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EASTENDERS MYSTERIES

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Blondeshavemorefun · 07/08/2015 23:02

By the end of this thread will

Will Kathy be back?

What is les and massive tits claudette secret

Gbp is still in matching mummy outfits Grin

Will Shabs have her baby?

Any more kids in the kiddi cupboard .........

Will Ben pop back out

Will Lola come back

Who will the cross dresser be

Sure there are more things we need to know

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differentnameforthis · 18/08/2015 15:35

Roger Sloman has been in heaps of stuff

LineyRunner · 18/08/2015 16:03

Why is he so bloody awful as Les Coker?

Jasonandyawegunorts · 18/08/2015 17:16

Maybe it's becuase they don't have the time for endless re-shoots, they get what they can?

youarekiddingme · 18/08/2015 18:09

Going back to payment. Google realiably! informs me actors get paid between £420-2000 per episode and their contact signs them up for between 30-100 episodes. So I would think if your in a lead storyline you get more for the episode?
Maybe that's why they are either in its loads (EE getting their monies worth!) or not in it (only do so many episodes).

Jasonandyawegunorts · 18/08/2015 18:11

I wonder what the regular background characters get paid.

BlueThursday · 18/08/2015 18:46

Tracy probably gets paid as much as Ian Beale now!

RedCrayons · 18/08/2015 19:38

Just fucking tell her, Les.

Fakebook · 18/08/2015 19:45

"The real me".....ugh. He really is going to do the cross dressing story isn't he? Dear me.

RedCrayons · 18/08/2015 19:47

I think so, Fakebook.

Kathy is looking well.

Fakebook · 18/08/2015 19:49

I was thinking that too Red...she must be in her 60's. Looks very well.

RedCrayons · 18/08/2015 19:57

Please let that be the end of Les' secret.

Fakebook · 18/08/2015 20:04

So how many people know now?

Jane
Ian
Peter
Cindy
Lauren
Liam
Sharon

Conveniently most of them aren't even on the square anymore!

That's definitely not the end of Les' secret. Claudette knows the "real him"... whatever that is.

southeastdweller · 18/08/2015 21:11

I'm still sticking with the same secret I've believed for months re Les - cross-dressing.

RedCrayons · 18/08/2015 22:15

I'm with you on that one, Southeast.

RedCrayons · 18/08/2015 22:16

Oh and I will need to gouge my eyes out after I've seen Les as a woman.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 18/08/2015 23:41

Haven't seen tonight's - not sure is les secret is out ?

Won't read any more till have seen

But

What awful wailing by Les

How did Cathy get into the archers - Phil wouldn't leave it unlocked

Omg at cindy telling Bobby

Dean is playing happy families with Amy. Obv doesn't care about his own daughter jade anymore

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32percentcharged · 19/08/2015 08:25

Les has admitted to meeting up with claudette secretly since Laurie (son) died, they started meeting in a pub and he says it was an 'outlet' to cope with his grief. Sounds as though he's confided in Claudette about Pam bumping Laurie off, which would explain why he's so scared of her uncovering things. There's clearly more to the story though, so God knows how the annual Gran Canaria trip and his debt problems fit in. It's become a ridiculous story line being strung out far too long and I'd be gobsmacked if there is any remotely convincing conclusion.

Kathy getting into the Arches- agree, what with all the dodgy dealings phil does, no way would it just be left open. And phil's u-turn over agreeing to help her out- very unconvincing.

Cindy - what a cow. Ok she hasn't been dealt the best set of cards but she's been bloody awful to Ian and Jane (and everyone else) since she arrived. She stole all that money to begin with, got up the duff, palmed the baby off on Ian and Jane when convenient but didn't want them to adopt her, was pretty vile to Lucy and now she's got a chance to escape the square and find happiness she does that to Bobby and also risks incriminating herself ...

I took the reason why phil and Sharon were so Keen to see Max banged up was kind of 50/50 because he tricked Ben into signing over the Arches, and also because Ben was arrested and detained over Lucy's death, when it now appears (for the moment!) that max murdered her.

Dean- yeap, he was desperate to have his daughter for all of about 10 minutes. He's now got Amy the devil child moved in so clearly isn't bothered about his biological daughter any more.

I have to admit there are some comic moments in EE, but its a shame it's gone so downhill. Way too many story lines and peripheral characters- it's really showing now that the script writers can't keep up with them all never mind the audience. Also when they covered 'issues' : sexuality, cancer etc they at least used to pride themselves on researching them properly and presenting them convincingly. It's all become a tad ridiculous now.

Ok ok it's just a soap! But it could be done so much better. Having said that there are some great individual performances

Jasonandyawegunorts · 19/08/2015 09:27

Phil wouldn't leave it unlocked

He only locks it when people are inside.

Jasonandyawegunorts · 19/08/2015 09:28

"The real me".....ugh. He really is going to do the cross dressing story isn't he? Dear me.

Or the baby fetish.

Pyjamaramadrama · 19/08/2015 10:08

I'm looking forward to more of the Kathy storyline. Wonder if she'll eventually end up back working in the caff.

Karmadecease · 19/08/2015 10:45

The cliffhanger where Les popped round to Claudette's and took off his jacket and tie was very obviously leading us in the direction of cross dressing though, so it seems a bit obvious. I'm hoping for a surprise. Why the holiday with claudette though, as he was clearly supposed to be petrified of Pam finding out? And why not have a key and pop round to claudettes for a dress up when she was out/away?... They both seemed to genuinely want to protect pam from finding out, so that part doesn't make sense unless it's something where Claudette needs to be there in person...
YY to Claudette knowing that Pam killed the sick son. Les said the Claudette thing started after the son's death so there's no way he's been seeing her for 10 years without confiding in her...

SheHasAWildHeart · 19/08/2015 10:51

Is it that the son never died and Les pretended to bury him and is living is Gran Canaria somewhere which is why Les has no money?
But with Kathy coming back from the 'dead' is that too much?

Maybe he isn't really Les? Maybe he's a gangster who killed Les, then went to Gran Canaria and had plastic surgery to look like Les. That's why he makes strange noises, it's his real self trying to escape from Les' body?? Erm, maybe not.

Karmadecease · 19/08/2015 10:58

Les did emphasise Claudette's caring qualities, so maybe the baby fetish...? I now need to bleach my brain to erase the image of Les in a nappy being bottle fed by caring Claudette!! (sorry folks)

RedCrayons · 19/08/2015 13:17

SHeHasAWildHeart - I like your first suggestion you're second is bonkers

wonder if they've getting rid of so many characters to slim the cast down to concentrate on the main stories. the single most annoying thing is the way they pause stories and characters disappear for a month. Like the Jade story, Shirley couldn't live without her a month ago, she hasn't been mentioned since.

SheHasAWildHeart · 19/08/2015 13:36

Jade! Both Shirley and Dean have forgotten about her, while Dean is living merrily with Amy and has forgotten all about his own daughter that he was crying about not so long ago!

Also the Nancy epilepsy storyline. My mum has epilepsy. Sometimes she has a seizure when she's alone. Sometimes she has them when around others. I fail to believe that Nancy has so many seizures and no-one has seen or is aware.