I can't say I agree with you, Dazzle. I thought last night's episode in particular was dire. It's as though Eastenders has realised it's rubbish and is now playing on its own shortcomings in the hope of winning some sort of niche audience who are going to watch out for all the ott nonsense and count up the mistakes and the highly improbable happenings. It seems to have given up all pretence of being a serious rival to Corrie as a realistic drama of everyday folk and is becoming some sort of not real make-pretend escapist show set in a make believe land. Which I suppose is ok if you want that sort of thing.