Eastenders

Pigletlover · 23-04-2008 4:16pm #1

Is Eastenders driving anyone else mad recently? I don't know why I watch it any more, but it's so bad I can't help it.

Like last night with Sean and Gus:

Sean: you can't go here, here or here any more because I just decided you can't.

Gus: but I have to sweep those streets, how am I going to do my job?

Sean: Good point, well that's just tough luck isn't it?

Gus: Yes. Yes it is. Oh well.

WTF?! Why doesn't Gus tell him to go fcuk himself?

And then Minty marrying Heather because he wants someone to watch televison with. Someone should tell him you don't have to be married to do that.

Do they change scriptwriters for every episode or something? Because none of the storylines seem to fit together. Surely I'm not the only one who has noticed this?

Fast_Mover · 24-04-2008 12:33am

Yes, I can empathise with you..that Gus/Sean storyline is also driving me mad!
I mean, everybody know what an ass Sean is and what he being like to Gus, why don't they put up a stand and turf him out! Gus needs to grow some balls.

Dellboy2007 · 24-04-2008 5:50pm

Agreed. I really can't stand sean, not because of this story line but i just really don't rate him as an actor. I heard that he's leaving it and going to Hollywood coz brad pitt's agent seen him and is taking him under his wing. Can you believe that like? The same frown and cheesy smile AHHHH!! The lad can't act.

What have they done to Phil as well? Used to be ard as nails!! Now he's a puppy! The directors should know that the gangsta story lines are most appealing and work the best.

Did you hear Sheila from Shameless (don't know her real name) is coming into it as Phil's love interest......

Fast_Mover · 25-04-2008 10:40pm

Ah jaysus! I just wanted to throw the remote at the tv tonight..I mean Sean making Gus quit his job and move away/putting Gus inside the room and him escaping only to have Sean come after him!! Grrr!
Oh and roxy and jack..tut tut! I just wana ronnie and jack to be together and happy. Then theres Tanya in the light now.

WindSock · 23-05-2008 5:00pm

Eastenders is the only soap I can watch, but I really hate how the men are all pussywhipped(for lack of a better word) The Women are geebags and always have the upper hand.

Pigletlover · 30-05-2008 10:32am

Gave up on this for a while but somehow ended up watching it the last couple of nights. Who is that girl with the black hair, the one who got in the fight with the other two girls last night? She's around 20 and she keeps talking about being taken into care. where did she come from and what is she to Bianca?

TheWitch06 · 30-05-2008 2:26pm

Pigletlover wrote: »

Gave up on this for a while but somehow ended up watching it the last couple of nights. Who is that girl with the black hair, the one who got in the fight with the other two girls last night? She's around 20 and she keeps talking about being taken into care. where did she come from and what is she to Bianca?

She is Bianca's step daughter. Her ex-boyfriend (can't remember his name) died in a car crash so she is taking care of her. Lol she is supposed to be 15 and her name is Whitney btw.

Pigletlover · 30-05-2008 3:32pm

Thanks for that, I was all confused because she was talking about Bianca like she was her mother, I thought she was actually supposed to be her daughter, you know the way Eastenders just invent characters :pac:

TheWitch06 · 30-05-2008 10:45pm

Pigletlover wrote: »

Thanks for that, I was all confused because she was talking about Bianca like she was her mother, I thought she was actually supposed to be her daughter, you know the way Eastenders just invent characters :pac:

No probs. Yeah they tend to invent new chars :pac:

Baby4 · 05-06-2008 11:56am

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Hardrain · 06-06-2008 12:29am

Chelsea wins the award for the quickest drug addiction ever! A week and shes a junkie?

:D

Latchy · 06-06-2008 12:33am

Lots of pretty faces but the storyline are very shallow to say the least

Fast_Mover · 09-06-2008 8:29pm

May's back! I wonder what she's up to!:rolleyes:

genie_us · 18-06-2008 1:36pm

did no one else think how bad it was that they had Dawn putting fake tan on the kid for the baby contest!

Fast_Mover · 18-06-2008 2:01pm

Yeah!!! And then her saying she put makeup on over it to cover the streaks!

Madge · 19-06-2008 8:59pm

genie_us wrote: »

did no one else think how bad it was that they had Dawn putting fake tan on the kid for the baby contest!

:eek: Yeah, who the hell would put that on their 1yr old child

Pigletlover · 25-06-2008 2:29pm

What's the story with Max coming back? How many more people can Eastenders bring back from the dead??

Fast_Mover · 25-06-2008 3:57pm

We were all aware that he didn't die though..

RubyXI · 27-06-2008 12:52pm

How come he has forgiven tanya for burrying him alive? He never even mentioned it.

Fast_Mover · 27-06-2008 12:58pm

He's knows that he pushed her to it..

Madge · 27-06-2008 2:15pm

phi3 wrote: »

How come he has forgiven tanya for burrying him alive? He never even mentioned it.

Does anyone else think that was one of the most daftest storylines ever? I just found it rather farfetched

Pigletlover · 01-07-2008 12:23pm

I obviously missed the episode where Tanya went back and dug him up or whatever, my friend filled me in the other night.

RubyXI · 01-07-2008 1:58pm

Pigletlover wrote: »

I obviously missed the episode where Tanya went back and dug him up or whatever, my friend filled me in the other night.

She dug him up???

Pigletlover · 01-07-2008 2:23pm

phi3 wrote: »

She dug him up???

I dunno

I just figured that since her and Sean had buried him alive she must have dug him back up

RubyXI · 01-07-2008 2:31pm

Pigletlover wrote: »

I dunno I just figured that since her sand Sean had buried him alive she must have dug him back up

I dont know what happened. I was missing that day too

I'm a bit confused about it all.

foxy06 · 01-07-2008 7:45pm

They buried him and Tanya lay awake all night thinking about it and then ran out of the house, managed to find the exact spot where they buried him in the black dark in a massive forest and dug him up seemingly as he was breathing his last breath. He then tried to strangle her......the cheek of him.....and they had a little heart to heart he left the square and said to text him whenever she wanted him to come home. Thats where we are now......Abi text him instead of tanya. Pretty straight forward really!

RubyXI · 01-07-2008 8:07pm

foxy06 wrote: »

They buried him and Tanya lay awake all night thinking about it and then ran out of the house, managed to find the exact spot where they buried him in the black dark in a massive forest and dug him up seemingly as he was breathing his last breath. He then tried to strangle her......the cheek of him.....and they had a little heart to heart he left the square and said to text him whenever she wanted him to come home. Thats where we are now......Abi text him instead of tanya. Pretty straight forward really!

Thanxs for clearing that up. I thought he was underground all this time and dug himself out and turned up at abi's party

Alice1 · 02-07-2008 3:21pm

Ah, I'm bored with the Max and Tanya storyline. If he says "I've changed Tan" one more time I shall scream!

Loving the actress who plays Stacey's mother (can't think of her name) - she's super and she's so .....twittery! Plays the part really well.

Where is Sean? He turned up at the pub the other day but I don't know what happened him after?

gogglebok · 02-07-2008 3:48pm

foxy06 wrote: »

They buried him and Tanya lay awake all night thinking about it and then ran out of the house, managed to find the exact spot where they buried him in the black dark in a massive forest and dug him up seemingly as he was breathing his last breath. He then tried to strangle her......the cheek of him.....and they had a little heart to heart he left the square and said to text him whenever she wanted him to come home. Thats where we are now......Abi text him instead of tanya. Pretty straight forward really!

That sounds hilarious.

Pigletlover · 03-07-2008 11:14am

foxy06 wrote: »

They buried him and Tanya lay awake all night thinking about it and then ran out of the house, managed to find the exact spot where they buried him in the black dark in a massive forest and dug him up seemingly as he was breathing his last breath. He then tried to strangle her......the cheek of him.....and they had a little heart to heart he left the square and said to text him whenever she wanted him to come home. Thats where we are now......Abi text him instead of tanya. Pretty straight forward really!

Now it all makes sense :rolleyes:

Monte Cristo · 04-07-2008 1:51pm

I agree with the original post. Eastenders, despite all the money it has to spend, has gone to the dogs. The latest "Mad Baby Stealing Doctor Blowing Herself Up" storyline was so ridiculous and on top of the burying Max alive scenario has taken the whole thing a bridge too far.

It's like they think that if they can throw money and special effects and something then it's automatically going to be brilliant but the problem is you have to keep pushing the boat out each time. what's next? A nuclear explosion in the Square?

Good soaps used to be based on good believable characters that you got close to so no matter how everyday and mundane their stories were, you found yourself interested.

It's also getting harder and harder to identify with anything that happens in some soaps because of the extreme nature of the stories.

Solarball10 · 04-07-2008 3:08pm

Baby4 wrote: »

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Apparently there is going to be a child abuse storyline involving these 2 characters...will be interesting to see how 'Enders portays that issue.

Solarball10 · 04-07-2008 3:11pm

Monte Cristo wrote: »

The latest "Mad Baby Stealing Doctor Blowing Herself Up" storyline on top of the burying Max alive scenario

Good soaps used to be based on good believable characters that you got close to so no matter how everyday and mundane their stories were, you found yourself interested.

It's also getting harder and harder to identify with anything that happens in some soaps because of the extreme nature of the stories.

I really disagree! For me, soaps is about an ESCAPE from reality and mundane every day life - do you think if all the characters did was sit down and watch TV every night, that would make me watch them? The soaps are always best when they're being over-the-top dramatic, the above 2 examples one of the recent best!

Monte Cristo · 04-07-2008 6:13pm

I'm not suggesting they sit around and watch TV every night (Although The Royale Family is one of the best shows the BBC ever made and that's all they ever did) but soaps need to maintain a grounding in reality otherwise they end up becoming the worst type of tabloid TV. When the soaps were at their best they were CHARACTER based not PLOT based. That's why 25 million viewers tuned in to see Den serve Angie with divorce papers. They genuinely cared about the characters. They didn't need some over the top, hysterically acted storyline to keep them interested.

On top of everything else, the recent explosion storyline was so badly done and devoid of tension as to be laughable. It's no wonder the show pulls in only about 9 million viewers these days.

Another huge mistake they make nowadays is divulge every detail of an upcoming storyline in the magazines and tabloids. What is the point on that? Why bother to tune in at all? When you didn't know what was gonna happen you had no choice but to tune in in order to find out. Hmmmm...who knows? Maybe that would bring the ratings up?!

Solarball10 · 07-07-2008 8:36am

Monte Cristo wrote: »

Another huge mistake they make nowadays is divulge every detail of an upcoming storyline in the magazines and tabloids. What is the point on that? Why bother to tune in at all? When you didn't know what was gonna happen you had no choice but to tune in in order to find out. Hmmmm...who knows? Maybe that would bring the ratings up?!

I agree with you there...it totally spoils the fun! And tbh, I don't care about missing the soaps as much as I used to...simply because I think I can just read what happens in the mags!

January · 12-07-2008 7:03pm

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No Whitney's father is dead. Tony, Bianca's boyfriend, is in prison for beating up a boy who was hasseling Whitney. That's why they're counting down the days untill he gets out.

colinmatts · 11-08-2008 3:29pm

Yeah I hate him too. But nobody ever calls the police in EE. I mean, if some nutter was running around threatening to throw babies out of windows and beating up anyone dares to get in his line of sight, they'd be locked up in real life.

genie_us · 12-08-2008 1:22pm

does anyone know if the guy who plays Jim had a stroke in real life?

foxy06 · 12-08-2008 2:02pm

Yeah he did

Alice1 · 12-08-2008 2:02pm

Genie,
Yes, as far as I know, he had a stroke.

Can anyone enlighten me regarding the person who was buying all the things for Biana and her children? Never did quite work out who that was.

Pigletlover · 12-08-2008 2:10pm

It was Whitney, she found the lottery ticket that the Millers lost and cashed it in.

Sharpshooter · 12-08-2008 3:21pm

Disgusted Sean is leaving , and Honey.
Two good characters to be losing.:(

Alice1 · 12-08-2008 3:23pm

Oh I see, thanks pigletlover. I must have missed a few episodes.

hot fuss · 12-08-2008 3:23pm

foxy06 wrote: »

Yeah he did

How sad was last night's episode? Heartbreaking stuff I thought.. but them I'm just a wuss really!

Pigletlover · 12-08-2008 4:21pm

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Disgusted Sean is leaving , and Honey.
Two good characters to be losing.:(

No loss IMO. How are they going to write Honey out? Poor Billy has to be the unluckiest soap character. Ever.

Sharpshooter · 12-08-2008 4:29pm

Honey leaves Billy and takes Janet with her , leaving the square in a taxi, original huh,:rolleyes:
But the actress herself is devastated to be leaving and says in her last episode that the focus is all on Wellard.
I liked the way Honey always got her words mixed up , she made me laugh which is a rarity watching the show these days.:)

Bijoux · 12-08-2008 4:59pm

Oooo an Eastenders thread......fabulous!!!

I wonder is Max actually going to try and kill Jack?
Should be interesting....

Sharpshooter · 12-08-2008 8:25pm

Jack is certainly pushing his luck there all right.
Hope he doesn't go out of it though , I'd say he will set him up or something.He would prefere Jack to be around to see who caused his downfall.

Bijoux · 12-08-2008 8:29pm

Good point there....do you think is really as mad about Tanya as he seems, or is he just trying to make Max miserable?

Sharpshooter · 12-08-2008 8:43pm

Didn't Max say that Jack had always fancied Tanya , right from the start of Max and Tanya's realationship.
The fact that it is getting to Max is an added bonus.:D

medeame · 22-08-2008 7:27pm

Who is the actress playing Sussie as Phil's bit of stuff and a long lost sister of more brennans.

She is like a young Susan Penthalagen, if anyone remembers a series called 'bouquet of barbed wire' then you will know who i mean and remember here sicky slippery style of acting, pouting and flirting.

This woman only speaks in sentences of 4 syllables at a time it seems, and has to sound breathy as Marilyn Munroe, she slithers as she speaks like a snake on valium, oozing what i think she thinks is sex appeal, sound and looks more like Jessica Rabbit on a flat hair day, with each husky penetrating deliberate slowness - like someone reading from an auto que.

You agree or is it just me that wonders if she knows she is only in 'enders' and not trying out for badly dubbed porn?

A major ham if i ever saw one.

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