I watched the episode of Nicola falling down the stairs. Lexi's acting was substandard - it felt so 'put on'. I am liking Nicolas wee bits of 'softness' on her character, but again she is naturally funny so don't take that away from her. She would not be the same without the odd bit of sarcasm. However, great acting - maybe she should give Lexi lessons

its a given that when a soap actor has any kind of disagreement on/by a staircase they go tumbling down and lie there motionless and usually end up dead. 

I have never been a Lexie fan but lately she has stepped up and given IMO a convincing performance. I saw nothing substandard in her scene in fact it looked pretty good with both actresses doing very well.

I have to say I'm with you wholeheartedly here on Nicola. She is an uber *** and it can be pretty funny but endowing her with a softer side at the same time is genius, it gives her character a whole new aspect which we've not really experienced before. I guess that this leads up to her being a Mom and getting all hormonal and stuff, not that I'm any expert on that!