EASTENDERS 25 - NO SPOILERS - NEVER EVER OR ELSE .................

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Aiden is annoying, we need Phil to come and kill him

did phil find ben, are they coming home

who is the new girl?

will zsa zsa come back as keeps being mentined

will we ever see luke?

will jane come back?

who will have baby abbi?

sure there are other stories but blondes has a mind blank

Shirley's DBS check would be an interesting read, for when she miraculously became Designated Premises Supervisor - otherwise known in EE as 'running the pub for a bit when Mock and Linda are away'.

Nancy- tough call- I still enjoy it ( sometimes) - it’s just short on realism😀
Shirley had her name above the door once! Her checks would throw up a prison sentence!

Yes, Muvva's done bird.

Hmm. She would have her licence revoked I guess? Oh well. It’s all different rules in soap land

Thanks, Sinister, now I finally have a concise answer when people are baffled as to why I watch EE: "It's depressing, low brow and common"! Should be their tag line.

I watch for this thread - I find you lot funny and brighten my day. 4 hours a week is worth the pain just to read all your missives. Plus I’ve learnt a lot about the pub trade so it’s a learning curve too!

Four hours? I mean 2 hours ( maybe it feels like 4 )

I'm trying to think of its opposite, something uplifting, highbrow and elite.

A spin-off, maybe. Danny Dyer stars in Brideshead Re-Revisited -
ep 1: Muvva, Put The Croquet Bat Daaan.

You can get a license with convictions on your dbs, it depends what they are. As shirl’s conviction was for illegally selling booze she probably wouldn’t be allowed to keep the license ( that was a stupid story - they could have just applied for a longer licensing time as we know have all day drinking, instead they sold beer in teapots!)

Ah yes, Babe's Breakfast Beer.

To be fair they sometimes they sample a bit of Shakespeare or Chekhov - without any of the dressing up or fancy language. It’s hidden but some of the writers do it.
Mostly it’s made up rhyming slang.

Yes I think they also had a phase of Grimms Fairy Tales, too.

Its always Grimm!
People shake their head at my EE obsession. I need a ' helpline'

Those helplines at the end, 'If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in tonight's programme ...'. We might need to set one up for if you spot a Jungian archetype or Chaucerian trope.

'OMG, Karen Taylor is the fucking Wyf of Bath! Aaagh! Help me.'

They also went through a phase when there were proper leitmotifs in an episode or 'mirroring' (like they did a lot in MadMen for example).
And it used to be much funnier, on purpose!

I think that's what's missing with the writing of Aidan. There's no skill, no care.

Aidan is just 'bad' - i agree he needs a few more 'sides' to his character.
Make us understand why ( not just because of the dead brother, he was in prison himself once) but no. Too much like hard work to develop them.

Why have the writers completely changed Stacey’s personality? What was the point of purposely making Martin late and having the police involved in front of the kids? Yes Mel has opened a club with no premise or alcohol licence and Kush is a doorman with no SIA badge .

That jelly fight (or whatever it was) was excruciating.

It's glue. I'm convinced the whole crew and cast must be sniffing it. Only explanation.

I wondered if Kush becoming a doorman would be a good idea with his heart condition.

I laughed at Billy's face when he said something like 'head of security, then?" and Mel replied "No, general dogsbody."

I think that was it as far as highlights/amusements go.

Just checking in, it’s somehow worse than ever but I’m sort of kind of enjoying it. Maybe I’m just used to being thoroughly underwhelmed by every episode. A kind of Eastenders Syndrome if you like.

Have the carters never thought about putting a lock in their door? It might stop all the unwanted visitors/people falling off the roof

Ah the old I don’t need you huff. They be snogging by the end of the episode.

Finally someone is calling the police, please let it put an end to Aiden. So obviously a Kathy and Masood storyline coming up.