Alfie In Suicide

[soapfreak]

Eastenders Alfie Moon may kill himself in a tragic Christmas storyline.
The dramatic exit is one of several being considered by show chiefs after actor Shane Richie announced plans to quit.
The plot sees loveable rogue Alfie getting depressed after Nana Moon dies of a heart aneurysm.
Things get worse when he realise things will never work out with ex-wife Kat (Jessie Wallace) and decides the only way out is suicide.
Other possible plots in clude him reuniting with Kat and leaving Albert Square together. A thrid sees the couple rowing and finally going their separate ways.
An insider said " weve been determined to keep his exit a big secert. " weve written several different endings so nobody will know which is the real one untill the last minute.
"They vary from quite upbeat ones to much sadder ones - and the most tragic is the one where Alfie kills himself.
"Its absolutely heart-wrenching and it will be a real tearjerker if its showen." The episodes will go out between Christmas and New Years Day.
Shane 41 is leavin to pursue several projects in cluding a contract with Hollywood director Steven Spielbergss Dreamwork company

this is from the sun newspaper.

[Bad Wolf]

moving to rumour mill as only a possible spoiler

[Luna]

this cant be true can it!!!!

I thought he was only leaving for a year!!!!

[brenda1971]

I thought that they were going to leave the door open for shane to come back.

[LostVoodoo]

^ yeah, i didn't think they'd want to kill him off. plus that's just too horrible AND you do actually get a lot of people who kill themselves at xmas and new year and the bbc probably don't want to be seen encouraging that.

[Luna]

Has there ever been an xmas suicide in any of the soaps

[Debs]

hope this isnt true, i like alfie, was really hoping he would return so please dont kill him off

[pops110874]

i dont think they will do this - i have every confidence alfie and kat will leave togther.

With the number of people leaving around christmas, it gives them an opportunity to let two actors leave at the same time without having to think up seperate exits.

You can sometimes have a little too many "leaving to start a new life abroad storylines"

[callummc]

not only would it be miserable for christmas,but lets face it shanes acting isn't really strong enough to carry that one off,alfie depressed and whinging would not do much for christmas ratings

[Siobhan]

^ yeah, i didn't think they'd want to kill him off. plus that's just too horrible AND you do actually get a lot of people who kill themselves at xmas and new year and the bbc probably don't want to be seen encouraging that.

I think the BBC can do a good job if this... you rightly said that most people are depressed at christmas enought to kill themselves but they don't think of those who are left behind.. EE could show the aftermath of these action so show people they are loved and that there is help so they don't try to kill themselves...