Lucy Beale

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Originally Posted by owenlee4me

What on earth was this made a "suspense" headline? totallly agree, very anticlimatic murder, she could have died plain and simple, no sign of a stalker, another Eastender or not even a hint of her being murdered, (part from she was stupid enough to go into the "dark woods!!!)

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I agree, it was a weird and disjointed episode. I expected it to be suspensful and full of tension, especially knowing what was coming. Even if she'd just be shown being hit over the head or something it would have made the "murder" more shocking. Strange for her to end up in a woods that's never been shown before.

I am glad she's gone though. I found Hetti Bywater quite painful as Lucy I'm afraid. Not knocking the actress, maybe she'll suit another part better - but Lucy she wasn't.

I enjoyed Denise and Libby's scenes though.

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Originally Posted by owenlee4me

What on earth was this made a "suspense" headline? totallly agree, very anticlimatic murder, she could have died plain and simple, no sign of a stalker, another Eastender or not even a hint of her being murdered, (part from she was stupid enough to go into the "dark woods!!!) glad she's gone thou, sick of seeing her hunching her shoulders in case she spoils her hair, as for who did it, is it going to be another wild card, like when Stacy killed Archie??
Total disappointment, could have been much more interesting.

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The only way to redeem it the storyline imo is for Lucy to have killed herself or make Peter the killer and have it revealed soon not a year later

astEnders' Dominic Treadwell-Collins has said that Lucy Beale's death proves to be a "game-changer".

The executive producer spoke about the scenes which aired tonight (April 22) that showed Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) discovering that daughter Lucy (Hetti Bywater) had been found dead.

Treadwell-Collins said: "Lucy's death is a game-changer. It's going to change a lot of relationships on the Square and there's going to be some surprising reactions to her death - good and bad.

"Ultimately it's a bloody good story," he added. "So viewers should tune in because it's not going to be predictable. It will shock, it will entertain, it will move."

Meanwhile, Woodyatt added that he was "surprised" when Treadwell-Collins informed him of the storyline.

"I was surprised to be honest because I just didn't see it coming at all," he said. "I just made sure that he was sure that he was doing the right thing, and he started explaining all the reasons behind it and everything and I thought, 'Do you know what, this is going to be massive'.

"It's been some of the most emotional stuff I've ever done," added Woodyatt of filming the difficult scenes. "I don't think I'll ever do anything more emotional than this.

"I've literally spent days crying. Entire days. And you finish at the end of it and you are absolutely exhausted. You've got nothing left."

Bywater also revealed that she almost had a panic attack when filming the scene in which Ian sees Lucy's corpse for the first time at the morgue.

"When I get revealed through the curtains, they told me 'The first time that Adam sees you is the first and only take that we're going to do'. So I panicked and I went into almost like a panic attack."

The producer also revealed that when he took the top job at the BBC One soap, he wanted to tell "three big stories".

"One was Carol's cancer, one was a very big story for the Carters that hasn't even started yet and killing Lucy Beale."

"For me, in this year building up to the 30th anniversary of the show in February next year, I wanted a big, epic story that put the Beales at the centre of the show - that put Ian, the show's only original character, at the centre of the show.

"You have to get actors out of their comfort zone don't you?" added Treadwell-Collins. "If it was all lovely and sweet and cuddly, then that's a different show. That's not EastEnders."

EastEnders star Jake Wood has said that the soap's bosses are planning to film 15 different endings to the Lucy Beale murder mystery. FFS :rolleyes:

The show launched a long-running whodunnit storyline at Easter as Lucy was found dead on Walford Common. The plot will run until EastEnders' 30th anniversary in February 2015.

Wood's character Max Branning is among the many suspects in the story, but he told ITV's Good Morning Britain today (May 5) that he may only discover the outcome when the reveal episode airs.

Asked whether Max is the culprit, he replied: "I genuinely don't know. I think there's about four people in the world who know at the moment. I'm certainly not one of them."

Discussing the big episodes which will see the killer revealed, Wood continued: "We'll probably film those episodes about Christmas time. Even then, they have done it where they still won't tell the rest of the cast.

"I spoke to Dominic, our boss - he said they're going to film about 15 different endings. So again we might just find out on the night it goes out."

EastEnders bosses have already decided on the actual outcome of the story, but filming multiple endings helps to prevent leaks from the set.
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Max looks through Lucy's papers.
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Max is among the suspects in the case

Wood also admitted that he is still convinced Max's daughter Abi is the killer.

"We're all pointing the finger at each other," he laughed. "I think it possibly could be Max's daughter Abi. That's only my personal guess, I'm not an established source, but she's very quiet! We've not seen much of her. Who knows?

"I'm guessing the same as everyone else. It's partly why it's hopefully so exciting for the viewers, because the actors don't have a clue."

EastEnders continues tonight (May 5) at 8pm on BBC One.

OMG far to long time to get a plot going, surely they could have done another one nearer the time!!!
It' s not even worth guessing, because it will be random, so that means for nearly a year we will have to endure constant raised facial expressions, sideways glances, sneaky walks, searching stuff from just about every body, even Lady Di!!
I only hope that they have more interesting plots in the meantime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG far to long time to get a plot going, surely they could have done another one nearer the time!!!
It' s not even worth guessing, because it will be random, so that means for nearly a year we will have to endure constant raised facial expressions, sideways glances, sneaky walks, searching stuff from just about every body, even Lady Di!!
I only hope that they have more interesting plots in the meantime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant see myself keeping an interest for nearly a year for Lucy's murderer

I hope Ben isn't her killer

oh good one, never thought of that, and now he's out, good thinking!!

A new EastEnders trailer for Lucy Beale's funeral next week has been unveiled.

The clip - titled 'Secrets' - teases a week in which secrets come out for Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and Shirley (Linda Henry) and Mick Carter (Danny Dyer).


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Businessman Ian will fly into a rage when he learns that his daughter Lucy was sleeping with Max Branning in the weeks before her murder.

Ian finds out the truth on the day of Lucy's funeral, which airs in a dramatic hour-long episode next Tuesday (May 20) at 8pm on BBC One.