Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[Perdita]

Max told Carol he'd pay for the funeral but you've got a very good point about the horse and cart. Why would Max, who's repeatedly said how much he hated Jim, pay for the horse drawn hearse? Jack couldn't even be bothered to turn up so why would he fork out?

Despite everything, Jim was his dad and maybe that paying for the horse drawn hearse makes him feel better for having all that resentment towards Jim???

[parkerman]

Aaah! Poor little Dean, I feel really sorry for him.

[tammyy2j]

Shirley's feud with Mick is stupid

Linda's rape seems to be taking a back seat to Stan's demise and now Shirley and Mick's feud, I hope she gets justice soon

It is a shame no more of Jim's kids and grandkids would return for one episode at least for his funeral

Where is Cora going if Tanya isn't at home?

Dot was great as usual

[Dazzle]

I enjoyed Jim's funeral, though it was rather low key. There didn't even seem to have been a wake! Sonia abruptly standing up and starting to sing was a bit of a WTF moment, but it ended up being rather a moving tribute to Jim (and John)!

roxy honest and confessing that is new

I'm very glad the irritating love triangle of Ronnie/Roxy/Charlie is at an end, but why did Roxy confess after begging Charlie not to (and rightly so as it's a supremely selfish act). Hopefully, Ronnie already knows so it won't come as a shock.

Despite everything, Jim was his dad and maybe that paying for the horse drawn hearse makes him feel better for having all that resentment towards Jim???

I think you must be right about Max's motivation! Carol did suss in last night's episode that Max didn't hate Jim as much as he was letting on.

Aaah! Poor little Dean, I feel really sorry for him.

He doesn't seem to have cottoned onto the fact that he was in prison for rape because he chose to commit the crime in the first place. I'm certainly not feeling sorry for the little
creep.

Shirley's feud with Mick is stupid

Linda's rape seems to be taking a back seat to Stan's demise and now Shirley and Mick's feud, I hope she gets justice soon

Matt di Angelo is apparently still filming so Dean's not going any time soon.

I'm so fed up with this storyline and want an end to it and for Linda to get the justice she deserves.

I do get the writers' intentions with this storyline - how a rape within a once happy family tears it apart. It sounds good on paper, but seeing smug Dean and Shirley constantly harassing poor Linda and her family does NOT make for entertaining viewing. Maybe it would have been OK if it hadn't been strung out for so long.

Shirley doing some heavy-duty DIY in the Vic whilst it was filled with customers was just ridiculous!

Where is Cora going if Tanya isn't at home?

I think she's just hoping Tanya will be home when she arrives.

It looks like Cora isn't gone for good since Tanya doesn't even know she has an impending addition to her household. I'm glad.

[lizann]

ronnie planning revenge for charlie me thinks

[tammyy2j]

Shirley needs to start being a good decent mum to Mick too, it is all about Dean with her

I wonder will Roxy stay away from Charlie now and really choose her sister Ronnie

What did Aunt Babe do in Ramsgate?

[lizann]

Shirley needs to start being a good decent mum to Mick too, it is all about Dean with her

I wonder will Roxy stay away from Charlie now and really choose her sister Ronnie

What did Aunt Babe do in Ramsgate?

her and heather's mama performing illegal abortions i think

[lizann]

Shirley needs to start being a good decent mum to Mick too, it is all about Dean with her

I wonder will Roxy stay away from Charlie now and really choose her sister Ronnie

What did Aunt Babe do in Ramsgate?

her and heather's mama performing illegal abortions i think

[Dazzle]

I loved Ronnie's "Don't tell him I know" at the end of Friday's episode. Deliciously sinister! I don't understand how she can forgive Roxy (for her second such transgression no less) but not Charlie though.

Babe and Sylvie's scenes were riveting. Whatever could Babe have been up to in Ramsgate with Queenie? I couldn't help but laugh at Babe's line "He's on the mantelpiece now" about Stan. It was so hilariously callous!

How did no one at the nursing home hear the ruckus Babe and Sylvie were making?

It looks like Kim's going to get a visit from Vincent soon.

I really enjoyed that episode. Even Shirley was bearable (though I wouldn't go as far as to say sympathetic). Did anyone notice the sister theme of the episode (I didn't )?

her and heather's mama performing illegal abortions i think

I don't know about that. It sounds like whatever they did happened specifically in Ramsgate (and I thought they only stayed there while Shirley was pregnant). If they were illegal abortionists they'd have been doing it wherever they lived surely? Anyway abortion was legal in Britain when Mick was born.

Also why would the police be interested in that all these years later (unless they killed somone I suppose)?

[lizann]

carter refugee camp gotta love kim

why is tina now living at denise's place too?

max losing his suit his lady Karen as well as his businesses