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Wtaf is going on with eastenders??

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Bakingnovice · 24/08/2013 21:30

I know it's been shit for ages but its just dire atm. I'm a bit behind and stopped watching when bunhead Lauren was getting drunk. Switched back on and she's back from rehab. Was her rehab in the Maldives? I'm sick to the back teeth of her and joey. What a mockery they've made of teen drinking showing her recovered. She's a terrible actress.

Lucy is weird and for an eastender she's got a v posh accent. As has bobby. And Dennis. And Sharon.

And I really don't like how every victim of sexual abuse is portrayed as promiscuous. In one episode we see Kat dragging a guy into an alley for a quickie and Whitney getting into a car with strange men. Not every child victim is like kat and bloody Whitney. Utter tosh. I need another long break from it. I only came back to it cos corrie is terrible these days.

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mileysorearse · 19/12/2013 13:22

I couldn't watch after Dot was robbed, I realise how sad this makes me look btw Grin Is Janine going to do in David to?

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Bakingnovice · 19/12/2013 15:24

Oh no poor dot. I hate that story. They're really out to get her aren't they? First the court case and now the robbery. It's as if the writers don't know what to do with her anymore.

I am sick to death of the same old cancer storyline. Peggy/Tanya/carol hiding a secret, shouting at everyone, running a bath, and.....and.....feeling the boob for a lump. Sick of it. Not everyone keeps it top secret. They repeat the same stories again and again. Janine kills another hubby. Kay and Alfie thrown out the pub. Dot losing money. Affairs. Blackmail. Then a big fire. Pffffttttttt.

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mileysorearse · 19/12/2013 17:03

Do you remember the Christmas when Alfie had to sleep in an ice-cream van or somesuch and stole potatoes off of Ian which then fell out of his pocket and, dun-dun-dun, someone realised he was homeless? Pathetic

YoureBeingASillyBilly · 19/12/2013 17:30

If they must do a cancer story couldnt they do something other than breast cancer? What about prostate or testicular cancer?

And as for sonya? No no no! Please no. As someone upthread said awful in EE and RL.

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Bakingnovice · 19/12/2013 18:37

Oh yes Sonia is definitely the death knell. She is horrible in EE and real life.

And I can't stand jake or Sadie. Terrible actors and a terrible plot.

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Fakebook · 19/12/2013 20:55

Apparently Matt Willis from Busted has been cast as Stacey's "devoted" boyfriend, so she's coming back with a man.

Blondeshavemorefun · 20/12/2013 03:58

And if they showed another cancer story then show the side of chemo when it isn't always easy and spend days/weeks in hospital having s&d and hair falling out and basically not gloss over it iyswim

Sure we have had a testicular cancer scare?

Carol saw the local (new) doctor but we don't see him - normally the doc is in the pub with the other locals

Agree Stacey needs to be punished / convicted of killing Archie

wakemeupnow · 20/12/2013 11:11

Can't wait till Alfie and his eternally irritating good cheer gets booted out of the Vic. We need more clever, scheming characters and less
bimbos and buffoons.

wakemeupnow · 20/12/2013 22:18

Looks like David is meeting my need for more cleverness and scheming, he certainly played Janine well tonight....

Why are Carol and Bianca wearing the same coat ?

Harrin · 21/12/2013 13:59

Anyone else notice how much snogging/running off for a quickie there was in the last two episodes? Kat & Alfie, Peter & Lola and there must be more I can't remember because it seemed to be happening every 2 mins!

Fakebook · 21/12/2013 14:32

Yes Harrin, I noticed that too. It was kat and Alfie, Lola and Peter and jake and Lauren kissing every two minutes.

BlatantTheRedheadedReindeer · 22/12/2013 10:53

I have to ask - what is with Shirley's sister? her IMDB says she's 38, so why does she act like a childish 15 year old??

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BlatantTheRedheadedReindeer · 22/12/2013 20:52

I think that happened off screen, the second stabbing, so we probably won't ever find how the truth. Unless I missed something..

Blondeshavemorefun · 22/12/2013 20:56

I thought it was cood blood as well. MICHEAL was think gettin up ie not dead - Janine told Alice to go to the door so that she could stab him and then Alice thought she did it

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/12/2013 17:42

So kat has been with Alfie for 5 mins yet preg? Is he the dad?

The gravey that got split on Bianca was a little bit yet was all at the bottom of her dress

How the hell did they all fit round the table in their small living room - where did the sofa go and where did they get the table from?

Billy is stupid but surely he wouldn't kill DAVID for Janine

Tho knows he gets run over .......

cantheyseeme · 26/12/2013 17:48

I think david has internal bleeding or something. I actually wanted janine to get away. And i love david wicks oooft, dont think i was even born when he was in it the first time Grin
Also i think alfie probably suspects it isnt his baby so it shows theyre not 100% ok.
Get a life canthey!!!

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Bakingnovice · 26/12/2013 17:54

Wasn't janine caught the exact same way last time she killed a hubby? Driving around the square then running around it trying to evade the cops? And why the big Beale-Mitchell gathering? Lola and Peter have been on 2 dates but now can't even be separated at Xmas. Honestly it's all so ridiculous.

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cantheyseeme · 26/12/2013 18:08

IWhat hubby did she kill?
I thought last time she was in a car she hit and killed danielle.
Im very pleased danny dyer is coming Smile

Miserere · 26/12/2013 18:26

Barry. Though technically she let and watched him die, and wouldn't go for help. I think she was after his money, so had planned something along these lines.

I haven't watched the Christmas episodes yet. Janine really is stupid. She could have got away with the killing if backed Alice up. I think she and Michael went to grab the knife at the same time too?

BlatantTheRedheadedReindeer · 26/12/2013 19:38

I was having a think about it while catching up on this weeks EE. Since Billy and Phil are cousins, that makes Ben and Lola cousins, right? Ben and Lola slept together so their baby is technically both her daughter and cousin (however many times removed). Now because Ben is Ian's half brother, Peter is Ben's nephew, which means Lexi is Peters cousin. So while he's dating Lola he will be playing step dad to his cousin. If I think hard enough I expect I'll find some relation between Lola and Peter, but I don't think I'll bother.

Just random train of thought I decided to share with you all, since no one I know in real life likes EE...

cantheyseeme · 26/12/2013 20:02

Its like the dingles in emmerdale, im sure than was some cousining going on there too.
Then joey and lauren. hmm!!

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/12/2013 20:23

blantant you have just made my head explode with your family tree - tho very good one !!!

limitedperiodonly · 27/12/2013 13:00

I haven't watched EE for years and seeing as I started fancying Danny Dyer in the Xmas special I will not be watching it again for my own good.

But I also hate the way they treat serious illness.

They gave Frank's mother Alzheimer's (told you I last watched it a long time) when they decided it was Ishhoo of the Moment.

But they obviously decided that tragic mental decline, occasional bewilderingly out-of-character violence and double incontinence was a bit too depressing even for them so she went to live on a farm or something.