Phillip Ryan was an interesting one. He was one character I never grasped. Funny guy but also socially awkward. The Flick Mellor stuff was bad. He genuinely tried to be nice but ended up stalking her instead. Did everything he could to fit in. Fortunate Bolton and Paul eventually accepted him.
I wonder if he was autistic the same way Karla was, but undiagnosed. Or maybe the writers sort of subconsciously wrote him as autistic coded without even realising they were doing it (which often happens when characters have more subtle neurodivergent traits!)
I really hated how Miss Campbell really stuck the knife into Philip throughout the rest of this series, always making him to be the idiot and be worthless. Couldn't stand her uppity from her return onwards
Phillip Ryan was an interesting one. He was one character I never grasped. Funny guy but also socially awkward. The Flick Mellor stuff was bad. He genuinely tried to be nice but ended up stalking her instead. Did everything he could to fit in. Fortunate Bolton and Paul eventually accepted him.
I wonder if he was autistic the same way Karla was, but undiagnosed. Or maybe the writers sort of subconsciously wrote him as autistic coded without even realising they were doing it (which often happens when characters have more subtle neurodivergent traits!)
I find it interesting how even after Mel had been exposed and was sadistic and selfish Eddie still thought that Phillip had no right to insult his mum
I really hated how Miss Campbell really stuck the knife into Philip throughout the rest of this series, always making him to be the idiot and be worthless. Couldn't stand her uppity from her return onwards
Funny how she tells Eddie she doesn't like his attitude, coming from her of all people lol.
And in the new series she is the head of the school
Paul and Bolton played nasty tricks on Philip and bullied him at the start, but I think they're all friends later on.
I know the feeling when I was in high school 2004-2009
@@TyMarshall007t's the worst 5 years of your life and your adult years do get a whole lot better.
@@jacobmassey3897 very true
wow i have not watched this show in forever
1st
No one cares 😂🤣😂
Eddie is so annoying
No that would be Mel
How? The annoying one was Kim, she was always condescending.
@@H.K.5 Yep, she was arrogant and rude. Complete opposite of Carlos Condit, absolute legend.
@@sukhdevr3489 😂 I love the comparisons between UFC fighters and Waterloo Road characters. They don’t make sense but that’s why I love it.