Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[maidmarian]

It's gotta happen some time....

yes - but it would better if even slightly
sober and with not such a slimy article.!
also pub toilets seem to be favourite
venue forEE -but there are other places!

still probably more will be revealed!!

[Dazzle]

I was expecting Stacey to ask Shabham are you sure he didn't spike your drink or rape her so I think Shabham's toilet quickie with drunk Dean was consensual unless more is to come out

Definitely more to come. Shabnam refused to talk about it, which wouldn't have been the case if all had been revealed.

The thing I am suspicious of is why they'd say it was Dean if nothing more happened. It could of been anyone incuding non-show characters. The fact its Dean suggests more happened, not necassarily rape, but something that could perhaps have more for the storyline to cover.

Yes, I'm sure you're right that even if Dean didn't rape Shabnam the timing of the reveal during the same episode that Dean was gloating to the whole pub that Linda was lying was too coincidental. There's definitely a connection (more than just that both stories involve Dean). I like Lizann's idea in the Deano thread that he'll be convicted for raping Shabnam even if he's innocent of it. That would be karma.

She wasn't a strict devout Muslim then.

She was enough of a Muslim to still be a virgin so I think it still held some importance to her. I'm sure her friends weren't virgins at her age.

[parkerman]

Definitely more to come. Shabnam refused to talk about it, which wouldn't have been the case if all had been revealed.



Yes, I'm sure you're right that even if Dean didn't rape Shabnam the timing of the reveal during the same episode that Dean was gloating to the whole pub that Linda was lying was too coincidental. There's definitely a connection (more than just that both stories involve Dean). I like Lizann's idea in the Deano thread that he'll be convicted for raping Shabnam even if he's innocent of it. That would be karma.



She was enough of a Muslim to still be a virgin so I think it still held some importance to her. I'm sure her friends weren't virgins at her age.

Oh yes, I'm absolutely certain that Shabnam's "confession" will play a key role in the Dean rape story. Why else would it come out now?

[tammyy2j]

Shirley telling Mick she is getting rid of Dean by getting him a ticket away, so she does believe he raped Linda

Kush carrying Mas was funny

[tammyy2j]

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[vcdg84]

Shabnam wasn't a virgin when she slept with Dean she told Stacey that she'd had one night stands before during their chat

[maidmarian]

Shabnam wasn't a virgin when she slept with Dean she told Stacey that she'd had one night stands before during their chat

I must have missed that bit. But the actress has
said in an interview that when Stacey questions
her - she wants to shut her down.
Its quite a normal response when someone wants
more info on a subject you wish you hadnt
mentioned/are still coming to terms with to say
something to deflect them to give you chance to
think .Its a sort if self-protection mechanism .

People may want to help but dont all do it in
the right way and a lot of questions isnt often
helpful. Can pile pressure on.
What ever the circumstances of the babys
conception and in the following years to Shabnam
- she has a lot of things to resolve in her own
mind first and she may be in denial to some extent.
Various theories have been expressed but most
people think there is some reason for Dean to
have been involved apart from obvious ones.
As we find out more - some of what we have
learned so far may not be entirely true.

[maidmarian]

dupl

[flappinfanny]

I would love Mick to bury Dean O alive like Tanya and Jack did with Max. Tina is so much better without Tosh, I am really warming to her now. Timothy West is just brilliant in every scene.

[Dazzle]

Stan's showing his true colours at the moment. I have every sympathy with people wanting to end their lives when dying and in pain, but to involve their whole family, especially the vulnerable Tina and his grandchildren, is really out of order. He's perfectly physically capable of doing it himself at the moment. If there's really no other way, surely Shirley would be the best person to turn to.

At least Shirley's no longer under any illusion that Dean's lying about the rape. She should be encouraging him to hand himself into the police not running away where he'll pose a threat to other women.

I'm fully expecting Dean to die now that Mick's threatened his life (to a police officer no less). If it happens it won't be at Mick's hands though.

Shabnam wasn't a virgin when she slept with Dean she told Stacey that she'd had one night stands before during their chat

During the conversation when Shabnam's story of the baby was revealed, she and Stacey were talking about her one night stand with Kush. Stacey says "Like I said it's just one bloke, it's not like you've ever done it before", to which Shabman replies "What if I have done it before?". A bit later in the scene Shabman shows Stacey the newspaper clipping about the doorstep baby and says "That was the first time".

I don't see how this can be interpreted any other way than as Shabnam being a virgin when she had sex with Dean.

Here's the video of that scene (start at about 16:50):