Eastenders [News, Spoilers and Discussion - from Jan 2018]

Nigel's wife is a pain. I can't listen to her

my god, what the hell happened to Zoe?!?. The same actress that was wonder woman in the USA😵‍💫

I thought Oscar would be a good addition to the show but he adds nothing to it.

Wonder are they going to write Ravi out of the show?

Between the drug dealing and now the gun its hard to see any way back for him.

We don’t know her full story yet. I guess that’ll be tonight. There could very well be a plot reason she’s a bit off, especially with Kat. Remember when she was in the apartment with Stacey, she said that Kat would hate her when she knew what she’d done. Not that she hated Kat.

Zoe was raised as Kat's sister, and only found out she was her mother when she was about 19. Also Zoe is the daughter of Kat's rapist, who was Kat's uncle. Zoe is damaged by all this. She feels the first 20 years of her lie were a lie. She finds it hard to trust Kat. But Kat was a victim too.

Also Zoe, was traumatised by Den Watts, whose death she played a role in with Chrissy Watts. Zoe got an alibi at the time which kept her out of prison. Sam Mitchell walked it on what happened. Zoe had beaten Den unconscious. He then woke up and Chrissie Watts killed him.

Both wanted revenge on Den. Zoe was dating Den's son Dennis at the time, and faked a pregnancy so he wouldn't leave her. She then became pregnant with Den Watts, who forced her to have an abortion.

Originally, Dennis (Den's don) had been dating Sharon Watts, Den's adoptive daughter. Den was opposed to this relationship and wanted to use Zoe to keep them apart.

I think Zoe is very psychologically damaged by all of this and finds it very hard to trust people. I think her running away from Albert Square is to some extent about running away from trauma she associates with it.

https://youtu.be/m9Izs3POFuA?si=1sJJB0lFNKiheZFT

on BBC2 tonight, I didnt know and missed the first bit and the bloody Sky+ box didnt record it

He couldn't be. Den Watts and Dennis Rickman died later in 2005, whereas Zoe had twins in 2006 according to the 2025 storyline. It also can't be Max Branning, because she met him for the first time in 2024.

There's a rumour among Eastenders fans that one of the twins was Joel, the son of Vicky and Ross. Its unclear whether Joel is a biological or adoptive son of them.

I think Rainey has custody of Abi

Max & Rainey had a relationship, mostly financially based to form a united front for custody of Abi rather than allow Cora bring her up. Actually, maybe Rainey doesn’t have her. I think Max might have taken him with her when he left.

As someone on the autism spectrum I still think this is a bit harsh. BBC is uber-sensitive to any kind of controversy these days.

I wonder how they will edit him out? I have an idea on this.

Jay went behind Nigel and Phil's back by phoning Nigel's wife to come and collect him. Now his wife is living with Phil and Nigel. But maybe Phil is still angry with Jay, and disowns him?

Or will someone else play Jay? After all someone else is playing Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street for years.

Maz seems to just have to look at a woman and they end up in bed with him. Quite a record for a 5/10 bald man.