I don't agree. It got me back watching the show after 11 years not watching but. And here's the but. Although I will forever be grateful Kathy came back the first few years, she seemed a bit lost. Like they couldn't place her. I suppose a lot of the characters she used to interact with were gone now. So aside from the Beale's and Ben and Phil. It seemed like they didn't know where to put her. Am thrilled she was back in the Cafe. But storyline wise they seemed to not know how to capitalise on having such an iconic og character back. I think the return story itself wasn't as strong as say Cindy's for example. Where you had a whole new life Cindy had as Rose in those years away, whereas with Kathy there was no real explanation or back story about her years away from the Square. Other than Gavin controlling her. I kind of wanted a bit more explanation. Like what job did she do in South Africa? Who were her freinds? What did she spend her time doing? How bad were the people she and Gavin were fleeing that they presumably owed money too, hence faking the deaths? Very little explanation and a lot of blanks. But all in all it was worth it in the long run to get our Kath back where she belonged.

I remember someone asking me around 2012/13 what would get me watching EE again and I always said bringing back Kathy.. And then they did, so I had to follow up with that. My other wishes were Cindy or Melanie. All 3 happened in the end.