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Jakey can come to me for Xmas! Just one grumble though we are still not seeing him enough, maybe it's because Jake is involved in a lose end scenario at the mo, I.E Chrissie and the Den storyline and it looks like that once this is all out of the way we will /hopefully see a lot more of Jakey and that gorgeous new side of him.
Wasn't too sure on the new haircut but it soon grew on me and I think it makes him look very sexy and a bad boy!
I have no idea if this is true but...Murder in Albert Square
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Murder in Albert Square
'EastEnders' is set to be shaken by a shocking murder.
Fans of the soap will see Danny Moon return to Albert Square - then get killed by his brother Jake, who is played by Joel Beckett.
The Moon brothers - who both left the area after Danny, who is played by actor Jake Marshall, set fire to gangster Johnny Allen's home - get into a brawl, which leaves Danny fatally wounded.
A source is quoted in Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying: "Jake will plead with Danny to leave but he refuses and they fight. Danny is fatally injured.
"It concludes the story of the Moon brothers. It ties up a lot of loose ends."
Meanwhile teenager Ruby Allen gets drunk and collapses after finding out Phil Mitchell, who is played by Steve McFadden, paid her boyfriend to romance her.
Phil is locked in a bitter feud with Ruby's dad, Johnny, and hoped to upset him by paying a man to seduce his daughter.
The youngster, who is played by actress Louisa Lytton, is so upset at being betrayed by boyfriend Juley, actor Joseph Kpobie, she drinks a whole bottle of vodka and passes out - forcing Phil to resuscitate her.
I'm leaning towards not true, because I think we'd have heard if Danny was coming back. And why would Danny come back and refuse to leave -- he knows what Johnny's capable of, and if he wasn't before the fire he certainly is now. Plus it wouldn't be a murder it would be accidental death -- and no way would Jake cover it up. No way. He stood in front of a loaded gun for Danny. But Joel did say Jake was going to go quite dark and something massive was happening...just, yikes.
I don't know how reliable the Daily Star is though...I don't think it is that reliable, but I can't recall what they've reported on recently and whether it was true or not.
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Originally Posted by BlackKat
well i don't really know what to say! I thikn what you've wrote about it maybe not being true but then about the jake getting darker stuff!
To be honest though i don't really think Jake would kill danny, or even hurt him so much so he dies!
And anyway this is the first i've heard about jake maskall comeing back!
I can see Danny dying accidentally from a fight. If they do it though it would have to be a complete accident -- not Jake losing his temper and doing it, especially not with an intent to do it. I'd think it would also have to be Danny that started the fight -- and to be honest I'd be surprised at Jake even fighting back. Anyone else, yeah fine. But not Danny. Never Danny.
The only way I could see this plot working with everyone fully in character would be J&D getting into a fight, Danny getting hurt, Jake trying to save him and failing. They can't do it as it being a cover up murder (not only because we've just had a year long one of those), they espeically can't do it as an intended murder.
And it creates more bloody loose ends then tie them up. Maybe Danny just gets hurt but survives. :searchme: They would bring up a lot of issues, they'd get the chance to talk honestly, and Jake would still have to deal with the aftermath of what he'd done.
Not a lot in the mags today about Jake -- they're mainly the Kalfie and Shannis exit. But it does say about Nana's funeral (there's a picture of Alfie and Jake carrying the coffin):
Although Alfie and Jake both shoulder the burden of grief, Jake is sidelined. While the whole of Walford seems to be asking after Alfie, nobody asks Jake how he's coping. (All About Soap)
:( :crying: The whole of Walford sucks.
And in Soaplife that Alfie asks Jake to keep an eye on Kat once he's gone, but obviously that doesn't matter cos Kat leaves as well.
But the best bit is in All About Soap the episode summaries:
Thursday 29th December
As Sharon and Dennis are about to sneak out of the Square, they're talked into a goodbye drink at The Vic's New Year Party...At the back, Dawn takes pity on Jake, and Little Mo struggles with a flirty Billy and Honey.
*yay* Jakey and Dawnie... :thumbsup:
I read that wand was gonna come post! No one will be as good as chrissie but i am starting to warm to jakey and dawn!
Dawnie and her fake boobs rock. And Jake's at his best when he's a slight bad boy with lots of flirting, like it was with Chrissie at the beginning. And like I said...somewhere, I think Dawn can take care of herself so hopefully it wouldn't descend into a Danny or Chrissie style relationship where they're depending on Jake.
It might just be a small thing, but it did say in one of the mags that something good was coming for Jake in the New Year - maybe this is it. I think a nice casual relationship/friendship is what he needs right now.
I think any other relationship he gets into, no matter who it's with or how serious it is, the dynamics will be totally different to him and Chrissie. They're two seperate relationships, and Chrissie isn't coming back. I don't think it's like with Mo and Alfie, where we knew Kat was coming back so there was going to be a direct comparison. Obviously a comparison will be made, but it's not like they'll be a triangle over it or anything like that.
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Originally Posted by BlackKat
yeh i suppose! And i did like flirty jake!
See, EE. Was that really so hard? *sigh*
I wish they'd have mentioned Jake and Danny's father. Or even the mother. While I liked the fact that they spent Christmas at Nana's, I didn't like what I felt was glossing over their childhood. She took them to the seaside, they spent Christmas together. Well, great, good for her, but what about the in between bits? What about the times they weren't with Nana? Why no mention of them.
I loved the line about Jake being scared that without Danny, without Chrissie, there'd be just him. Because:
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Originally Posted by BlackKat
I desperately want this to be Jake's character arc. He defines himself in relation to other people - namely Danny and Chrissie. He is Danny's brother, he is Chrissie's boyfriend. And now, without those two, without Alfie, without Nana, he will be forced to define himself on his terms. They've got their paths, and they've been dark ones and he couldn't save them from them. But he's got to figure out what his own path is.
One scene that has always stuck out for me is the two second scene in the episode back in July -- where Jake's looking for Danny in the woods. He looks so lost, just stumbling around.
I don't agree with Alfie that Jake is incapable of love. I think he's incapable of (for want of a better word) normal love. He either loves absolutely or not at all. For Jake what matters is not how he treats people in general, it's how he treats certain ones. He's an all or nothing guy, and when he decides to give it his all, my god, does he give it. He gives it way too much. He stands in front of guns, he plans to leave the country, he buys rings. He'll try and save them over and over again. Alfie and Nana hover somewhere on the peripheal I'd say. He cares about them. But with Danny and Chrissie it goes much further. There's a line where you have to pull back and take care of yourself, where if your walls come slamming down they do for a reason. I think Jake knows where that line is, and he says 'Screw it' and crosses it anyway.
Anyway, to the actual scenes in the episodes: Loved Jake and Alfie's totally childish fight. Loved how it started with a violent outburst from Jake that then got lost. Loved Jake dragging the Christmas tree through the Square, dropping branches everywhere, not giving a damn and looking completely petulant. He's so cute when he's bratish. And I loved the charades game, and how happy he looked.
And if EE could stop with all this giving him space lark I'd be much happier. This better be the last one. I mean it.
Edit: I also loved Jake refusing to dance with the Snowman, and him looking at Nana and Alfie like they were insane.
I think they need to develop the character more as an individual, because Joel was on this morning last week some time and said that he was staying for at least a year. good good, we need some totty around albert square.