The Covid era of Emmerdale and What Could Have Been

So, this Saturday gone marked five years since filming on Emmerdale was suspended due to the covid-19 pandemic. The weekly output was reduced from 6 to three episodes per week so that they wouldn't run out of episodes to air. Thankfully, filming resumed in June with safety restrictions

But sadly, a lot of stuff had to be changed or scrapped all together: the only one I know about was that apparently one character had to be written out altogether. This bit's just guess work, but I believe BGT Week was meant to be episodes 8825-8829 or 8819-8823 when you exclude the lockdown episodes. Also, I'm convinced that Lisa was meant to physically appear as a vision to Belle.

Other effects were the disappearance of multiple characters for months. Also, Covid was addressed in-universe.

But what did you guys all think of the episodes during the Covid era? Do you feel the safety restrictions hindered the show and any storylines we did get outside of what I've mentioned And do you feel the pandemic has negatively effected the show and its budget. Also, what did you think of the show's handling of the pandemic; in particular, the lockdown episodes?