A dreadful exit, for such a wonderful, wonderful character.
Sonia the nurse and everyone else just stare like gargoyles struck dumb, no call for an ambulance, no checking of pulse or breathing, nothing. Martin takes a look, says she's dead and it's game over for Pauline. Didn't think much of the scenes between Pauline and Sonia, they seemed to fall flat somehow.
Elsewhere, Stacey is turning into Kat mark II, only worse. Awful speech in the Vic. Don't buy the affair with Max one bit.
Phil dressed as Santa, Ben the robot, and Gary and Minty's 'hilarious' double act just made things even worse.
Cringeworthy episode, with a very cheesy and wooden exit, and no special endnote either like Julia's theme - maybe for the funeral, I hope.
Bye bye Pauline, and god bless you, Wendy Richard, for portraying a wonderful character to your best of your abilities. Sadly the scriptwriters turned you from a moaning old cow to a scheming old witch who was as wicked as Dr Shipman, and they honoured your wonderful committment to EastEnders from day 1 with an awful exit. Shame on them.
Pauline Fowler: 1985-2006. RIP