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Tracy telling Peter he's the black sheep

posted 8 years ago by kingpongo
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Really? She reckons she's nowhere near as bad as him no matter how hard she tries! OK, he's an alcoholic and serial womaniser/cheater. He's not done anything that can be considered really bad. Most soap characters have affairs and many succumb to addictions and stuff. Yet, Tracy has murdered, blackmailed and behaved in totally reprehensible ways towards people. She tried to blame Beccy of pushing her downstairs causing a miscarriage, she tried to fool Roy into believing he was Amy's father. She blackmailed Carla to get Nick to sell the Bistro and move away. She is cruel and dishonest and she thinks Peter is the bad sheep! Peter is a pussycat compared to her.

Peter is obviously in trouble and been up to no good, but I doubt he's ever going to be on the same level as Tracy when it comes to being despicable.

[–] 8 years ago

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[–] shoppingaddict-1 8 years ago

Agreed, but that's Tracy. Cannot see her own faults and blames everyone else for them. I was surprised last night at her sudden realisation that she had been horrible with Ken.. a very rare moment of self recognition.

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[–] pulps_suede 8 years ago

I suppose people don't really give Tracey any time. They just either yell at her (usually deserved) or completely ignore her (usually deserved).

I honestly think Mary is the first person to actually take time to confront Tracey and discuss with her the reasons why she is acting out. And not in an accusational way.

[–] benjamin-twist 8 years ago

There are people who can't see their own faults, but Tracy can see them and is proud of what she does. Really she and Peter are both bad in different ways but it's just her turn to play Holy Joe.

I noticed that just before Ken had his stroke Peter accused him of being a bad father to him and if you watch the early episodes when Peter was a kid Ken was a rubbish dad. But that's soaps for you.