I thought this week's EastEnders was a bit hit and miss. The acting from Lucas and Denise on Monday and Tuesday's episodes was fantastic, but Thursday's episode and the climax to the story was very disappointing. I expected more of a reaction to Denise actually being alive. It was all a bit underwhelming.
The game of rounders was good, as it gave the Square more of a community feel with different characters interacting which has been missing from the show for a long time, but Thursday's episode was the wrong episode to incorporate it. Thursday's episode should have solely focused on the Foxes being held by Lucas. The cutting to and from scenes killed the tension and after Lucas was arrested, I was just thinking 'was that it?' . After months of build up, that's all we got. The residents of the Square didn't really seem to care much that Denise had actually been alive all along and Jordan's acting was rather laughable. He didn't seem to mind much that Lucas had killed his mother. His reaction was like he had just been kicked off the school football team.
The positives though - I loved how Zainab was there for the Foxes on Friday. We've seen a negative side to her personality with the Syed/Christian story, but we seen more of her positive traits on Friday as she supported the Fox family. I also loved the scenes between Dot and Fatboy - I think they would make a brilliant pairing. I hope that after Liz moves out and leaves, Dot offers for Fatboy to move in. I think they'd be brilliant on screen together - Friday's episode gave a great glimpse of that. Jodie and Darren are so lovely together but I do think the comedy is still a bit forced and cringeworthy.
