Eastenders gossipers into the new year

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New thread for Eastenders gossipers! Who will come back from the dead next?
Will the Bobby storyline ever end?
Will Claudette ever decide on an accent?

Only a matter of time until Denny is back in the cupboard!

Aye give it a week

They really need to put that Bobby storyline to bed, its like the writers have cornered themselves and they don't know how to finish the storyline off.

Staceys postnatal phsycosis isnt a spoiler its been everywhere.

Not everywhere. This is the only place I've seen it. Mind you, it was obvious right from the start!

Denny will be safer in the cupboard.

If only they'd kept Bobby in there all would have been fine. He doesn't need boarding school, just the cupboard.

Haha so much viewer pain and angst could've been saved if they'd just left Bobby in the cupboard.
Maybe that's why they keep the kids in there? To prevent the psychological damage living on the square causes!

It's a good job Stacey went into labour and stopped the nativity play... All those eastenders children visible in one place at the same time?? What were they thinking!

"Why repost the spoiler then?hmm"

If it's on the thread everyone will have seen it won't they.

"It;s not a spoiler, we all saw stacey tell Kush and his mum that the baby is his?"

Yes, but then she said it wasn't true, which made me think maybe it's Max's.

"It;s not a spoiler, we all saw stacey tell Kush and his mum that the baby is his?"

Yes, but then she said it wasn't true, which made me think maybe it's Max's. She also told Martin it was his remember, so we can't take Stacey's word for it.

Sorry for the double posting, computer switched itself off half way through.

"Staceys postnatal phsycosis isnt a spoiler its been everywhere."

I could tell she was depressed, but didn't know it was psychosis. If by 'everywhere' you mean in the media, but not on Eastenders itself that's a spoiler.

Sharon is such a wuss with Phil. She should have LTB ages ago.

I had a BFF who died because of PNP and I'm already slightly cranky with the storyline.

Sorry to hear that chips I'm struggling with the storyline too. I'm finding the fact that no one is monitoring her very annoying and unrealistic.

dont they put things (pnd etc) in here to 'normalise' them - i mean in a making people aware if them and making them easier to spot

I'm sure there are still some dinosaurs out there who think that pnd is just 'highly strung women feeling a bit sad'

From Radio Times - Link at end

"And, all the time, there are worrying signs that Stacey is having problems with her already fragile mental health.
EastEnders has already announced that Stacey will be seen suffering from postpartum psychosis"

"What research did you do to prepare for the storyline?
We are really lucky that the team at EastEnders do so much research into these stories, so we knew that everything had been looked into. We were then put in touch with Mind, Bipolar UK and I met with women and their partners from APP [Action on Postpartum Psychosis] who had been affected by the condition. It was really insightful and I think it’s invaluable when you are telling these stories

How important is it for you to see the issue of postpartum psychosis tackled on EastEnders?
I think it’s really important that EastEnders tackles these issues. They have a history of covering stories such as bipolar, rape, abuse and the power soaps have is phenomenal.
Just looking at Shabnam’s recent storyline and the awareness that has raised really shows that not only are we creating drama, but we are bringing issues into the fore that raise awareness and creates debate. It sounds like a cliché but if we can help just one person going through this, then that is amazing. Soaps are a powerful tool that can really change things.

Some Extra Spoilers that may or may not have been discussed already

I know they think they're doing some amazing thing by raising awareness of these issues, but when they tack on cheap drama to storylines such as a stillbirth or PNP it really does them a disservice. They'll often have a great episode where they explore an issue, and then ruin things months later.

No woman could act like Stacey after birth, whether she already had MH issues or not, without attracting a lot of concern and attention. Martin is obviously clueless, yet other characters should have noticed something. There's a big difference between being a bit tired after birth and staring into space looking numb.

ChipsandGuac - I am so sorry to hear about your friend.

Yes - I agree with you NotQuite, surely someone would pick up on her behaviour?

Im sorry to hear about your friend chips

My hairdresser dropped a clanged yesterday about who she thinks is the baby's dad, and it's not Kush .

Who does she think it is?

It would be nice for someone to have a baby on Eastenders without any lies or deciet. You know just seem them enjoying their new baby pushing a pram around, but no it has to have a dose of scandel or drama attached to any birth.

I'm not sure notquite, so far she just seems tired and withdrawn which would be fairly normal after a birth, although with her bipolar you'd hope that the midwife / health visitor would be particularly interested in her mental health.

"It would be nice for someone to have a baby on Eastenders without any lies or deciet. You know just seem them enjoying their new baby pushing a pram around, but no it has to have a dose of scandel or drama attached to any birth."

Of course. Otherwise it wouldn't be interesting would it?

Im ancient do midwives still visit after you are discharged ? Because if they do she hasnt noticed stacy isnt well