The potential is there. The CS viewing audience is pretty small, and the writers will do whatever it takes

Rupert secretly saw Angelica go into his bedroom wow she is checking my sheets, good job I changed them to soft silky ones. shes nearly mine he THOUGHT

Angelica thought Robert was out so was checking his bedroom out, mmmm nice sheets she thought, but went into his wardrobe, she is looking for info on how much money he has before testing those sheets.

Gerda is going to spill beans to Rupert she saw Angelica last evening having meal with a handsome man in nearby resturant. Little did she know this was Angelicas brother. She did like the look of this man he had a gentle face.

Biff Okay, I'll sit back and watch the story unfold and when I'm in a better frame of mind I may jump in again to get my creative juices flowing. I kinda like z's twist, maybe a murder-for-hire plot

Coch, jump in any time, but we need a bigger cast if there are to be murders.

Hmm. Rupert has probably disappointed other ladies in the past, they could try to warn Angelica? He heads in to intercept, murder in his heart, a blunt weapon in his hand?

Angelica should be rich as well as beautiful and exotic. Make her more of a catch.

Okay. NOW we're cooking with gas.

Old Goody two-shoes? She should probably be the one murdered.

NO, no, no... ol' goody-two-shoes is the murderer. Loyal, easy going people have their limits too, yanno ...

Biff is that you ? didn't recognise you for a minute





the hat gave it away

Old Goody is the murderer? hmm. She's so fascinated she kills the players instead of trying to disentangle all their bewildering agendas?

Shame on you, she's a harmless old gossip with too much time on her hands.

Hi Wolfie, I don't have a hat exactly like that but I LIKE it

Cat, we're writing the story as we go. What do you want to happen next?

Red, hang on, hang on just one cotton-pickin' minute. Old Goody two-shoes is now a murderous fella?

Got to have an onlooker, they're the ones see most of the game. The oblivious players all have tunnel vision and can only see what they want to see. Where's the overview without Goody?

Let's stick the knife-sharpener on the other side of the street, as a compromise?

(These writing sessions, bouncing ideas around, are exhausting, I tell you)

goody two shoes SON is the twicher somtimes

Now Mrs goody two shes is thinking xmas is nearly upon us I think I will hold neighbourly party. Rupert across street , his cleaning lady Gerda and of course Ruperts new girlfriend.
"Son do you think you could cook for all of us say next Sat night. I will send invites out today".
Now goodytwo shoes son thinks poisen!!!! could I use poisen on Ruperts chicken leg. No blood spilled and by the time poisen acts he will be out this house. "YES MOTHER I WILL DO THAT FOR US

Good luck to him shifting his nosy old mum away from the curtains so he can take a turn, that's all I can say

Soaps happen in crowded places with lots of minor characters elbowing each other out the way. And this is a CS soap, lots of us peering at each other and trying to work out who is doing whom and why and what the outcome will be ...

I Was carrying on after RED now this is off track or am I confused, Will let Red carry on because I think I have lost the plot

forgot to add dA DA DA DEM

dont worry candy I think time difference does it up you appeared I have to go now but no reason story cannot have two ending or even more when the rest of cs motely crew get involved

If this is what you can dream up with just one day off the mind boggles at what you'll get up to over Christmas.

Go write a book before you upset people

oh pooh people know me here, it's just flummery.

Dots already took it personally. This is on the lines of 'I saw what you did last summer'

Not as funny as you think it is. JMO.

Uhm...

what have we here...

Okayyyy lunch break over and lets get back to work.

I love, oh so much, having my wrist slapped. Thanks Chrome.

Angelica, Gerda and Rupert are entirely products of my overactive imagination. Variations of this scenario do run from time to time on CS and I thought it would be funny to brainstorm the situation because often people caught in it can't see a way out.

Seems none of us could, apart from murder

I'll maybe do other soap setups because most of us found it fun. When I do, Pete's sake, I live in a world of my own and I don't spot real life when it is happening right under my own nose, okay?

If any reader, and there were quite a few more readers than comments, saw something familiar in this, yay, I may not understand real life but I can write it. That's a definite start!

In the meantime, does this pilot die or can anyone jump in with a plot swerve to save the day?

Hi Biff

Just wanna say hello to you. I'll read your blog and the comments tomorrow morning.

Half an hour past midnight now and I need my beauty sleep.

Angelica is very confused now, where on earth did Gerda come into the picture. Angelica looks at Gerda and without batting an eyelid says Who are you and why are you here?OH!!! Dear,sorry about that I was asked to deliver some champagne to this address,and seeing nobody answered the door I walked right in,as I do believe it was a special occasion.And knowing Rupert did not realize I had placed the colored balloons in his pocket,I did not want his surprise to be spoilt,and I needed to be here. What do you mean you needed to be?ehhhh Ohhhhh ERRRR I mean I was the one to assist him in the store,and had the address .so it was pointless sending someone else Well see what your 'Concern has done" sent him to E.R. for who knows how long. Suddenly there is a crash of metal,and a screech of agony across the way.Oh no not another calamity on this supposedly happy day.
Angelica gives Gerda a frosty look and shouts at her to see whats happened, maybe it was the cook. Angelica shouts at Gerda to take a look and if it is serious to help where she could. Gerda, darts out the room and there across the hall,lays Goody Two Shoes sprawled out on the floor,Dress over her face and legs in the air,the ladder lay upside down beside her,with her arm pinned down from the fall.fall. Gerda has light bulbs flashing in her mind ,now she has an excuse to reach out to Rupert one more time.She tells Angelica she needs to help someone in pain ,and will be back once she has sorted out the problem,as the person needs to go to E.R in case of broken bones.BUT who is this person and must you leave?? It is your Char that fell off the ladder while hanging the Christmas decoration,but don't worry I will be back.

CK this is getting intriguing

I'm nicely comfortable now, broken leg propped up on a stool and no decorations, what the hell. Go on!

DC go get your beauty sleep, like you need it catch you later

What beats me is the fact that NO ONE even suspects that Gerda is in fact GERT the local butcher.

Actually that happened on Corrie - or was it Stenders? my colleagues in the office talk about the soaps as if they were real life, its very unnerving. So sad that Doug died, they will say mournfully, and all start discussing it.

Who's Doug?

Oh, didn't you SEE? It was on Corrie last night -


(sheesh) (get a LIFE)

Having a butcher around would be endlessly useful. Especially if the murderous tendencies of the blog so far continue to develop.

Angelica is seething that her day went by with nothing but drama,and lay back on the bed thinking of Rupert,those rippling muscles and hungry eyes.If only she had not given the butler off she would have paid him a visit as she believed he was not going to spend the night in hospital.If only Gerda that woman will hurry back,after all she did say she would be back.In the distance she heard the sound of a car approaching the house.Getting up she went towards the front door to peep out and see if it was coming her way,and then it caught her eye seeing the window across the way had no curtain,and wondered why.Just then the buzzer at the gate went off and Angelica grabbed the speaker,breathless with anticipation that this could be Rupert. But then this voice came across saying "Evening Angelica I have been sent to you with a message from Rupert".There in the doorway stood Gerda with a bowl of strawberries,that she said Rupert had sent.They were sprinkled with,what looked like powder of sorts,but Gerda said No! it was a sprinkling of castor sugar to sweeten the taste.
Now what came next was quite a surprise,because Gerda said Rupert insisted she pour her some champagne and enjoy the strawberries.Feeling somewhat disappointed she said if Rupert was there she would have enjoyed the strawberries because the lady across the way has specially prepared the strawberries for their special day. Which reminds me we were given two bottles of very special wine from the lady as well.I know said Gerda Rupert mentioned that I should pour you that in case he was going to be delayed instead of drinking flat champagne.
The plot thickens and will be continued at a later stage.

the only thing that concerns me is that we are about to run out of characters altogether

if I am picking up the clues right, anyway. I suppose it COULD be sugar

Can ya do a quick synopsis of the storyline to date?

Like they do before a new episode as a catch-up

TBH Molly we haven't really progressed from the original synopsis. Some bloggers want a murder, and some have nominated specific characters to be murdered. Not looking good for Goody, must be said. I think she's about to be written out.

Some want it to get all bedroomy straight away.

Most couldn't really care and have switched channels.