To not get how easties bianca is always so skint!

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She must get some sort of help!? Such a shit storyline, weren't they too skint for Xmas last year too?

She would be entitled to benefits. Or is she too proud, in debt or sumfink else?

RICKAAAAAAAY

tooo the rescuuuue!

I think last year she couldn't get housing benefit because janine wouln't give her a proper rental contract. I don't know why she wasn't claiming tax credits though?! And it still appears that shes oblivious they exist

Also, where the hell did Lauren come from? Max is ginger, Tanya is blonde and Lauren is dark and olive skinned!! Gosh I remember why I stopped way hung this tosh but my telly is broke and I player is all I have

Lauren isn't his daughter is she? I thought Tanya had her before she met max...I may be wrong.

I missed a whole week of Easties. It really is depressing, addictive shyte.

Wish I had a life.

According to AOL - Lauren is Derek's, which is why he's scuppered her relationship with his son. God, I must stop reading about/watching this shite!

Omg karma is that true? Euwwww if it is, going a bit far win the incest storyline aren't they!?

Who is Kat bonking?

The Lady whom plays Lauren is absolutely beautiful .

Derek is such a pretender and vile and a manipulater of others I can imagine Tanya would have slept with him.

Hmmmm....

I wirked out aaaages ago that Lauren is Dereks daughter.

When she finds out she is going to squash him with a car (she has had practice after all).

He is repulsive so deserves it.

I'm not sure Tanya is a natural blond though.

I think he might have forced her, she's always hated him

Benefits don't exist in EE so she can't claim those.
She will combust if she looks for a job further afield than Albert Sq, narrowing her employment prospects (alhtough tbf she has just come out of prison, so her CV isn't going to be too sparkling)
She's got loads of kids
Ricky no longer lives in Albert Square therefore he doesn't exist so wont be paying her any money for the kids

Its almost as a big a cliche as people being loaded without any discernbile proof of income, people buying houses in a day etc

why do i watch it?

Dying to know who Kat is bonking- Alfie is such a bleedin wet lettuce he does me head in with the permanently sad smile

Lauren is Derek's?!!! What?! That is a first by me.. If Lauren is someone elses kid then she certainly doesn't know, she's always been addressed as Max's?! Confused now. Also worth noting that many ginger haired parents make dark haired kids, I see it a lot. I know a family where both parents are ginger, two DC are too and the eldest has jet black hair.

Anyway onto other pressing issues- Bianca . I hate her pride, it really fucks me off. She'd rather see her DC starve than accept money/food from anyone. And I have no idea if she is too proud to get benefits but she definitely would be entitled.. I always say how annoying and unrealistic that storyline is, in rl she'd be getting benefits/Carol's wage/do Whitney and Tyler still live there? because they'd be paying board too.. and i'd hope Ricky's maintenance. Plus Derek is loaded, if she'd let her stupid pride slip he'd help!

Ha. Never knew I could get so passionate about a soap.. Sad.

And the Kat thing is so boring now.. Been dragged out for like half the year ffs. I think it is Derek. If its Max I won't be pleased.

As far as I am aware, Derek forced her.

Lauren doesn't know Derek is her father. I presume only Tanya and Derek know, as can't imagine Max would be too happy with it. I think it's going to come out at Christmas.

Oh the fireworks. :)

Oh yes, Bianca is always broke. Even Whitney gets more money than her and she works at a nursery.

Someone must know who Kat is boffing?

It's none of the brothers Santa - I believe Alfie follows her and the big reveal is tonight.

Is Derek really going to die? I know his contract's up but I feared he was just leaving for a bit.

Looks like Dot might not come back? If it was in the plot that she would be back (to echo RL), then surely the new Launderette manager's job that Cora's failing at would have been advertised as temporary?

What is the secret that Toad of Toad Hall Derek threatens Max with?

Del Boy always says to Max " ooh you don't want me to tell Tania your little secret now, do you"

Lauren is Derek's? How do you all know this?!

I am so sick of the 'who is Kat bonking' story line. It really isn't interesting enough to be dragged out for the xmas ratings for this long.

I have always thought that about Bianca too. Why doesn't she get any benefits? She was also skint when living with Pat who probably took hardly any (if any at all) rent and her mum lived with her who I would assume contributed to bills? God, I have thought about this too much.

Its none of the Branning's? but why are they the ones its always circling around/the ones on the front of the soap magazines? Have we been duped? How dare they..

I think is secret is that Max is skint and he can't afford the wedding.

Kat thing is boooooooring. I think its Derek.

Yes vintage I want to know who Max keeps paying as well. Gah so many unanswered questions!

at Toad of Toad Hall. He really does look like a toad.

It must be one of the superbly gorgeous Branning brothers! Everytime Kat walks into the pub they all whip their mobiles out and look shiftily left to right.