EASTENDERS 61 - DEATH AND DIRE NEWS AS ALWAYS - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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Hopefully Lola didn’t die on her wedding night

she needs to meet her mum first

hoping lily will change her mind again and not have this baby. She’s too young to ruin her life

she’s 12 and should be treated as a child not given choices that will effect the rest of her life

zac has hiv which we know means Whitney won’t have an easy pregnancy /birth

Give the girl a break

will there be a 3 way with mum and daughter Chelsea and Ravi

will Sonja get together with reiss who looks sexy when shaved /hair and no glasses - we are a fickle lot !!!

anything else I’ve missed

I mean for a 12 year old especially. And I think a lot of very young girls, like under 14 probably keep it a secret.

When Chelsea and F&F saw Zac on the way to the Vic
Whit was with Kat
Denise was having her Love In with Jack (or not , she might;ve been cursing Jack with Kim) ..........wh was looking after Jordan?

And how convenient that PK just happens to hover about Lexi's school and hears someone shout "Bye Maisie" (out of all the kids and all the noise she homes in on Maisie) so she can follow her .

Will Zac go to Turkey at the last minute on a building job , and let Whitney down on his promise to be there for her next appointment ?
Probably

I've caught up with yesterdays before I go on what's with the big roller I couldn't stop looking at it 😀

Poor Whitney my heart broke for her Kat was great asking directly what might happen, as we say give the girl a break !

The big roller was just weird !
Children are often left alone , because the square is so safe .

I can't imagine Zack doing a building job anywhere, let alone Martin who is actually the one supposed to be going to Turkey!

I've never seen Martin as the builder type before ! Still, makes a change from going to Spain

Out of the two of them, I suppose Zac is fitter . The Turkish building site might not care who rocks up providing they can do the work.
I can forsee Martin having to stay in the Square to hold the fort ...and Zac doing a runner . (The actor might be disapearing off to do IACGMOOH/ Celebrity MasterChef/Love Island / insert any game show that needs them for 6 weeks / a run in a West End Theatre show )

No relationship whatsoever, plus as far as we know Whitney’s ante natal blood tests that included for HIV came back negative. She might need a further test though once Zack shares his diagnosis with her to take into account the window period where it might not show up in tests. 45 days after the last time they had unprotected sex would be recommended.

She was really good talking about it and explaing it to Zak and us really. I had no clue what viral load was all about.

Zac and his miserable mug is annoying me
I agree that Whitney's acting has been sublime.

I read that James bye was a builder before getting EE so Martin has a builder in him 😄

How long will it take for Lola to twig that PK/Emma is her Mum?
The photo she had when she was little showed part of Emma's face .
Suddenly someone turns up asking lots of questions , meeting her estranged daughter , and asking for Lola by name in the salon.
She knows Billy went looking for Emma .

And where is Billy ? In a Square where people just "randomly" run into each other (especially Dee and Ravi , bit stalkery on both counts) I'm surprised Billy on the market , in the cafe, in the Vic , hasn;t spotted her ?
A new , well dressed demale would attract attention.

demale = female <tsk>

Stacey will have him convert the garage into another bedroom/bathroom when he comes home loaded from Turkey ( it;s not her house but lets not let facts get in the way )
How long before Nasty Nish would notice ?

Billy has disappeared
I knew that Emma would stalk Lola first.
However, she is clearly a tough nut in the Phil Mitchell mould isn't she ? Telling Maisie, a small child , in that gangster whisper was menacing!
I think she'll be trouble all round

This with bells on

Funny to watch people saying he's dead, not coming back..... Yeah tell me you haven't watched soaps without telling me you watch soaps??

I'm really enjoying the storylines for a change. Liking the Whitney and Zack stuff...doesn't feel stale nor like the characters are worn out. Poor mick was battered with depressing storylines one after the other so no wonder Danny Dyer left.

I like the gentle nod to pat and peggies relationship with Denise and Sam. This new Sam has grown on me. I don't think the old Sam would have worked this way.

True - there are hardly any murders or spectacular accidental deaths in Walford

@over50andfab thank you for answering my question.

Zac is getting on my nerves loads at the minute! I do appreciate this is the battle those with HIV go through but he is taking his sweet sweet time at a very pivotal point in his life. I know it's TV but it still annoys me.

Sam is pretty good lately
Better than ' gangster Sam ' we had early on
Sensible and nice coats

@Xtraincome I totally agree and getting the information about HIV out has been like watching paint dry. I know some people take time to come to terms with their diagnosis and that’s fair enough but it felt like the nurse just told him the result then he was cast adrift other than texts to let him know his prescription was waiting. I know from others that it doesn’t work like that and found that bit really annoying. In reality they spend a lot of time with someone, reassuring them, taking bloods that are like a whole body MOT, seeing a consultant etc and answering questions. I know they’re time constrained due to everything else going on but it all felt really harsh.

At least he’s told someone now and Sam is coming through with the facts and reassurance and things should move on and it’s feeling more realistic.

I went looking for the thing I read it wasn't james bye at all it was Dayle Hudson who played new Peter Beale 🙄

It is on a bit of a downer at the moment though
Zac won't tell Whitney now because he will think it's linked to him having HIV the baby has these problems. Whitney having a baby with complications and we don't know yet what that entails.
Lily being pregnant at 12
Jack just being shouty
Amy self harming
Lola being stalked by mum Emma whispering gangster woman and dying from a brain tumor.
Denise (subtly ) chasing Ravi !
Only laugh is the new lodger at Sonia's and Karen. Although I suppose he won't last long as it's out of order really ! Kim and Howie , who do know how to have a laugh, are the only ones who seem happy. Kathy and Rocky are , but maybe once she finds out his still married ..! Who knows ?

So emma has money to post £1k easily

Zac seemed really tall and Whitney short when hugging

new lodger reminds me of jo I think he was called. Lorraine’s son who went a little nutty and covered windows in tin foil

why is Karen so in to him

denise obv has the hots and blames kim for going there

Martian is obv going

suprised Lexie who is usually tough dudnt give Maisie her marching orders

Seems Emma is rich then !!
She'll have a house with a safe I bet.
What job does she do ? A photo online had her wearing a name tag lanyard thing , but I couldn't work out which company it was!
She looks well groomed