thursday's episode was well crafted and i loved the theme 'sons.' great peformance from linda henry and very good scenes with peter and ian.
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thursday's episode was well crafted and i loved the theme 'sons.' great peformance from linda henry and very good scenes with peter and ian.
Are we now going to find out that Shirley is Mick's mum, and not his sister? That's what I inferred from what Stan was implying last night.
I took him to mean that it was Shirley who tried to drown young Mick in the bath. That would explain her guilty reaction, but I hope there's another explanation. I think we're meant to be confused at this point though.Quote:
Originally Posted by kayuqtuq
Matt Di Angelo was good last night. I'm glad to see him back. I always liked Deano, but am loving the new darker version.
Excellent episode last night.
Surely Shirley is not that much older than Mick???Quote:
Originally Posted by kayuqtuq
Surely Shirley is not that much older than Mick???Quote:
Originally Posted by kayuqtuq
I can't find dates of birth for Shirley and Mick, but there's 14 years between Linda Henry and Danny Dyer so I'd imagine it's similar for the characters they play (although I seem to remember hearing that Mick Carter is a couple of years older than Danny Dyer).Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
So yes, it is possible that Shirley is Mick's mum but I hope it's not the case, especially after the Kat and Zoe saga.
phil needs to dump sharon fast, god she is so annoying
that undertaker fella is right shifty
phil needs to dump sharon fast, god she is so annoying
that undertaker fella is right shifty
yeap he gives me the creeps.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
phil and shirley belong together. i like how eastenders manage to remind us of family ties and connections, like the history between denise and shirley and the fact shirley was related to pat at one time by marriage. nice touch with the video recording, it sounded like phil daniels voice?
a good episode to end the week in walford. ben hardy is rather good as peter and the scenes with ian have been excellent. it was a nice touch to actually see lucy and the end scene with peter not wanting to leave lucy alone was very moving and powerful.
the trailers for next week look very promising.
So glad others like phil & shirley on here - other forums its all pro phil and sharon and that its a retcon of phil and sharon lol how can it be a retcon when he rejected shirl. Im actually quite annoyed cos i dont believe phil would cruelly reject her by saying he felt nothing for her. he didnt want to leave her at the bench and he wasnt impressed sharon left. There are ways and means of showing you want someone and being respectful. I do think he's confused though as he seems to always go to her and its not stopped after this. in thursdays episode it was obvious he was in love with her so why would he reject her without even being tempted. the way he was with her is like how he was with suzy or glenda and it made them far too predictable which they never were.They nearly turned into David and Nikki!
I thought for a moment that Peter was going to climb into the coffin with Lucy when he took his shoes off in the chapel of rest!
I've never been into a chapel of rest, but is it usual to have a bed in there??
That's what I was wondering.
Me too :pQuote:
Originally Posted by kayuqtuq
I didn't realise there would be beds in funeral parlours either
I remember reading when Stephen from Boyzone died, the other members slept in the church with the coffin one night in sleeping bags
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so abi knows and now so does jay
nice touch with pat and dean. abby you cow. a great duff duff. :D
so Stacey got 5 years for archie's murder
why didn't alfie go to the funeral? mo could mind kat
good that jane turned up for it
so Stacey got 5 years for archie's murder
why didn't alfie go to the funeral? mo could mind kat
good that jane turned up for it
i know i bang on about eastenders with my rose tinted specs on, but i thought tonight's episode was going to be good, but it has to be one of the best episodes of eastenders i have seen and i have watched from day one.
when peter said 'I'm older than her for the first time in my life', that really hit home. ben hardy is outstanding and adam woodyatt gave another superb performance. the whole cast was just brilliant.
anybody who missed this episode, whether your an eastenders fan or not, i urge you to catch it on either iplayer or on the omnibus repeat. continuing drama at its very best!
I thought the funeral episode was rubbish, apart from Shirley confessing that she tried to drown Mick, and far too long at an hour. I'm fed up with Ian's histrionics, it's getting boring now - I want to hit him with a cricket bat! Denise should just pack her bags and leave, why stay where she's not wanted?
How are the police allowed to appoint Coker to do Lucy's funeral without Ian's say so? I wouldn't want that creep anywhere near any of my relative's funerals.
I've always found funeral directors to be calm and quietly spoken - Coker stamps in everywhere and almost barks at people...?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kim
I've always found funeral directors to be calm and quietly spoken - Coker stamps in everywhere and almost barks at people...?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kim
quick query:
Peter, Tam, Jonny and Jay carried the coffin - when Peter dropped out why wasnt dexter asked to step in???
quick query:
Peter, Tam, Jonny and Jay carried the coffin - when Peter dropped out why wasnt dexter asked to step in???
Exactly what I was thinking. What made it worse was that they kind of had two excuses for her not being there, Stacey's sentencing and the pregnancy. Understandable, as she must be coming up to 6 months now so with twins it's probably getting uncomfortable. But why couldn't they do the decent thing and say they thought it was best for Ian that he didn't have to see Kat today what with her pregnant with twins? I don't think Ian needs to hear about one murderer's light sentence when his daughter has recently been murdered.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
Alfie doesn't go to the funeral because of Kat yet rolls up to Max's to lay down the law with a man that hates him, when he is not intimidating in the slightest. Okay then...
Also, no mention of Ronnie. Sam Womack is also on a filming break at the moment so why didn't they have a scene between Roxy and Phil where Roxy said she wasn't coming because of memories of Danielle?
Who knows. Avoiding the hate of Abi/Jay/Phil by having it cause Ian to spill the beans in the middle of the funeral rather than them? Why wasn't Christian asked to do it in the first place? Did Ian specifically mention that he didn't feel he could do it, as it surprised me that he didn't carry it?Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah c
I thought the wife was supposed to have some duties at the funeral parlour as well as running the flower stall. She would really be a better person to deal with customers and other bereaved parties.Quote:
Originally Posted by sarah c
the obvious answer I know is that it gave max centre stage and ian the chance to lash out....and christian would have been too tall with those lot??!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kim
but why just the boys as well? why not Lauren?
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It was a decent episode but no need for it to be an hour, it was too long imo
The actor who plays Peter was good as was Adam as Ian
I thought Emma said that the body had gone to their nominated funeral director? Coker is creepy but the other EE residents don't seem to have picked up on that yet :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kim
The way he's behaving is very realistic, if uncomfortable viewing. Hopefully now the funeral's over he'll be able to move on a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by kayuqtuq
She is wanted though. She knows that Ian doesn't love her - and that he loves Jane - but he needs Denise for her support at the moment. That's not fair, but it's human. She pities him too much to take her support away for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by kayuqtuq
It was apparently originally filmed as two episodes, but they were put together as there's no episode on Friday this week.Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
They were both excellent and had me in tears.Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
I was quite disappointed in Shirley that she virtually ignored Dean because she was worried about Mick guessing. She's waited for an opportunity to see Dean for years and she couldn't be bothered to listen to him! :angry:
I can't wait for the next episode to hear why Shirley tried to drown Mick, and to see his reaction.
Must have missed that bit, I might watch the episode again.
i think ian contact creepy croker to take lucy as he did say to peter he must contact the undertaker to make arrangements to get lucy's body when released or something along that lines
is it normal for the police detective to attend the funeral, emma seems very interested in ian and cindy said she lied and gave ian an alibi he is the killer?
i think ian contact creepy croker to take lucy as he did say to peter he must contact the undertaker to make arrangements to get lucy's body when released or something along that lines
is it normal for the police detective to attend the funeral, emma seems very interested in ian and cindy said she lied and gave ian an alibi he is the killer?
Emma is the Family Liason Officer, so it probably is in her case. DS Holt wasn't there, so it wasn't as if the police presence was high. Emma is a main character until the end of the year at least so I'm wondering whether Ian and Emma will get together at some point.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
I remember DCI Marsden going to Archie Mitchell's funeral because she thought someone would give themselves away. I certainly don't think Emma attended with any agenda like that, but she certainly got a lead when Max was outed as the sender of the texts to Lucy.
I don't think Ian killed Lucy. He's one of the ones I think is least likely to have done it. Pretty much everyone will have a dodgy looking alibi for that night so that there are as many plausible suspects as possible. Fairly sure that someone walked along quite close to Cindy as she said that, so I think someone will pull Ian up on his alibi tomorrow.
It was said a few episodes back when Emma told Peter the body had been released - although I may have imagined it. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kim
I'd be very surprised if Ian murdered Lucy too, given he's not a violent man. He didn't even punch Max at the funeral when most men in his shoes probably would have! It's possible it was an accident, but is Ian capable of moving his daughter's body and leaving it in the woods? I doubt it.
so shirley is mick's mama
OH MY WORD. i know some will say it is eastenders greatest hits, revisiting the zoe/kat storyline, but i think this will have a different slant. for one i'm sure stan is not the father. it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
great performance from linda henry. lets hope we get a few more surprises, its so much better without spoilers!! other soaps tape note!!!